Research Post 14: Grand Teton National Park

Grand Teton National Park is a very mountainous national park that is known for its beautiful forests, mountains, and Snake River. It is home to a vast variety of plants and animals, as well as beautiful geographic formations. The Wyoming park is a must see for national park lovers.

Grand Teton National Park hosts a variety of amount of attractions. These attractions include glaciers, mountains, lakes, rivers, forests, meadows, valleys, and abundant plant and animal wildlife. These are all very awesome attractions that I would love to experience. I think that its amazing display of mountains surrounded by lakes and rivers and forests would be a very cool thing to explore.

Similar to many other national parks, there are many action based activities offered at Grand Teton National Park. Year round, visitors participate in various activities such as, hiking, camping, photography, horseback riding, mountain biking, rock climbing, boating, fishing, canoeing, kayaking, skiing, and snowshoeing. I think that I would like to canoe down the rivers past the mountains of Grand Teton National Park. This seems to be the most visually appealing aspect of the park, and I would love to experience it in a canoe.

I would love to visit Grand Teton National Park. This park seems like it would be a very unique experience, nothing like I have had before. This national park seems very similar to several other national parks I have previously written about. It would be very hard to choose between them.

Research Post 13: Glacier National Park

Glacier National Park is a very mountainous national park that is known for its forests, meadows, mountains, and lakes. It is home to a vast variety of plants and animals, as well as beautiful geographic formations. The Montana park is one of the most popular in the country.

Glacier National Park hosts a vast amount of attractions. These attractions include glaciers, mountains, lakes, forests, meadows, valleys, and abundant plant and animal wildlife. These are all very awesome attractions that I can not experience often living in Cleveland. I am most intrigued by the beautiful mountains; I have always had an appreciation for their appearance. I think that there’s something awesome about looking at the horizon from on top of a mountain. I also think it would be awesome to explore the meadows between the mountains and the lakes as well. Could you imagine playing football between the mountains in the picture above? I couldn’t. But I can guarantee that I would do it forever.

Similar to Carlson Caverns, there are not many action based activities offered at Glacier National Park compared to other national parks I have researched. However, year round, Glacier visitors participate in various activities such as, hiking, backcountry camping, photography, horseback riding, mountain biking, rock climbing, boating, and cross country skiing.

I would love to visit Glacier National Park. This park seems like it would be an experience nothing like I have had before. Glacier National Park seems like a park where I could create a lot of awesome computer backgrounds; meaning it would definitely be a great place to visit.

Research Post 12: Death Valley National Park

Death Valley National Park is a very extreme national park that is known for its extreme heat in the summer, extremely cold mountain tops in the winter, dryness, and low elevation. The California/Navada park is also home to a surprising amount of wildlife as well.

Death Valley National Park la Caverns hosts a vast amount of interesting attractions. These attractions include, faults, sand dunes, salt flats, devils hole, springs and seeps, wildlife, and one of the darkest skies in the country. These are all very unique attractions that are not available in many other places in the country. I am most intrigued by the sand dunes, salt flats, and dark skies. I think that it would be really awesome to explore a sand dune; I have seen many videos of people sand boarding (snowboard for sand) and it looks like a very fun activity. I also would love to observe one of the darkest skies in the country; I have only seen a really dark sky once in my lifetime and it was a very awesome experience.

There are not as many action based activities offered in Death Valley National Park compared to other national parks I have researched. However, year round, Death Valley visitors participate in various activities such as, hiking, backcountry camping, photography,, horseback riding, mountain biking, rock climbing, and sky watching.

I would love to visit Death Valley National Park. This park seems like it would be a similar experience to when I was in the desert in Israel. All of the factors that I loved most about the desert seem to be present in this national park. I look forward to visiting one day.

Research Post 11: Cuyahoga Valley National Park

Cuyahoga Valley National Park is a less extreme national park that still has plenty to offer. The park located just 40 minutes from Downtown Cleveland is known for its beautiful waterfalls, hills, forests, and farmland.

