Harold Warp’s Pioneer Village

Harold Warp’s Pioneer Village has pioneer memorabilia, horse drawn covered wagon rides and craft work demonstrations. Tour Buffalo Bill Cody’s ranch house, enjoy trail rides or chow down on buffalo stew in the buffalo Bill Ranch State Historical Park. In Hastings, which lies near the junction of US 34 and Highway 281, you will find the Hostings Museum of Natural and Cultural History, which includes a planetarium and exhibits on natural history and frontier days.

Fort Kearney State Historical Park has a recreated stockade and interpretive exhibits detailing the role of the outpost on the frontier. Great Platte River Road Archway Monument – As travelers approach Exit 272 on I-80 near Kearney, they will see what appears to be a huge log fort spanning the interstate. Reaching eight stories and modeled after nearby For Kearney, this interactive museum honors those who traveled this route throughout history, including Native Americans, Mormons and railroad workers.

California National and State Parks

California has eight national parks: The important few national parks are Death Valley, Kings Canyon. Tourists like visit Joshua Tree, Redwood, Lassen Volcanic, Sequoia. The other parks are Yosemite and the Channel Islands. National monuments include Cabriole in San Diego and Muir Woods north of San Francisco. For information about these parks and other tourist attraction places you can contact the western regional office of the National Park Service, San Francisco.

The California State Park System includes more than 200 sites; many are recreational and scenic, others historic or scientific. In an effort to make the park system more accessible for everyone, the State has capped camping fees which is very less amount and eliminated all weekend, premium and seasonal rates as well as boating fees.

Kentucky National and State Parks

Daniel Boone National Forest has spectacular mountain scenery, especially in the Red River Gorge Geological Area known for its natural arches, native plants and 300 ft. cliffs. Land Between the Lakes, a demonstration project in environmental education and resource management, occupies an uninhabited 40 mi long peninsula between Kentucky and Barkley Lakes.

Mammoth Cave National Park is a 350 mi long system of twisting underground passage full of colorful mineral formations. Kentucky’s 50 state parks are ideal for hiking or simply enjoying the countryside; most also have facilities for picnicking, camping horse back riding and enjoying water sports. Sixteen resort parks have rustic but comfortable lodges and / or cottages. 16 have tent and trailer sites available between April and October. 14 have year round camp grounds.

Parks Gardens in New York City

For many residents, Central Park is the greatest park of New York City. Bounded by 59th and 110th streets, 5th Avenue and Central park West the park contains grassy meadows, wooded groves and formal gardens, numerous fountains, sculptures and bodies of water; paths for jogging, strolling, horseback riding and biking; playing fields; a small zoo; two ice skating rinks; a carousel; and an outdoor theater. But no matter how close to nature New Yorkers feel when reveling in it, Central Park was in fact the United States first artificially landscaped park. Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vauz conceived the design in 1857.

The Bronz Zoo is the nation’s largest urban zoo, with more than 46,500 animals on 265 acres of woods, ponds, streams and park land. The New York Botanical Garden is another attraction for tourists and it is closed on Mondays.

The Pioneer Valley Tourism

The Pioneer Valley has many tourist attraction places. Four museums have set up shop near downtown Springfield at the Springfield Museums at the Quadrangle complex. The Connecticut Valley Historical Museum surveys the history of the Pioneer Valley. There is also a permanent Dr. Seuss exhibit in hour of Theodore Gisele, the children’s books writer who grew up in the area.

The George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum contains Japanese armor ceramics and textiles and gallery of American paintings. The Museum of Fine Arts has paintings by Gauguin Renoir, Degas and Mont as well as 18th century American paintings and contemporary works. The Springfield Science Museum has an ‘Exploration Center” of touchable displays and a planetarium and dinosaur exhibits.

National and State Parks in Alaska

Alaska has more land in national parks, wilderness areas and national wildlife refuges than all the other states combined. Denali National Park and Preserve is home to North America’s tallest peak, Mt. McKinley and the admission fee to this park is very nominal. Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve is a marine preserve where 17 spectacular glaciers meet tidewater and seals float on icebergs. Huge coastal brown bears fish for salmon in the Brooks River and other wild, remote clear-water streams at Katmai National Park and Preserve is a mixture of volcanic moonscape, rugged coast, large lake systems, mountains and forested low lands on the Alaska Peninsula.

On the Kenai Fjords National Park known for its tide water glaciers, rugged fjords and abundant marine wild life. The country’s largest national park, Wrangell-St. Elias east of Anchorage along the Canadian border s six times the size of Yellowstone. Chugach State Park near Anchorage, has more than 100 mi of hiking trails, wildlife viewing and easily accessible wilderness. Denali State Park has a ridge top trail with views of the Alaska Range and public use cabins.

Minneapolis Parks, Garden and Zoos

Minnehaha Park, on the Mississippi near the airport is the site of Minnehaha Falls, which was made famous by Longfellow’s song of Hiawatha. Above the waterfall is a statue of Hiawatha and Minnehaha. Minnehaha Parkway follows Minnehaha Creek, providing miles of jogging, biking and in line skating trails that run west to Lake Harriet, one of many lakes in Minneapolis.

Wirth Park has bicycling and waling paths through wooded areas and the Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden – a little Eden of local forest and prairie flora. Wirth also has a moderately challenging 18 hole public golf course, which doubles as a cross country ski area in winter.

In Minneapolis’s Apple Valley suburb, the Minnesota Zoo houses some 2000 animals in natural settings along six year round trials. There is also a monorail, the Zoo lab a seasonal children zoo, bird and animal shows and daily film and slide shows are available.

Alabama State Parks

Alabama’s 24 state parks include many recreational activities and lodgings. You have the choice of resort lodges, hotels, camp grounds, chalets, and cabins both modern and rustic. Several parks have marinas, gold courses and tennis facilities. You can contact Alabama State parks for reservations or information. Desoto State park, Fort Payne, in northern Alabama has the spectacular Little River Canyon and falls. Lake Guntersville State park also in the northern part of the State is home of the annual Eagle Awareness programs. Gulf State park near Gulf Shores has 2 ½ mi of powdery white dunes and beaches.

Birmingham is a relatively new Alabama city, having blossomed with the development of the iron industry and coal mines in the early 1900s. Today its primary employer is the University of Alabama at Birmingham, which has one of the country’s largest medical centres. The city has restored many of its early 20th century buildings and is an attractive and welcoming metropolis.