During the holidays of last year several members of my family and I visited Coronado National Memorial. While there we went to the park office and visited with one of the rangers who showed us pictures that they took of the rock flows that caused the park rangers there to shut the park for a while to clear up a number of places, and the time it took to clean the parts that opened. Other areas are still closed that I know of.

These are some pictures I took of the rock flows. I don't have enough room to showcase all the pictures from the trip which is why there are only a few in each area.

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Below are pictures that I took of the park in various view. I am including the address for this park below so tat if you are in the Sierra Vista Area you can visit this place.

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Here's the information for Coronado:

Coronado National Memorial

4101 E. Montezuma Canyon Road

Hereford, AZ 85615-9376

(602) 366-5515

Activities: hiking 

Food/Lodging: picnic area

 Details: visitor center, self-guiding tours/trails

 Accessibility: service, visitor center

Here's some more information that you can go to. I got these from a cd called Tour on U.S.A. NATIONAL PARKS which is put out by SimplyMedia.com.

National Park Service 

  1. National Park Service Home Page:  features a Searchable directory “Visit Your Parks” with Links to homes for each of the National Parks, National Monuments, and National Historic Site. Also allows you to purchase a $50 annual pass to give you access to all of the national parks.

  1. NPS Wild and Scenic Rivers: A guide to the wild and scenic rivers managed by the National Park Service.

  1. NPS Division of Publications – Digital Maps Data Directory: - Viewable and downloadable maps of the National Park System and individual parks, as well as a selection of 3d-rendered virtual views.

 Directories and Lists of Parks & Park information 

  1. L.L. Bean Park Search: L.L. Bean’s site of nearly 900 national parks and forests, state parks and other great outdoor locales across the U.S. Provides links to most national parks, over 750 state parks, 290 National Wildlife Refuges, and 90 Bureau of Land Management locations.

  1. Great Outdoor Recreation Pages (GORP) – Park Links around the Web: Lots of links to Internet park-related sites. Also gateways to camping, accommodation and eating information as well as suggested trips and locations.

  1. National Parks and Environmental Sites: An Internet directory of national parks, non-profit environmental organizations and outdoor recreation sites.

National Park Photographs 

  1. John Donahue’s National Park Photos: Lots of beautiful photographs and many links to other photo sites.

 

More national Park Photos

  1. National and State Park Photographs: Collections of photographs of National Parks  

Outdoor Recreation

  1. L.L. Bean’s Outdoors Online: Complete listing of outdoor activities such as camping, cycling, cross country skiing, fitness, fly fishing, hiking, paddling, and snow shoeing. Lots of good suggestions, safety tips, training information and places to go.

Reference Sources

  1. Britaninca.com: This granddaddy of encyclopedias provides a web search engine which you can use for finding specific parks or subjects concerning parks, such as North Carolina state parks or campgrounds (each has its own site).

  1. Compton’s Encyclopedia Online: Has most of the features of Britaninca.com although not as comprehensive. Features a search Wizard to help you find individual parks or park information.

 

Please feel free to email me if you have a question or comment.

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