Cuyahoga Valley National Park hosts a vast amount of wildlife including plants, animals, and insects. This huge range in wildlife is one of its most attractive and features. The most exciting animals within the national park include bald eagles, beavers, raccoons, deer, foxes, and other animals too. There are an enormous amount of insects within the park, including a frightening several hundred species of spiders. Plants within the park include a variety of trees, fern, grasses, and mosses.

There are many activities that attract visitors to Cuyahoga National Park. In the summer, many people visit the park to participate in many activities such as canoeing, kayaking, fishing, golfing, hiking, camping, photography, birdwatching, horseback riding, EarthCaching (exploring the park via GPS), and attending Live concerts at their outdoor music venue, Blossom Music Center. Also, In the winter, visitors participate in many snow based activities such as downhill skiing, cross country skiing, ice fishing, snow shoeing, and sledding.

Living in Cleveland my whole life, I have visited this Cuyahoga Valley National Park many times for skiing and attending concerts. I have also visited the park as well. I am excited to return to ski some more this winter, and attend more shows this summer.

Research Post 10: Carlsbad Caverns National Park

Carlsbad Caverns National Park, located in New Mexico, is the first cavern national park that I have written about in my research blog. Carlsbad Caverns is a huge cave system that people are free to visit and explore to see its ancient sea ledges, cacti, wildlife, and amazing geology. The intricate cave system has over 100 known caves buried beneath its entrance.

Carlsbad Caverns is home to a surprisingly large amount of wildlife including plants, animals, and insects. This huge range in wildlife is one of its most attractive and unattractive features. The most common animals within the cave are the 17 species of bats that live there. They are very populas. You can also find small rodents such as mice, skunks, raccoons, foxes, weasels, otters, and badgers. Carlsbad also hosts a variety of scary insects such as spiders, centipedes, and millipedes.

There are not many activities that attract visitors to Carlsbad Caverns National Park. However, their main attraction, cave exploration, is plenty exciting alone. The park is open year round for people to tour and explore the cave. There are some parts where visitors can explore at their own pace, and other parts where they must be with a ranger.

I would love to visit Carlsbad Caverns National Park one day. I have been caving once when I was little and I thought it was one of the coolest experiences I have had. I would love to plan a trip here in the future.

Research Post 9: Acadia National Park

Acadia National Park, located in Maine, is the first national park in the Eastern United States. Known for its beauty and diversity of plants, animals, and geography, it is visited by many each year. Acadia National park is also home to the atlantic coast’s tallest mountain, Cadillac Mountain.

Acadia’s range of wildlife is one of its most attractive features. It is home to many specials species of mammals and amphibians. More specifically, Acadia is known to house deer, foxes, coyotes, porcupines, seals, whales, and the occasional bear and bobcat. Acadia is also known to host a variety of plant wildlife including ferns, aquatic plants, wildflowers, mosses, and marine plants.

There are many activities that attract visitors to Acadia National Park. In the summer, many people visit the park to participate in many activities such as fishing, swimming, hiking, camping, photography, birdwatching, tide pooling, horseback riding, backpacking, rock climbing, and EarthCacheing (exploring the park via GPS). Also, In the winter, visitors participate in many snow based activities such as skijor, cross country skiing, ice fishing, snow shoeing, and snowmobiling.

I would love to visit Acadia National Park one day. I have never been to Maine and I think that it would be a beautiful trip to take. I love skiing in the winter and I would have to participate in their activity skijor, or the act of having an animal pull you while you ski. That would be such a fun thing to do!

Research Post 8: Yosemite National Park

Yosemite National Park is another one of the most beautiful parks in the country. This park is most famous for its incredible waterfalls. Yosemite, home of the countries tallest waterfall, is a mountainous melting pot for many different species of plant and animal wildlife. Similar to Yellowstone, the California park is one of the few parks that have been protected from human influence over time.

Yosemite’s range of wildlife is one of its most attractive features. It is home to over 400 species of vertebrates including fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals. More specifically, Yosemite is known to have a high bobcat and bear population as well; putting many visitors on notice for proper safety measures.

