Thought I'd post a few unusual, lesser known facts about the USA's national parks:
Point number 2 is real scary! If i had known that I wouldnt have gone there :p
Thanks for the info though.
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I want to add a few more that I know of.
10. Death Valley had a record high of 134F (56.7C). Although you'll find the absolute high of 136F (57.8C) in Libya, that record is actually very much questionable, as both the date (13th of september) and the fact that other places around it were much lower question this.
11. Rocky Mountain NP has the highest continuously paved road in the USA, at more than 12,000 feet above sea level.
12. Both the highest and the biggest trees in the world can be found in two Californian parks: Redwood and Sequoia respectively. The oldest, a 4,700 year old bristlecone tree is also found in California, but not in a national park.
Mojave National park has a race track. There is a valley where the floor is dried mud and there are rocks on it about the size of my head (and just as hard!). when it rains and the mud becomes slick the wind will blow the rocks across the mud and they leave trails in the mud.
When it dries up the trails look like the rocks are racing across the desert.
Mojave National park has a race track. There is a valley where the floor is dried mud and there are rocks on it about the size of my head (and just as hard!). when it rains and the mud becomes slick the wind will blow the rocks across the mud and they leave trails in the mud.
When it dries up the trails look like the rocks are racing across the desert.
Actually the is in Death Valley NP. Sometimes called the exact source of movement is still being researched. The Mojave National Preserve has not obtained National Park status just yet.
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