Channel Island facts
Established as a national park: March 5,1980. Area: 249,353 acres, half under the ocean. Visitors: 300,000 at the mainland visitor center in 1999; 30,000 to the islands. Location: Islands are...
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A guide to Joshua Tree National Park
GETTING THERE The park lies 140 miles east of Los Angeles. From the west, take Interstate Highway 10 to California Highway 62 (Twentynine Palms Highway) and follow it to the...
Channel Islands main sights
No particular landmarks or monuments mark the islands. But each one has its own subtle, and unique, characteristics. 1. Anacapa: Superb viewing of flora and fauna, including the bright yellow...
Guide to Channel Islands
GETTING THERE Ventura, Calif., is the most convenient gateway city -- about 70 miles north of Los Angeles. Island Packers, one of the park's concessionaires for travel to the islands,...
Escapes from L.A.: Joshua Tree National Park
JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK, Calif.--I keep returning to the Golden State precisely because it offers more than gold. The green of its forests, the blue of its ocean, the rainbows...
A GUIDE TO CHANNEL ISLANDS AND JOSHUA TREE
GETTING THERE Channel Islands Ventura, Calif., is the most convenient gateway city -- about 70 miles north of Los Angeles. Island Packers, one of the park's concessionaires for travel to...
Dry Tortugas: Islands in the sun
DRY TORTUGAS , Fla.--To see this remote national park the way landlubbers do, I took the $85 package offered by Sunny Days Catamarans in Key West. We would sail out...
A guide to Everglades National Park
GETTING THERE Everglades and Biscayne National Parks lie just outside Miami. Homestead, about 25 miles south of Miami and where the Florida Turnpike and U.S. Highway 1 converge, is the...
Dry Tortugas facts
Established as a national park: Oct. 26,1992. Area: 61,480 acres federal; 3,220 acres non-federal. Land area: 39.28 acres. Visitors: 84,109 in 1999. Location: 70 miles west of Key West, Fla....
Everglades facts
Established as a national park: Dec. 6, 1947. Area: 1,506,539 acres, including offshore waters. Visitors: 1,141,443 in 1999. Location: Tip of southern Florida and parts of Florida Bay. Flora and...