Archive for the ‘National Monument’ Tag
California’s Slinkard Wilderness. Photo by Bob Wick. Posted on Tumblr by the US Department of the Interior, 6/15/15.
The small community of Big Pine California is best known as a jumping-off point to popular trailheads in the Eastern Sierra. But just over the pass to the east of town is a dramatic desert landscape visited by few people and full of surprises — the 72,000-acre Piper Mountain Wilderness. The Piper, Sylvania and Inyo Mountains meet in this area of colorful rock formations and vast desert landscapes. One of the northernmost stands of Joshua Trees can be viewed in the northeast part of the wilderness along with sagebrush and piñon-juniper woodlands. Lucky visitors might spot a desert bighorn sheep in one of the canyons. BLM Wilderness Specialist Bob Wick shows here that perhaps the area’s best feature is its night skies. Far from any major towns or other developments, the pristine dark skies reveal seemingly countless stars and bright swath of the Milky Way in a nightly show. Posted on Tumblr by the US Department of the Interior, 6/15/15.
California’s North Maricopa Wilderness. Photo by Bob Wick. Posted on Tumblr by the US Department of the Interior, 6/15/15.
California’s Kingston Range Wilderness. Photo by Bob Wick. Posted on Tumblr by the US Department of the Interior, 6/15/15.
Point Arena Stornetta, part of the California Coastal National Monument. Photo by Bob Wick. Posted on Tumblr by the US Department of the Interior, 6/15/15.
Vermillion Cliffs National Monument. Photo by Bob Wicks. Posted on Tumblr by the US Department of the Interior, 6/2/15.
Valley of the Gods National Monument. Photo by Bob Wicks. Posted on Tumblr by the US Department of the Interior, 6/2/15.
Montana’s Glacier National Park. Photo by Jacob Barber. Tweeted by the US Department of the Interior, 5/31/15.
Trona Pinnacles. Photo by Bob Wicks. Posted on Tumblr by the US Department of the Interior, 6/2/15.
Cadiz Dunes. Photo by Bob Wicks. Posted on Tumblr by the US Department of the Interior, 6/2/15.
A hidden gem in America’s Pacific Northwest is the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument in Oregon. Called an amazing treasure, Cascade-Siskiyou covers more than 62,000 acres and is best known for the unique landscapes created by the convergence of species from the high deserts of the Northern Great Basin to the temperate rain forests of the Pacific Coast. As BLM photographer Bob Wick said: “This area is a botanist’s dream where the Cascade, Great Basin and Coast Range-Klamath ecosystems come together. You can turn a corner and go from walking through a dense mossy red fir forest to sagebrush and mountain mahogany in a few feet.” Photo by Bob Wick, Posted on Tumblr by the US Department of the Interior, 6/2/15.
Sonoran Desert National Monument, from the Maricopa Mountains. Photo by Bob Wicks. Posted on Tumblr by the US Department of the Interior, 6/2/15.
Bisti-De-Na-Zin Wilderness. Photo by Bob Wicks. Posted on Tumblr by the US Department of the Interior, 6/2/15.
Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument in Oregon. Photo by Bob Wicks. Posted on Tumblr by the US Department of the Interior, 6/2/15.
The Colorado National Monument rises more than 2,000 feet above the Grand Valley of the Colorado River. Towering monoliths exist within a vast plateau and canyon panorama. You can experience sheer-walled, red rock canyons along the twists and turns of Rim Rock Drive or hike some of the park’s more than 40 miles of maintained trails. Sunrise photo over the monument by William Woodward. Posted on Tumblr by the US Department of the Interior, 4/20/15.
A lovely spring morning begins at Oklahoma’s Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge. Photo by Kathy Suttles. Tweeted by the US Department of the Interior, 4/6/15.
A fiery sunrise over the Mesquite Sand Dunes in Death Valley National Park in California. Many first time visitors to Death Valley are surprised it is not covered with a sea of sand. Less than one percent of the desert is covered with dunes, yet the shadowed ripples and stark, graceful curves define “desert” in our imaginations. The Mesquite Flat Dunes are the best known and easiest to visit in the national park. Photo by Mike Mezeul II. Tweeted by the US Department of the Interior, 4/24/15.
Hazel Mountain Overlook in the Shenandoah National Park is an amazing place to watch a sunrise in Virginia . Tweeted by the US Department of the Interior, 4/8/15.
A stunning Alpenglow sunrise over Dream Lake. It’s just one of the amazing vistas in Colorado’s Rocky Mountain National Park. Photo by Malcolm Boshier. Tweeted by the US Department of the Interior, 5/7/15.
Where’s the best place to look for wildlife when visiting America’s public lands? Sometimes you have to look where you least expect. Case in point: This pic of bobcat hiding in a cactus at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in Arizona. Posted on Tumblr by the US Department of the Interior, 5/6/15.
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Photo: Ed Cooper. Tweeted by the US Department of the Interior, 3/30/15.
Utah’s colorful Cedar Breaks National Monument is beautiful at sunset. Photo by Bud Walley. Tweeted by the US Department of the Interior, 3/23/15.
Here’s a great pic of a rainbow at the end of Devils Postpile National Monument’s iconic Rainbow Falls. Plunging 101-feet down to the turbulent water below, the falls are aptly named for the many rainbows that appear in its mist throughout sunny summer days. Photo by Cat Connor. Posted on Tumblr by the US Department of the Interior, 3/17/15.
Rising from the heart of the Tularosa Basin is one of the world’s great natural wonders — the glistening white gypsum dunefields of White Sands National Monument in New Mexico. Seemingly stark and barren, the 275 square miles of brilliant white gypsum sand are home to an amazing diversity of life, weaving a spell over all who visit it. Sunset photo by Donna Schneider. Posted on Tumblr by the US Department of the Interior, 2/25/15.
Wonderful photo by Greg Owens. Tweeted by the US Department of the Interior, 1/21/15.
California Coastal National Monument. Photo by Bob Wick. Tweeted by the US Department of the Interior, 1/15/15.
Farallon National Wildlife Refuge in California. Tweeted by the US Department of the Interior, 1/15/15.
