California National and State Parks

California has eight national parks: The important few national parks are Death Valley, Kings Canyon. Tourists like visit Joshua Tree, Redwood, Lassen Volcanic, Sequoia. The other parks are Yosemite and the Channel Islands. National monuments include Cabriole in San Diego and Muir Woods north of San Francisco. For information about these parks and other tourist attraction places you can contact the western regional office of the National Park Service, San Francisco.

The California State Park System includes more than 200 sites; many are recreational and scenic, others historic or scientific. In an effort to make the park system more accessible for everyone, the State has capped camping fees which is very less amount and eliminated all weekend, premium and seasonal rates as well as boating fees.

Hawaii’s National and State parks

On the big island of Hawaii, Hawaii Volcanoes National park is very famous. It is 30mi southeast of Hilo on Highway 11, has the only rain forest and the only active volcano in the U.S. National park system. Call ahead for eruption updates. Haleakala National Park has some of the island’s most spectacular sunrises, hiking trails and camping. Kalaupapa National Historic Park on Molokai’s unspoiled Kalaupapa peninsula houses a former leprosy clinic. To reach this park you must either hike in or make the pilgrimage by mule ride. The USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor pays tribute to the more than 1100 sailors who lost their lives aboard the battleship when it was attacked by the Japanese on December 7, 1941.

The Mission Houses Museum next door to Hawaiian Church was the home of the first U.S. Missionaries to Hawaii after their arrival in 1820. The mission’s three main structures are among the oldest buildings on the islands. If you want to know more information Hawaii visitors and Convention Bureau will help you.

The Great Plains, Kansas, Missouri, USA Tourist spots.

The name Great Plains evokes an image of flat farmland stretching to the horizon, unbroken saves for the occasional cluster of buildings marking a town or farmstead. Those who go there, however, know this limitless terrain destroys as many preconceived images as it confirms. The seemingly uniform landscape actually encompasses geography as diverse as the towering buttes that loom over the horizons of northwestern South Dakota and the fertile river valleys that crisscross the eastern boundaries of Missouri and Kansas. Countless historical theme parks and Old West towns dot the region, along with abundant archaeological and Civil War battle sites, and museums of Native American and Pioneer lore. To know it you must drive its hundreds of miles of roads bisecting fields of grain or leave the highway for one of its mall towns, just to walk the Main Street and see the serene old house. Here, somewhere between myth and reality, the true spirit of this region is revealed.

Tourist season for the most of the Great Plains is summer, despite the soaring temperatures and high humidity. Many attractions are open during June, July and August. Northern States, such as the Dakotas and Nebraska, are generally cooler, but you should be prepared for anything in this variable region. Spring and fall can be excellent times to visit, with moderate temperature and crowds at a minimum. Fall in the Ozarks or in the eastern border of lowa has the added attraction of colorful foliage.