Parks That We Have Visited

Over a period of about thirty years, at least one member (usually more) of our family has visited the nature and historical parks and preserves listed below. We have contacted a number of these to obtain lists of fauna and flora to be included in the parks pages of the Science section. Personnel at the parks that have responded have been very cooperative with our project. The links on this page are to parks for which the taxonomy of fauna and flora have been completed. A few parks do not yet have the requested data available. A few more parks to which we have sent requests for information have not responded at all. If your nature park listed below does not have a link and you would like it included, please contact us. Currently, we are including only those parks that we have visited, passed through or near the entrance, and which provide taxonomy information, regardless of type.

One function of these parks is to preserve the fauna and flora within their boundaries. Another is to display their beauty to tourists. Another is to provide recreation. Can these be balanced? There is more to the parks than preservation, sight-seeing, and recreation. They are centres where much learning can take place. We, like many people, have not utilized the learning aspect as much as we could have. Nevertheless, we enjoyed our visits to them, whether for a few hours, for overnight, or for several days. Each park has its own unique characteristics. Before visiting a park, one should do some research to know what may be seen and learned and when is the best time of the year to visit to experience what is desired.

Belize

Archaeological Parks
  1. Altun Ha AP

Canada

National Parks and Sanctuaries
    Alberta:
  1. Banff NP
  2. Elk Island NP
  3. Jasper NP
  4. Waterton Lakes NP
    British Columbia:
  1. George C. Reifel National Migratory Bird Sanctuary
  2. Glacier NP
  3. Kootenay NP
  4. Mount Revelstoke NP
  5. Yoho NP
    Manitoba:
  1. Riding Mountain NP
    Ontario:
  1. Point Pelee NP
    Saskatchewan:
  1. Prince Albert NP


Provincial Parks, Preserves, and Sanctuaries

    Alberta:
  1. Crimson Lake
  2. Cypress Hills
  3. Dinosaur
  4. Gooseberry Lake
  5. Kinbrook Island
  6. Park Lake
  7. Sylvan Lake
  8. Taber
  9. Writing-on-Stone
    British Columbia:
  1. Creston Valley Wildlife Management Area
  2. Dry Gulch
  3. Emory Creek
  4. Golden Ears
  5. Goldpan
  6. Green Timbers Arboretum and Nursery
  7. Green Timbers Urban Forest
  8. Jimsmith
  9. Manning
  10. Shannon Falls
  11. Yard Creek
    Manitoba:
  1. International Peace Garden
  2. Whiteshell
  3. Winnipeg Beach
    Ontario:
  1. Bon Echo
  2. Inverhuron
  3. Ipperwash
  4. Lake Superior
  5. Long Point
  6. Michipicoten Post
  7. Obatanga
  8. Pinery
  9. Port Bruce
  10. Port Burwell
  11. Rondeau
  12. Rushing River
  13. Voyageur
  14. White Lake
    Saskatchewan:
  1. Saskatchewan Landing

Costa Rica

National Parks
(Parques Nacionales)
  1. PN Volcán Irazú

El Salvador

National Parks
(Parques Nacionales)
  1. PN Cerro Verde

Guatemala

National Parks and Biosphere Reserves
(Parques Nacionales y Reservas de la Biosfera)
  1. RB Maya
  2. PN Tikal

México

National Parks, Biosphere Reserves, and Archeological Parks
(Parques Nacionales, Reservas de la Biosfera y Zonas Arqueológicas)
    Campeche:
  1. RB Calakmul
    Chiapas:
  1. PN Palenque
  2. PN Cañón del Sumidero
  3. PN Lagunas de Montebello
  4. RB Agua Azul
  5. ZA Chinkultik
  6. ZA Tenam Puente
    Guerrero:
  1. PN El Veladero
    Nuevo León:
  1. PN Cumbres de Monterrey
    Oaxaca:
  1. PN Lagunas de Chacahua
  2. ZA Mitla
  3. ZA Monte Albán
    Yucatán:
  1. ZA Chichén Itzá

