NATIONAL PARKS (United States and Canada)
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General
http://www2.nature.nps.gov/views/Index_NAMA.htm#
A tour showing the rocks used to make the monuments on the National Mall.
http://www.nps.gov/deva/forteachers/efieldtrip.htm
Death Valley
http://www.uwsp.edu/geo/projects/geoweb/participants/dutch/Vtrips/MtRushmore.HTM
Mount Rushmore, South Dakota.
http://satftp.soest.hawaii.edu/space/hawaii/virtual.field.trips.html
Virtual Field trips to Hawaii.
http://www2.nature.nps.gov/grd/tour/index.htm
National
Park Geology Tours of Geologic Features
http://www2.nature.nps.gov/synthesis/views/
Views of the National Parks (Views) presents National Park
Service (NPS) stories of the natural, historical, and cultural wonders of the
United States in an educational and interactive format
http://www.nps.gov/parkoftheweek/hamp.htm
National Park Service Park of the Week Virtual Tour
http://www.field-trips.org/
General links to various virtual field trips
http://3dparks.wr.usgs.gov/
3-D Tours Featuring Park Geology. You will need 3-D glasses to view these.
Area Specific
http://eesc.columbia.edu/courses/v1010/
Virtual Field Trip of Death Valley National Park
http://geoinfo.nmt.edu/tour/federal/monuments/el_malpais/zuni-bandera/home.html
Virtual Field Trip to the Basalts of the Zuni-Bandera Malpais El
Malpais National Monument
http://www2.nature.nps.gov/GEOLOGY/usgsnps/noca/nocaft.html
Virtual Field Trip of the North Cascades National Park
http://homepage.smc.edu/robinson_richard/fieldtrips.htm
Acadia National Park, Maine: A shoreline carved by glaciers
http://www.nps.gov/agfo
Agate Fossil Beds National Monument, Nebraska
http://www.nps.gov/ania
Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve, Alaska: Remote and recent volcanic
wildlands
http://www.nps.gov/arch
Arches National Park: A geologic tour of Arches National Park, Utah
http://www.nps.gov/archive/bela/html/vvcenter.htm
Bering Land Bridge National Preserve, Alaska: Extensive lava flows, ash/steam
explosion,
crater lakes and continuing glaciation
http://www.maroon.com/bigbend/intro
Big Bend: Texas A&M University Big Bend field trip
http://geoweb.tamu.edu/faculty/herbert/bigbend
Big Bend National Park: Virtual field trip to Big Bend National Park, West Texas
http://geoweb.tamu.edu/faculty/herbert/bigbend/hike1/index.html
Big Bend National Park: Hike the Lost Mine Trail in Big Bend
National Park
http://geowww.geo.tcu.edu/bigbend/p16.html
Big Bend National Park: Virtual field trip
http://www.nps.gov/blca
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument, Colorado: The slow, unyielding
process of erosion
http://www.hgs.org/hgsvft/vfth1/h1bb.html
Virtual field trip of Brazos Bend State Park
http://www.nps.gov/brca/
Bryce Canyon: A geologic tour of Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah
http://www.nps.gov/brca/planyourvisit/virtualtour.htm
Embark on a Virtual Tour of Bryce Canyon
http://www.nps.gov/cany
Canyonlands National Park, Utah
http://www.infowest.com/Utah/colorcountry/Nationalparks/Capitolreef/capitol.html
Tour of Capitol Reef National Park
http://www.nps.gov/care/geology1.htm
Capital Reef: Geological field trip to Capital Reef State Park, Utah
http://www.anr.state.vt.us/dec/geo/vgs.htm
Tour of Champlain Thrust Fault, Vermont
http://www.nature.nps.gov/grd/parks/crla/index.htm
Crater Lake National Park, Oregon: The deepest lake in the United
States,
the second deepest in the Western Hemisphere
http://www.nature.nps.gov/grd/parks/crmo/index.htm
Craters of the Moon National Monument, Idaho: "The strangest 75
square miles on the
North American Continent"
http://www.nature.nps.gov/grd/parks/cuis/index.htm
Cumberland Island National Seashore, Georgia: Georgia's largest and southernmost
barrier island
http://www.nature.nps.gov/grd/parks/joda/index.htm
John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Oregon: Treasures concealed in sedimentary
rock
http://wrgis.wr.usgs.gov/docs/parks/deva/devaft.html
This field trip will take you to just a few of Death Valley's geological
wonders.
http://www.nature.nps.gov/grd/parks/dena/index.htm
Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska: Home of Mount McKinley, highest mountain
on the North American Continent
http://www.nature.nps.gov/grd/parks/dino/index.htm
Dinosaur National Monument: A tour of Dinosaur National Monument, UT and CO.
http://www.dinosaurstatepark.org
Dinosaur State Park, Rocky Hill, Connecticut
http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~rmr/E-rock/E-rock.html
Virtual fieldtrip to Enchanted Rock State Natural Area,
Texas
http://www.nps.gov/ever/eco/geology.htm
Everglades National Park, Florida: Glaciers in South Florida?
http://www.nature.nps.gov/grd/parks/flfo/index.htm
Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, Colorado
http://www.nature.nps.gov/grd/parks/fobu/index.htm
Fossil Butte National Monument, Wyoming
http://www.nature.nps.gov/grd/parks/gaar/index.htm
Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve, Alaska: The northernmost east-west
trending portion
of the Rocky Mountains
http://www.nature.nps.gov/grd/parks/grca/index.htm
Grand Canyon National Park: A geologic tour of Grand Canyon National Park
http://www.kaibab.org/geology/gc_geol.htm
Grand Canyon National Park: The geology of the Grand
Canyon
http://www.gorp.com/gcjunkies/canyon.htm
Grand Canyon National Park: The Grand Tour of the Grand Canyon. Backpack to the
bottom.
