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Hulls Cove Visitor Center
25 Visitor Center Rd
Bar Harbor, ME 04609
USA
207-288-3338
Covering most of Mount Desert Island and other coastal islands, Acadia features the tallest mountain on the Atlantic coast of the United States, granite peaks, ocean shoreline, woodlands, and lakes. There are freshwater, estuary, forest, a... Read more >

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Recreation & Travel, Parks & Gardens, Parks - State Parks
15701 East Ave. M
Lancaster, CA 93535
USA
661-946-3055
The Antelope Valley Indian Museum State Historic Park is a state historic park of California, interpreting Native American cultures of the Great Basin and surrounding regions. The park and its grounds are situated on the Antelope Valley's ... Read more >

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Recreation & Travel, Parks - National Parks, Parks & Gardens
Arches National Park Visitor Center
Moab, UT 84532
USA
435-719-2299
This site features more than 2,000 natural sandstone arches, with some of the most popular arches in the park being Delicate Arch, Landscape Arch and Double Arch. Millions of years of erosion have created these structures located in a dese... Read more >

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Recreation & Travel, Parks - National Parks, Parks & Gardens
Ben Reifel Visitor Center
25216 SD-240
Interior, SD 57750
USA
605-433-5361
The Badlands are a collection of buttes, pinnacles, spires, and mixed-grass prairies. The White River Badlands contain the largest assemblage of known late Eocene and Oligocene mammal fossils. The wildlife includes bison, bighorn sheep, bl... Read more >

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Recreation & Travel, Parks - National Parks, Parks & Gardens
Panther Junction Visitor Center
310 Alsate Dr
Big Bend National Park, TX 79834
USA
432-477-2251
Named for the prominent bend in the Rio Grande along the U.S./Mexico border, this park encompasses a large and remote part of the Chihuahuan Desert. Its main attraction is backcountry recreation in the arid Chisos Mountains and in canyons ... Read more >

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Recreation & Travel, Parks - National Parks, Parks & Gardens
Dante Fascell Visitor Center
9700 SW 328th St
Homestead, FL 33033
USA
305-230-7275
Located in Biscayne Bay, this park at the north end of the Florida Keys has four interrelated marine ecosystems: mangrove forest, the Bay, the Keys, and coral reefs. Threatened animals include the West Indian manatee, American crocodile, v... Read more >

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Recreation & Travel, Parks - National Parks, Parks & Gardens
South Rim Visitor Center
10346 Colorado 347
Montrose, CO 81401
USA
970-641-2337
The park protects a quarter of the Gunnison River, which slices sheer canyon walls from dark Precambrian-era rock. The canyon features some of the steepest cliffs and oldest rock in North America, and is a popular site for river rafting an... Read more >

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Recreation & Travel, Parks - National Parks, Parks & Gardens
Visitor Center
Hwy 63
Bryce, UT 84764
USA
435-834-5322
Bryce Canyon is a geological amphitheater on the Paunsaugunt Plateau with hundreds of tall, multicolored sandstone hoodoosformed by erosion. The region was originally settled by Native Americans and later by Mormon pioneers. The park is 35... Read more >

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Government, Recreation & Travel, Parks & Gardens, Parks - State Parks
305 Higgins Canyon Rd
Half Moon Bay, CA 94019
USA
650-726-8819
Encompasses a hidden valley with a historic ranch established in 1857. The ranch became a 1,325-acre (536 ha) park in 1979. It was purchased by the State of California in 1983.

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Hiking Trails, Horseback Riding
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Recreation & Travel, Parks & Gardens, Parks - State Parks
9400 Dufferin Ave.
Riverside, CA 92503
USA
951-780-6222
California Citrus State Historic Park is an open-air museum in the state park system of California, interpreting the historic cultural landscape of the citrus industry. The story of the citrus industry's role in the history and development... Read more >

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Government, Recreation & Travel, Parks & Gardens, Parks & Recreation Programs
1416 9th Street
Sacramento, CA 94296
USA
916-653-6995
California Department of Parks and Recreation manages 280 park units, which contain the finest and most diverse collection of natural, cultural, and recreational resources to be found within California. Our mission is to provide for the he... Read more >

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Government, Recreation & Travel, Parks & Gardens, Parks - State Parks
1315 10th St B-27
Sacramento, CA 95814
USA
916-324-0333
The California State Capitol Museum consists of a museum in and grounds around the California State Capitol in Sacramento, California. The State Capitol Museum has been a property in the California state park system since 1982. Offers exhi... Read more >

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Recreation & Travel, Parks - National Parks, Parks & Gardens
Island in the Sky Visitor Center
Grand View Point Rd
Moab, UT 84532
USA
435-259-4712
This landscape was eroded into a maze of canyons, buttes, and mesas by the combined efforts of the Colorado River, Green River, and their tributaries, which divide the park into three districts. The park also contains rock pinnacles and ar... Read more >

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Recreation & Travel, Parks - National Parks, Parks & Gardens
Capitol Reef National Park Visitor Center
UT-24
Torrey, UT 84775
USA
435-425-3791
The park's Waterpocket Fold is a 100-mile (160 km) monocline that exhibits the earth's diverse geologic layers. Other natural features include monoliths, cliffs, and sandstone domes shaped like the United States Capitol. The park is 241,90... Read more >

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Recreation & Travel, Parks - National Parks, Parks & Gardens
Carlsbad Caverns National Park Visitor Center
727 Carlsbad Cavern Hwy
Carlsbad, NM 88220
USA
575-785-2232
Carlsbad Caverns has 117 caves, the longest of which is over 120 miles (190 km) long. The Big Room is almost 4,000 feet (1,200 m) long, and the caves are home to over 400,000 Mexican free-tailed bats and sixteen other species. Above ground... Read more >

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Recreation & Travel, Parks - National Parks, Parks & Gardens
The Robert J. Lagomarsino Visitor Center
1901 Spinnaker Dr
Ventura, CA 93001
USA
805-658-5730
Five of the eight Channel Islands are protected, and half of the park's area is underwater. The islands have a unique Mediterranean ecosystem originally settled by the Chumash people. They are home to over 2,000 species of land plants and ... Read more >

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