Infos querbeet zu NPs, NMs, SPs, etc.

  • 'Bear cam' viewers save stranded hiker in Alaska


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  • This U.S. State Has a Stargazing Route That Connects 2 International Dark Sky Parks and Starry Small Towns — and It's the 'Starry-est Route in America'


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  • Neue spektakuläre Eruption des Kilauea, Hawaii: hier sind die Videos. Was ist das besondere an den Hawaii-Vulkanen?


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  • Everglades announces grand opening of Flamingo Lodge & Restaurant and Guy Bradley Visitor Center on October 27


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  • In kanadischem Nationalpark - Grizzlybär tötet Paar und Hund


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  • Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park Reopens Closed Areas


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  • 10 UNESCO World Heritage Sites In The U.S. Worth Adding To Your Bucket List


    Mehr mit einer Einzel-Auflistung hier.

  • Bären-Alarm auf beliebter US-Panoramastrasse


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  • Rocky Mountain National Park Announces a Pilot Reservation System Using Timed Entry in 2024


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  • Glacier National Park Announces a Pilot Vehicle Reservation System in 2024


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  • The Truth About Rumors That There Is a Secret Chamber Behind Mount Rushmore

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    It's not exactly "National Treasure: Book of Secrets," but South Dakota's famous Mount Rushmore does have a bit more going on than meets the eye. In the 2007 movie, Benjamin Franklin Gates, played by Nicholas Cage, pulls a hidden latch and reveals a cave filled with treasure. In real life, the "hidden treasure," so to speak, was designed more for future historians than it is for Hollywood.

    That's all to say, though, that although there aren't tunnels crisscrossing behind the heads of the presidents on Mount Rushmore, there is one, incomplete chamber hiding behind Abraham Lincoln's head. According to the National Parks Service, (and a prior Snopes fact check), the original models for Mount Rushmore were grandiose and ambitious, far beyond what exists today. Sculptor Gutzon Borglum's final designs planned for all four presidents to be depicted from the waist up. Behind them, a staircase would take visitors up to a "Hall of Records."

    Think of it as a secondary National Archives to that in Washington, D.C. — Borglum wanted to feature important American documents, busts of other famous Americans and records of American contributions to history. The National Parks Service says that the initial 70-foot tunnel for the Hall of Records was blasted into the rock in 1938, but construction stopped in July 1939 when Congress ordered Borglum to focus solely on the sculpture.

    Borglum died later, in 1941, leaving his son Lincoln to continue the project. But later that year, federal funding ran out, leaving the original plans incomplete. For decades, his family campaigned to finish the sculptor's original visions. In 1998, their requests were honored. The National Parks Service placed 16 enameled porcelain tablets with information about the presidents, American documents like the Constitution and a look into how the sculpture was created inside a teak box. That box was placed inside a titanium box, which was drilled into the opening of the Hall of Records tunnel. A granite capstone was placed on top, engraved with a quote from Borglum.

    n the years since its conception, Mount Rushmore has not been without its controversy — Snopes has previously covered its creator's racism, and proposals to add Barack Obama and Donald Trump to the monument.


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  • Puerto Rico will Straßenkatzen aus Touristengebiet entfernen


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  • Three national scenic trails designated as units of the National Park System


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  • Termine für 2024, an denen ein Besuch in Nationalparks kostenlos ist


    • 15. Januar 2024: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
    • 20. April 2024: Beginn der National Park Week
    • 19. Juni 2024: Juneteenth National Independence Day
    • 4. August 2024: Jubiläum des Great American Outdoors Act
    • 28. September 2024: National Public Lands Day
    • 11. November 2024: Veterans Day
  • Wie sehr die Welt sich auch dreht, der Weihnachtsbaum beim Weissen Haus steht


    Link mit vielen Bildern aus diesen Jahren.

  • Mitten in der Wüste - Die Geisterstadt Berlin


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  • The Top 17 Most Dangerous Hikes in the United States


    Hier gibt es die anderen Hikes und mehr Infos

  • Eating & Sleeping in Everglades National Park

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    There are various accommodations options within Everglades National Park. In Flamingo, 38 miles south of the Homestead entrance, visitors can stay overnight at the newly opened Flamingo Lodge, in fully equipped houseboats, in a winter or summer glamping tent, or on the campgrounds. The park has two campground facilities: the Long Pine Key campground located near the Homestead entrance of the park and the Flamingo campground located in Flamingo. The park also offers numerous backcountry sites for wilderness camping.

    Those looking for a meal within the park have several options. The Flamingo Restaurant, adjacent to the Flamingo Lodge, is open daily for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Additionally, a limited variety of snack foods and beverages are sold at the Ernest F. Coe Visitor Center bookstore, at the Royal Palm Visitor Center bookstore, at the Flamingo marina store and at the Gulf Coast Visitor Center store. All visitors are welcome to bring their own food and beverages during their stay at the park.


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  • Rezeption: Denkmäler werden gestürzt


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