http://www.nature.nps.gov/grd/parks/grte/index.htm
Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming: Valleys created by glaciation
http://www.nature.nps.gov/grd/parks/grba/index.htm
Great Basin National Park: A geologic tour through the Great Basin National Park,
NV
http://www.nature.nps.gov/grd/parks/gumo/index.htm
Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas: an ancient marine fossil reef
http://www.nature.nps.gov/grd/parks/hafo/index.htm
Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument, Idaho: the pliocene epoch is well
represented
in this fossil history
http://www.nature.nps.gov/grd/parks/hale/index.htm
Haleakela National Park, Hawaii: Reminder of a once active volcano
http://www.nature.nps.gov/grd/parks/havo/index.htm
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii: Two of the worlds most active volcanoes
http://www.hockinghillspark.com
Tour of Hocking Hills State Park, Ohio
http://www.nature.nps.gov/grd/parks/katm/index.htm
Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska: One of the world's most active volcano
centers
http://www.nature.nps.gov/grd/parks/kefj/index.htm
Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska: Glacier-carved Valleys Filled with Ocean
Waters
http://www.nps.gov/kewe
Tour of the Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan
http://www.nature.nps.gov/grd/parks/lacl/index.htm
Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, Alaska: Uplifting, intrusion, earthquakes,
volcanism and
glacial action (excellent links)
http://www.shastahome.com/lassen-volcanic/park.htm
Virtual tour of Lassen Volcanic National Park
http://www.nature.nps.gov/grd/parks/moja/index.htm
Mojave National Preserve: A geologic tour through the Mojave National Preserve, CA
http://www.nps.gov/mora/home.htm
Mount Rainier National Park
http://www.nature.nps.gov/grd/parks/nabr/index.htm
Natural Bridges National Monument: The geology of Natural Bridges National
Monument, Utah
http://www.nysparks.com
Niagara Falls and the Niagra River Gorge, New York
http://wrgis.wr.usgs.gov/docs/parks/noca/nocaft.html
Geology of North Cascades National Park
http://www.gorp.com/gorp/resource/us_national_park/wa/drv_nor.htm
General link for the North Cascades Highway (Washington State
Route 20) in Washington
http://www.nps.gov/pais
Padre Island National Seashore, Texas: Profile of a Barrier Island
http://www.nps.gov/pinn
Pinnacles National Monument, California: The remains of a volcano atop the San
Andreas Rift Zone
http://www.nps.gov/buff
Tour of Ponca Wilderness Area, Buffalo National River, Arkansas
http://www.nature.nps.gov/grd/parks/romo/index.htm
Rocky Mountains National Park, Colorado: The grandeur of the Rocky
Mountains
is the culmination of many geologic events
http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/coronado
Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona
http://www.fs.fed.us/r9/mnf
Seneca Rocks, West Virginia
http://www.geol.umd.edu/~piccoli/geoclub/oldrag.htm
Shenandoah National Park: Field trip to Old Rag Mountain
http://www.nature.nps.gov/grd/parks/slbe/index.htm
Sleeping Bear Dunes, Michigan: A masterpiece of ice, wind and water
http://www.parktrust.org/zb-exp.html
Tour of Tallgrass Prarie National Reserve, Kansas
http://www.nature.nps.gov/grd/parks/viis/index.htm
Virgin Islands National Park: Coral Reefs and Canopied Islands
http://www.nature.nps.gov/grd/parks/whsa/index.htm
White Sands National Monument, New Mexico: 275 Square miles of glistening gypsum
sand
http://www.nature.nps.gov/grd/parks/wrst/index.htm
Wrangell-St.Elias National Park and Preserve: Receding, advancing and tidewater glaciers
http://home.uleth.ca/vft/waterton/
Waterton Lakes Virtual Field Trip
http://www.nps.gov/yell
Yellowstone National Park
http://virtual.yosemite.cc.ca.us/ghayes/roadside.htm
Roadside geology of Yosemite National Park
http://www.americanparknetwork.com/parkinfo/yo/index.html
Tour of Yosemite National Park
http://www.yosemite.com/tripplan/places.html
Yosemite National Park: Places of interest in and around the park
Canada
http://www.burgess-shale.bc.ca
Yoho National Park, British Columbia
General National Park Virtual Tours
http://www.desertusa.com/qtvr/du_qtvr.html
VR trips thru various U.S. national parks
http://www.nature.nps.gov/grd/tour/index.htm
Geological categories of tours through our National Parks
http://www.nature.nps.gov/grd/tour/basin_ra.htm
National Parks with the common geologic theme of Basin and Range
http://www.nature.nps.gov/grd/tour/cplateau.htm
National Parks within the category of Colorado Plateau
http://www.nature.nps.gov/grd/tour/fossil.htm
National Parks within the category of fossil parks
http://www.nature.nps.gov/grd/tour/glaciers.htm
National Parks within the category of Glaciers
http://www.nature.nps.gov/grd/tour/sanddune.htm
Sand Dune Parks
http://www.nature.nps.gov/grd/tour/platetec.htm
Park geology tour of Plate Tectonics
http://www.nature.nps.gov/grd/tour/coastal.htm
Shoreline geology within National Parks
http://www.nature.nps.gov/grd/tour/volcano.htm
National Parks with Volcanic tours
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