National parks, national monuments, and other scenic areas of Southwest USA: Arizona, Colorado, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Texas, Nevada, Wyoming. www.americansouthwest.net
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The American Southwest New trail description: Sunset Rock - first (and shortest) of five new trail reports from the Giant Forest area of Sequoia National Park, California. This one is an easy path to a granite dome.
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In the Giant Forest area of Sequoia National Park, the 0.8 mile Sunset Rock Trail crosses woodland and meadows to a granite promontory, for long distance views over the western Sierra Nevada foothills
The American Southwest New section: Lake Pleasant, in the mountains northwest of Phoenix, Arizona. A place more for recreation than scenery, but the lake is quite pretty, surrounded by cactus-covered hills.
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Lake Pleasant Regional Park - large reservoir in the Hieroglyphic Mountains northwest of Phoenix, Arizona, surrounded by typical Sonoran Desert landscapes; description, map, photographs and QTVR
The American Southwest Selection of pictures of Utah; many are of slot canyons, since these are some of the most photogenic features of the Southwest
The American Southwest New section: Humboldt Lagoons State Park, north California - short article about this scenic park which features four coastal lagoons and an isolated stretch of Pacific Ocean beach
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Humboldt Lagoons State Park, near Trinidad in far north California - unspoilt section of the Pacific Coast adjoining four inland lagoons. Guide, map, photographs
The American Southwest New trail description: Murphy Creek, Yosemite National Park, which leads amongst other places to the Polly Dome Lakes. I've included a USGS topo map for the first time, having established these are not copyright-protected, and will add them for all other hikes on the site in due course.
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In the high country of Yosemite National Park, the Murphy Creek Trail links Tenaya Lake with the Glen Aulin backcountry campsite, en route passing the Polly Dome Lakes and McGee Lake. Trail description, photographs, map, QTVR
The American Southwest New article; the Little Colorado River, on the Navajo Reservation in north Arizona. The rough trails to the remote lower part of the canyon may be out of reach to most people, but the upper canyon can be seen from several overlooks along highway 64.
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The Little Colorado River forms a deep, narrow gorge across the Navajo Indian Reservation in north Arizona, joining the Colorado in the middle of the Grand Canyon. Description, map, photographs, QTVR
The American Southwest New section: Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park, north California; tall trees and lush undergrowth, perhaps the most scenic of the redwood parks. First of a series of articles on places along the north California coast.
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Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park, near Crescent City in far north California - large, inland old growth redwood forest alongside the Smith River; part of Redwood National and State Parks. Description, map, photographs, trail guide
The American Southwest A small selection of personal favorites, from the website
The American Southwest New QTVR panorama of Navy Beach, Mono Lake, California - near the famous South Tufa formations. The lake is an interesting place to explore, and has plenty of good primitive camping sites nearby; these are the closest places for free camping if visiting the high country of nearby Yosemite National Park.
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QTVR panorama of Navy Beach, on the south shore of Mono Lake, California, near the South Tufa Reserve
The American Southwest New trail description - Elizabeth Lake, reached by a 2.4 mile path in the Tuolumne Meadows region of Yosemite National Park; rivaling the Cathedral Lakes for being easily reached and scenic. The lake sits at the foot of Unicorn Peak in the Cathedral Range.
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The trail to Elizabeth Lake, at the foot of the Cathedral Range in the Tuolumne Meadows area of Yosemite National Park, California; description, photographs, QTVR panorama
The American Southwest Latest new section - Black Rock Desert - a vast, remote, desert region in northwest Nevada, containing Black Rock Playa, which is one of the largest flat expanses in the USA and is used, amongst other things, for land speed record attempts, rocket launches and the Burning Man festival.
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The Black Rock Desert is a remote area of treeless mountains, rugged canyons and dry lake beds in northwest Nevada, centered on Gerlach and the Black Rock Playa - site of the Burning Man festival. Information, map, photographs and QTVR
All the material on the website was acquired during my travels in the US, which began in June 1993 with a 3 week trip from Los Angeles across to Arizona, then through Utah, Nevada and north California, returning down the coastal road back to Los Angeles...
http://www.americansouthwest.net is a guide to the national parks, national monuments and other scenic landscapes of Southwest USA, currently defined as Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, central/west Texas, Utah and west Wyoming...
