
Entrance Sign
Amistad National Recreation Area is the US portion of the Amistad Reservoir on the Rio Grande in south Texas with several hiking trails in the Chihuahuan Desert.
The Church with the Entrance Sign
Mission Concepcion is the furthest north mission in San Antonio Missions National Historic Park. The stone church took 15 years to build and was dedicated in 1755.
The Church
The Queen of the Missions, Mission San Jose, is the largest of the four 18th Century Spanish missions making up the San Antonio Missions National Historic Park.
Area Entrance Sign
Mission Espada is the furthest south of the four Spanish missions in San Antonio Missions NHP. The inside takes you back to the 1700s when this area was controlled by Spain.
Entrance Sign with the Church
San Antonio Missions National Historic Park is a set of four 18th century missions south of the Alamo. Mission San Juan features a historic church, courtyard and trails.
President Johnson's Reconstructed Birthplace
The LBJ Ranch is the largest part of Lyndon B Johnson National Historic Park. It includes his birthplace, schoolhouse, show barn and the Texas White House.
President Lyndon B Johnson Boyhood Home
A visit to Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park starts in Johnson City at the visitor center, followed President Johnson's Boyhood Home and the Johnson Settlement.
View at the End of the Trail
Between the Twin Canals in Jean Lafitte National Historic Park and Preserve in Louisiana with lots of views of the surrounding swamp. Only area open in the preserve.
Long Stretch of the Trail Underwater - Turn Around Point
Photos from Jean Lafitte NHP's Barataria Preserve Trails: Ring Levee, Wood Duck & Bayou Coquille. Bayous, flooded trails, boardwalks and swamp land.
Alligator Only a Few Feet from the Boardwalk
The Barataria Preserve's visitor center at Jean Lafitte NHP has a boardwalk trail where you can walk among the cypress trees and alligators.
Pitcher Plant
Pitcher plants are carnivorous plants that attract bugs onto the rim of the pitcher where they slip inside are trapped. Big Thicket National Preserve has a few areas with them.
Wetlands Along Kirby Nature Trail
Big Thicket National Preserve, north of Beaumont, Texas, has trails that take you by creeks and wetlands. This hike goes through them and up into a pine forest.Big Thicket National Preserve - Thumbnail
Hiking video of two hikes in Big Thicket National Preserve north of Beaumont Texas. Creeks, pine forests, cypress swamps, pitcher plants - there was lots to see.
Arrowhead Lake (or is it Right Turn Arrow Lake)<br>Love Lake is just to the right and above the point of the arrow.
Hiking cross-country in Rocky Mountain National Park. After the lakes, we saw a couple moose, followed social trails and walked on logs before climbing out of the valley to the road.
Inkwell Lake
Rocky Mountain National Park has a road called the Trail Ridge Road, which goes above treeline for several miles. At its Forest Canyon Overlook, you can see several lakes in a side canyon. Many people stop and stare at them, but they get few visit...
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Chasm Lake is one of the most scenic lakes in the park, especially when the ice is breaking up on it. The lake is at 11,800 ft with Longs Peak towering above it.
Water Flowing on Glacier Creek
Snowshoe hike in Rocky Mountain National Park near Bear Lake. We went by a couple of frozen lakes and by a snow cover waterfall while following a creek up a valley.
Valley Loop Trail Hike 6-03 - Colorado River 1
This trail is on west side of Rocky Mountain National Park in the headwaters of the Colorado River where it meanders through pine forests and meadows in the Kawuneeche Valley.©2022 - 2026 Mountain Adventures LLC all rights reserved (Designed by On the Grid Web Design LLC)