There are many activities to partake in as a visitor of Yosemite national park. In the summer, many people visit the park to participate in many activities such as fishing, swimming, hiking, camping, photographing, birdwatching, tide pooling, horseback riding, backpacking, and rock climbing. In the winter, visitors participate in many snow based activities such as cross country and downhill skiing, ranger led snow shoe hikes, snowmobiling.

I would love to visit Yosemite National Park one day. I have not seen many waterfalls in my life and I believe that this would provide an interesting perspective on what I am used to seeing. I look forward to this potential trip in the future.

Research Post 7: Yellowstone National Park

Yellowstone National Park is one of the most beautiful parks in the entire country. This park is most famous for its world renowned collection of geysers. Yellowstone is a mountain wildland, housing grizzly bears, wolves, and herds of bison and elk; the park is the core of one of the last natural ecosystems in the Earth’s temperate zone. I would just like to comment and say how interesting this is to me; its amazing to believe that this land has remained out of the human influence for the history of time.

Yellowstone’s diverse wildlife is almost as famous as its geysers. There are over 60 species of mammals, including 7 species of native hoofed mammals, 2 species of bears, over 300 species of birds, 16 species of fish, 4 species of amphibians, and 6 species of reptiles. Yellowstone has been able to blossom into this diverse melting pot of mammals due to the everlasting ecosystem it has been.

Yellowstone national park is near the top of my list of places in the world to visit. It has so many different and unique aspects of nature to offer. I have always wanted to see a geyser, as well as hot springs. I also think that it would be unbelievable to stand in a place seemingly unfazed by the human touch over time.

Research Post 6: Great Smokey Mountains National Park

Smokey Mountains National Park is an amazing national park located in Tennessee state. This park is most famous for its beautiful forest covered mountains. America’s most visited national park, which rests on the boarder of Tennessee and North Carolina, is also known for their vast amount of plant and animal wildlife.

The park’s diverse wildlife includes a variety of plants and animals. The Smokies mascot, the American Black Bear, is the most famous resident of the park. Great Smoky Mountains National Park has hundreds of black bears that live within its protection. Though populations are variable, biologists estimate approximately 1,500 bears live in the park, a density of approximately two bears per square mile. Other common animals in the park include the white-tailed deer, groundhog, chipmunk, and some squirrel and bat species. Plants in the Smokey Mountains National Park are one of their biggest attractions; differences in elevation, rainfall, temperature, and geology in the mountains provide an ideal habitat for over 1,600 species of flowering plants, 100 native tree species and over 100 native shrub species as well. In the spring months, ephemeral wildflowers bloom in the forests right before trees lose their leaves that cover the forest floor. In the summer,there are beautiful flowers that bloom on the mountains and in the higher elevations.

Research Post 5: Olympic National Park

Olympic National Park is a beautiful national park located in Washington state. This park offers many different geographical beauties. It’s often referred to as a park of three; you can see an ocean, mountains, and a forest all in one day. Olympic National Park’s coastline boarders the Pacific Ocean on one side, and on the other side is is covered with mountainous forests.

The park is known for its diverse land and ocean wildlife. Offshore, whales, dolphins, sea lions, seals, and sea otters live in the Pacific Ocean nearby. Tide pools are also inhabited by invertebrates of countless shapes, sizes, colors and textures inhabit the tide pools. On land, rodent like species, such as raccoons, beavers and minks, live primarily in the lowlands. But others animals, like deer, elk, cougars and bears, live in both valleys and mountain meadows. Olympic National Park waters are home to some of the healthiest  salmon outside of Alaska. Additionally, Over 300 species of birds live in the area during the warm seasons. They range from tiny penguin-like rhinoceros auklets offshore to golden eagles flying over the mountains.

Olympic National Park has many attractions throughout each season. In the summer, many people visit the park to view participate in many activities such as fishing, swimming, camping, birdwatching, tide pooling, backpacking, and hiking. In the winter, visitors participate in many snow based activities such as cross country skiing, ranger led snow shoe hikes, and snowmobiling. They also go hiking along the coastline and in the forests as well.