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Tag Archives: Sleeping Bear Dunes
Places that should be National Parks
The photos speak for themselves, but the list below are some of the beautiful and inspiring places in the United States (and one in Canada) that this author believes should be National Parks. Some are already part of the National … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, culture, deserts, entertainment, environment, fun, geography, Geology, Great Lakes, hiking, historic preservation, history, land use, landscape architecture, Native Americans, natural history, nature, pictures, place names, placemaking, planning, recreation, rivers/watersheds, scenic byways, States, topography, toponymy, tourism, trails, Travel, volcanoes, walking
Tagged Bandelier, Bonneville Salt Flats, Cahokia Mounds, environment, Flint Hills, Great Dismal Swamp, Guadalupe Salt Flats, Horsehoe Bend, Jemez, Loess Hills, Monument Valey, Mt. St. Helens, National Parks, nature, Newark Earthworks, Niagara Falls, Okefenokee Swamp, Palo Duro Canyon, parks, Pocupine Mountains, Rio Grande del Norte, Sandia Mountains, Sleeping Bear Dunes, Valles Caldera
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Favorite shoreline & inland hikes of NW Lower Michigan
The list below includes those trails that are primarily geared towards hikers rather than cyclists. The only exception is the Boardman Lake Loop Trail. Shoreline hikes refer to those that are along Lake Michigan or Grand Traverse Bay. Meanwhile, inland … Continue reading
Posted in entertainment, environment, fitness, fun, geography, Geology, health, Health care, hiking, infrastructure, land use, Maps, nature, pictures, placemaking, planning, recreation, spatial design, topography, tourism, trails, Travel, walking, Wildlife
Tagged dunes, fun, geography, hiking, lakes, Michigan, nature, NW Lower Michigan, outdoors, recreation, Sleeping Bear Dunes, trails
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Holiday Snowshoe Trek
We, and quite a few other folks, spent part of Christmas Day snowshoeing Empire Bluff in Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. Here are a few of the inspiring images from our trek.
Posted in entertainment, Environment, family, fitness, fun, geography, hiking, recreation, topography, trails, Travel
Tagged Empire Bluff Trail, Sleeping Bear Dunes, snowshoeing, winter
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