Alan on May 18th, 2009

Yosemite National Park is full of untouched beauty and so many natural wonders, that it is often a site visited by many photographers and artists looking for inspiration or wanting to try their hand at capturing the true beauty of the location. Ansel Adams Yosemite photography is some of the most popular that you will […]

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Alan on February 8th, 2009

The national park site used to be considered much more sacred than it is today. The history of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park began with settlements of Cherokee Indians who were the original pioneers on the land for many years before any other settlers came to the Americas. In the early 1800s, the Cherokees […]

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Alan on February 7th, 2009

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is located between Tennessee and North Carolina, and is the most visited national park in the United States with more than 9 million vacationers and nature enthusiasts coming to the park every year. Given the more than 2,000 miles of streams that traverse the landscape of the park and […]

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Alan on February 6th, 2009

Children are welcome on the Alum Cave Bluff hiking trail, although some might get tired on such a trek, so be prepared to carry them if you have to. Once you get about a mile into the trail, you’ll find a log and boulder remains from a flash flood and landslide that occurred in 1993 […]

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Alan on February 5th, 2009

The Alum Cave Bluff hiking trail in The Great Smoky Mountains National Park can be accessed quite easily. All you do is take the Newfound Gap Road from the Sugarlands Visitor Center, just inside the park entrance from Gatlinburg, TN, about 8.6 miles. You’ll find two parking areas here, as well as a gravel path […]

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