Life Experiences
Some of the non-biology-related sites that provide experiences that will enrich your human life, in trip order:
- Sinks Canyon (river disappears into cave)
- Yellowstone's Geysers (most in the world)
- Niagara Falls (top 3 in the world for volume and the tallest of those three for height)
- Bristlecone Pines (oldest known living things, Great Basin NP)
- Angel's Landing (intense trail at Zion NP)
- Grand Canyon (possibly the most awe-inspiring experience in the world)
- Crater Lake (deepest lake in U.S.)
- Redwood and Sequoia trees (tallest and most massive in the world)
- Big Sur
- Yosemite Valley
- Lake Superior (largest lake in U.S.)
- Meteor Crater
- Dark Skies
- Dark Sky Sanctuary (Cosmic Campground)
- Dark Sky Parks (Big Bend, Florissant Fossil Beds, Dinosaur NM, Great Basin, Bryce Canyon, Zion, Grand Canyon, Petrified Forest, Mesa Verde, Death Valley, Joshua Tree, Voyageurs)
- Other Dark Skies (McDonald Observatory)
- Carlsbad Caverns
- Skyscrapers (in Chicago and New York)
- Denali (tallest peak in North America)
- Na Pali Coast
Cities visited or close to main trip sites (bold = Experiencing Life site is in the metropolitan area):
- Salt Lake City, UT
- Nashville, TN
- Atlanta, GA
- Columbia, SC
- Jacksonville, FL
- Tampa, FL
- Orlando, FL
- Miami, FL
- Boston, MA
- Providence, RI
- Pittsburgh, PA
- Buffalo, NY
- Denver, CO
- Colorado Springs, CO
- Boise, ID
- Portland, OR
- Seattle, WA
- St. Louis, MO
- Kansas City, MO/KS
- Wichita, KS
- Omaha, NE
- Los Angles, CA
- San Diego, CA
- San Francisco, CA
- Milwaukee, WI
- Chicago, IL
- Cleveland, OH
- Detroit, MI
- Minneapolis, MN
- Albuquerque, NM
- Phoenix, AZ
- Tucson, AZ
- El Paso, TX
- Richmond, VA
- Washington, D.C.
- Baltimore, MD
- Philadelphia, PA
- New York, NY
- Honolulu, HI
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