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Scenic – Packrat Trail Loop (Saguaro National Park, AZ)
Southern Arizona’s Saguaro National Park—split into two districts separated by the San Luis Valley—feels in some ways like a local park due to its proximity to Tucson, Arizona’s second-largest city. Taking off from this neighborhood or that, numerous hiking trails … Continue reading
Daemonelix Trail (Agate Fossil Beds National Monument, NE)
Imagine a creature roughly approximating a beaver or large prairie dog but one that digs holes in a spiral nearly 10 feet deep, forming tunnels resembling a corkscrew or drill bit: this is the curious activity of the prehistoric paleocastor, … Continue reading
Posted in Easy Hikes, Nebraska
Tagged Agate Fossil Beds, Daemonelix Trail, Devil's Corkscrew, fossils, historic, Nebraska, Niobrara River, paleocastor
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Fossil Hills Trail (Agate Fossil Beds National Monument, NE)
Agate Fossil Beds National Monument in northwest Nebraska was established a mere quarter century ago—in June 1997—but its famed mammal fossils date to the early Paleocene Epoch, just after the mass extinction of dinosaurs 65 million years ago. Dozens of … Continue reading
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Tagged Agate Fossil Beds, Carnegie Hill, Fossil Hills Trail, fossils, Nebraska, Niobrara River, quarry, University Hill
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Fort Falls Trail (Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge, NE)
A pioneer of environmental conservation, President Theodore Roosevelt created, with the stroke of a pen in January 1912, Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge in northern Nebraska, protecting a “preserve and breeding ground for native birds.” The refuge also protects herds … Continue reading
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Tagged Fort Falls, Fort Falls Trail, Fort Niobrara, loop hike, Nebraska, Niobrara National Scenic River, Niobrara River, waterfall
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Smith Falls Trail (Smith Falls State Park, NE)
“Honestly, it’s not for everyone” – so goes the official tourism slogan for the state of Nebraska, a Great Plains state notable mostly for its fields of corn and the invention of the Reuben sandwich and Kool-Aid. The tourism campaign … Continue reading
Calumet Bluff Trail (Gavin’s Point Dam area, NE)
During the first summer of the famed Lewis & Clark Expedition in 1804, the travelling company camped for four nights at the base of a high bluff along the Missouri River, described by the party as “composed of a yellowish … Continue reading
Gavin’s Point Nature Trail (Lewis & Clark Recreation Area, SD)
Created by the Gavins Point Dam on the Missouri River, Lewis and Clark Lake spans more than 31,000 on the border of Nebraska and South Dakota. While the massive reservoir conceals the original river embankments, it is paralleled on both … Continue reading
Posted in Easy Hikes, South Dakota, Uncategorized
Tagged Chalk Bluffs, Gavin's Point, Gavin's Point Nature Trail, lake, Lewis & Clark, Lewis & Clark Lake, Lewis & Clark Recreation Area, loop hike, marsh, Missouri National Recreational River, Missouri River, Niobrara chalk, South Dakota, wetlands
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Spirit Mound Trail (Spirit Mound Historic Prairie, SD)
With a system of dams effectively flooding much of the Missouri River shoreline where Meriweather Lewis and William Clark once camped during their 1803-6 expedition, there are few places left where one can walk, with certainty, in the footsteps of … Continue reading
Circle Trail (Pipestone National Monument, MN)
Pipestone National Monument in southwest Minnesota preserves the site of an active pipestone quarry used by the Sioux and other American Indian tribes to craft famed “peace pipes” popularized by groups in the northern plains of the United States. The … Continue reading
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Tagged historic, lake, Lake Hiawatha, loop hike, Minnesota, Pipestone, Pipestone Creek, quarry, quartzite, The Oracle, waterfall, Winnewissa Falls
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Pothole Trail (Interstate Park, WI)
Evidence of ancient lava flows, prehistoric seas, and glacial erosion abounds at the Dalles of the St. Croix, a narrow gorge situated on the border of Minnesota and Wisconsin, about an hour’s drive from the Twin Cities. In addition to … Continue reading
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Tagged canyon, Dalles of the St. Croix, Ice Age Trail, Interstate Park, loop hike, Pothole Trail, potholes, St. Croix Falls, St. Croix River, Wisconsin
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