The secrets of this earth are not for all men to see, but only for those who seek them
State Parks
Garibaldi Provincial Park – British Columbia
Sep 29th
Instead of Pacific breakers, you will see waves of 8,000-foot peaks, glaciers clinging to their flanks… high valleys in which the green of alpine meadows mixes with the blue-green of glacial lakes… low valleys bristling with thick forest of Douglas fir, western red-cedar, and western hemlock.
The park was connected to the coast early on. In 1860, a naval captain surveying Howe Sound in the Strait of Georgia dubbed one of the area’s tallest peaks, 8,786-foot-high Mount Garibaldi, after the famous Italian patriot. More >
Wood-Tikchik State Park – Alaska
Sep 11th
Alaska’s most remote state park and the largest state park in the United States, Wood-Tikchik was created in 1978 to protect the area’s fish and wildlife habitat. Named for its two separate drainages, each connecting a series of crystalline lakes, the park contains a landscape of diverse beauty.
Wood-Tikchik State Park encompasses a transition area between coniferous forest and tundra. Mixed stands of white spruce and birch line the lowland lakes and waterways, while black spruce pepper open tundra and muskeg. Timberline extends to 900 feet, at which point alpine tundra, rocky slopes, and meadows take over. In the east, wet tundra, marshes, and small ponds predominate. More >
