The final day of National Park Week brings us to Ruby Beach, a coastal destination named for its sparkly sand, at Washington’s Olympic National Park. Here on the Olympic Peninsula you’ll find rugged beaches, glacier-topped mountains, and temperate rainforests that receive upwards of 12 feet of rainfall per year. All that rain feeds the mosses, lichens, and ferns that lend the forests a unique, jungle-like quality. Thanks for exploring national parks with us for the past week–it’s been fun!
National Park Week: Olympic National Park, Washington
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National Take the Stairs Day
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Get the bear facts
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A bison preserve
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The call of the wild in Alaska
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A temple, preserved
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New Year s Day
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Borrego Badlands
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Let’s go mothing
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Spring comes to the Palouse
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Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California
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Tassili n’Ajjer, Sahara, Algeria
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Kinder Scout, Peak District National Park, England
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Across the great plains of Africa
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Wander the ancient medina
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Happy birthday, Capitol Reef National Park
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The Colosseum of Rome, Italy
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We did not invent this, honest
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Llama Day
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Roques de Benet, Els Ports Natural Park, Catalonia, Spain
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Happy Easter!
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Art over Amalfi
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Zion National Park turns 103
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You ve never seen anything like this
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World Bee Day
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Happy Holi!
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The (Inca) empire strikes back
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What’s blooming in New Zealand?
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The Bahamas as seen from the ISS
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Whitehaven Beach, Whitsunday Island, Australia
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Pretty, pretty…butterfly?