RV Lifestyle Arches National Park UTAH Arches National Park is a geological wonderland. The extraordinary features of the park create a landscape of contrasting colours, landforms and textures unlike any other in the world. The highest density of natural arches in the world occurs in Arches, which preserves more than 2,000 imposing natural sandstone arches. Canyonlands National Park UTAH Canyonlands covers a vast area of wilderness, centred around the confluence of the Green and Colorado rivers.The park preserves an immense wilderness of rock, in which water and gravity have carved hundreds of canyons, mesas, buttes, spires and arches. Bryce Canyon National Park UTAH Bryce Canyon is world-famous for its vibrant red rock spires that shoot hundreds of feet into the air. Known as hoodoos, these totem pole-like formations are collected in a series of horseshoe-shaped amphitheatres that are easily accessible and provide breathtaking views. Congaree National Park SOUTH CAROLINA Preserving the largest tract of old-growth bottomland hardwood forest remaining in the U.S., Congaree National Park is an International Biosphere Reserve. Visitors can explore the natural wonderland by canoe, kayak, or on hiking trails and the Boardwalk Loop Trail. Capitol Reef National Park UTAH The park received its name in part from the great white rock formations resembling the U.S. Capitol building and from the sheer cliffs that presented a barrier to early travellers. However, it is the park’s multicoloured sandstone that earned it the nickname “land of the sleeping rainbow” by early settlers. Joshua Tree National Park CALIFORNIA Joshua Tree National Park is a diverse area of sand dunes, dry lakes, flat valleys, extraordinarily rugged mountains, granitic monoliths and oases. The park consists of two deserts. The Colorado offers low desert formations and plant life, including ocotillo and teddy bear cholla cactus. The higher, cooler, wetter Mojave is the natural habitat of the Joshua Tree. Cumberland Island National Seashore GEORGIA Cumberland Island National Seashore includes one of the largest undeveloped barrier islands in the world. The park is home to a herd of feral, free-ranging horses. Most visitors come to Cumberland for the natural glories, serenity and fascinating history. Built by the Carnegies, the ruins of the opulent 59-room, Queen Anne-style Dungeness are a must-see for visitors. Carlsbad Caverns National Park NEWMEXICO Go underground at Carlsbad Caverns, a magical world of mysterious passageways, colossal rock formations, crystal-clear pools of water and giant subterranean chambers. Most of the formations – or speleothems – found inside Carlsbad Cavern today were active and growing during the last ice age when, instead of having a desert above the cave, there were pine forests. 34 | www.snowbirds.org
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