LINKS TO NATIONAL PARKS

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http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/birth/birth.pdf

Birth of the Mountains.

http://geology.wr.usgs.gov/parks/mojave/grmtn1.html
Geology of Mojave National Preserve: Granite Mountains.

http://www2.nature.nps.gov/geology/parks/acad/
Acadia National Park Maine.

http://www.desertusa.com/magdec97/rock/rockpile.html
Inselbergs: Unique rock formations at Joshua Tree National Park

http://it.stlawu.edu/~geoclub/letch1.html
Geology of Letchworth state park

General

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://3dparks.wr.usgs.gov/
3-D Tours Featuring Park Geology. You will need 3-D glasses to view these.

Area Specific

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.anr.state.vt.us/dec/geo/vgs.htm
Tour of Champlain Thrust Fault, Vermont

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.


Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, Colorado

http://www2.nature.nps.gov/geology/parks/grca/age/index.cfm
http://www2.nature.nps.gov/ParkScience/index.cfm?articleID=148
These sites all have more information on the Age Of Grand Canyon Rocks.

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.hockinghillspark.com
Tour of Hocking Hills State Park, Ohiohttp://www.nature.nps.gov/grd/parks/indu/index.htm
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Indiana: Home of Mount Baldy "the smoking dune"

http://www.nps.gov/mora/home.htm
Mount Rainier National Park

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/buff
Tour of Ponca Wilderness Area, Buffalo National River, Arkansas

http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/coronado
Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona

http://www.fs.fed.us/r9/mnf
Seneca Rocks, West Virginia

http://www.parktrust.org/zb-exp.html
Tour of Tallgrass Prarie National Reserve, Kansas

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

http://www.nature.nps.gov/grd/tour/fossil.htm
National Parks within the category of fossil parks

 

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