United States

National Parks, Monuments, and Sanctuaries
    Arizona:
  1. Grand Canyon NP
  2. Petrified Forest NP
    Arkansas:
  1. Buffalo National River
  2. Hot Springs NP
    California:
  1. Lassen Volcanic NP
  2. Mojave National Preserve
  3. Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary
  4. Redwoods NP
    Colorado:
  1. Rocky Mountain NP
    Idaho:
  1. Craters of the Moon NM
    Indiana:
  1. Lincoln Boyhood NM
    Maryland:
  1. Greenbelt Park
    Michigan:
  1. Seney National Wildlife Refuge
    Minnesota:
  1. Pipestone NM
    Mississippi:
  1. Vicksburg National Military Park
    Montana:
  1. Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge
  2. Glacier NP
  3. Little Bighorn Battlefield NM
    Nevada:
  1. Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
    New Mexico:
  1. Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge
    New York:
  1. Statue of Liberty NM
    North Carolina:
  1. Great Smoky Mountains NP
    North Dakota:
  1. Theodore Roosevelt NP
    Oregon:
  1. Crater Lake NP
  2. John Day Fossil Beds NM
  3. Newberry National Volcanic Monument
    Pennsylvania:
  1. Independence National Historic Park
    South Dakota:
  1. Badlands NP
  2. Jewel Cave NM
  3. Mt. Rushmore National Memorial
  4. Wind Cave NP
    Utah:
  1. Arches NP
  2. Dinosaur NM
  3. Timpanogos NM
    Virginia:
  1. Blue Ridge National Parkway
  2. Booker T. Washington NM
    Washington:
  1. Mt. Rainier NP
  2. Mt. St. Helens National Volcanic Monument
  3. Olympic NP
    West Virginia:
  1. New River Gorge National River
    Wyoming:
  1. Fort Laramie National Historic Site
  2. Grand Teton NP
  3. Yellowstone NP


State Parks

    Alabama:
  1. Gulf
    Arkansas:
  1. Mammoth Spring
  2. White Oak Lake
    California:
  1. Andrew Molera
  2. Gaviota
  3. Julia Pfeiffer
  4. Patrick's Point
  5. Pfeiffer-Big Sur
  6. Redwoods SPs
    Colorado:
  1. Lathrop
    Delaware:
  1. Delaware Seashore
  2. Trap Pond
    Indiana:
  1. Lincoln
    Kentucky:
  1. My Old Kentucky Home
    Maine:
  1. Sebago Lake
    Maryland:
  1. Assateague
    Michigan:
  1. Holland
  2. Indian Lake
  3. Straits
  4. Walter J. Hayes
    Minnesota:
  1. Blue Mounds
  2. Lake Bemidji
  3. Nerstrand - Big Woods
    Mississippi:
  1. Roosevelt
    Missouri:
  1. Lewis and Clark
  2. Meramec
    Montana:
  1. Lewis and Clark Caverns
  2. West Shore
    Nebraska:
  1. Niobrara
    Nevada:
  1. Lake Tahoe Nevada
    New Jersey:
  1. Liberty
  2. Palisades
    New York:
  1. Adirondack
  2. Watkins Glen
    North Dakota:
  1. Icelandic
  2. International Peace Garden
    Oklahoma:
  1. Sequoyah
    Oregon:
  1. Beverly Beach
  2. Cape Lookout
  3. Dabney
  4. Darlingtonia
  5. Fort Stevens
  6. Jessie M. Honeyman
  7. Sunset Bay
  8. Tumalo
    Pennsylvania:
  1. Delaware Canal
  2. Presque Isle
  3. Washington Crossing Historic Park
    Rhode Island:
  1. Burlingame
    Texas:
  1. Rusk/Palestine
    Virginia:
  1. Claytor Lake
  2. First Landing - Seashore
    Washington:
  1. Osoyoos Lake
  2. Saltwater
    Wisconsin:
  1. Mirror Lake
    West Virginia:
  1. Cedar Creek