Golden Chain Theatre Near Yosemite National Park in Oakhurst, CA. Season ticket information, schedules and photos.
Mariposa Storytelling Festival Annual production of the Mariposa Arts council, held near Yosemite National Park, California. March 11-13,2005.
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Arches National Park Arches National Park is U.S. National Park located near Moab, Utah noted for its concentration of natural arches—about 2,000 have been located within the park.
The park is 119 square miles (310 km²) in size. Its highest elevation is 5,653 feet (1,723 m) at Elephant Butte and its lowest elevation is 4,085 feet (1,245 m) at the visitor center. It receives 10 inches (250 mm) of rain a year on average.
Isle Royale National Park Isle Royale National Park is a U.S. National Park in the state of Michigan. Isle Royale, the largest island in Lake Superior, is over 50 miles (80 km) in length; it and multiple smaller islands along with all water to 2.5 miles of the outer islands make up the park. The island was once the site of a fishing industry, native copper mining and a resort community. Isle Royale National Park was established on April 3, 1940. It was designated a Wilderness Area in 1976 and an International Biosphere Reserve in 1980. It is a relatively small national park at 894 square miles (2314 km²), with only 209 square miles (542 km²) above water. It is known for its wolf and moose populations which are studied by scientists investigating predator-prey relationships in a closed environment. There are usually around 25 wolves and 1000 moose on the island but the numbers change greatly year to year. In rare years with very hard winters, animals can travel over the frozen lake from the Canadian mainland. To protect the wolves from canine diseases, dogs are not allowed in any part of the park, including the adjacent waters.
National Park A national park is a reserve of land, usually owned by a national government, that is protected from most human development and pollution.
Yellowstone National Park Yellowstone National Park is a U.S. National Park located in the states of Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming. Yellowstone is the first and oldest national park in the world and covers 3,470 square miles (8,980 km²), mostly in the northwest corner of Wyoming. The park is famous for its various geysers, hot springs, and other geothermal features and is home to grizzly bears and wolves, and free-ranging herds of bison and elk. It is the core of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, one of the largest intact temperate zone ecosystems remaining on the planet.
List Of U.S. National Parks All United States parks designated National Parks and most National Monuments are maintained by the National Park Service of the United States which also maintains several other types of protected areas of the United States:
National Parks: As of 2005, there are 58 officially-designated National Parks in the United States and its dependent areas. (See also List of U.S. national parks by state, List of U.S. national parks by date established)
List Of Canadian National Parks Canada's national park system is run by Parks Canada, which also runs Canada's National Historic Sites.
This list also includes Canada's two National Marine Conservation Areas.
National Parks Of England And Wales The national parks of England and Wales are areas of relatively undeveloped and scenic landscape that are designated under the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949. Despite the name, national parks in England and Wales are quite different from those in many other countries, where national parks are owned and managed by the government as a protected community resource, and permanent human communities are not a part of the landscape. In England and Wales, designation as a national park can include substantial settlements and land uses which are often integral parts of the landscape, and land within a national park remains largely in private ownership.
National Parks Of Scotland There are currently two national parks of Scotland, Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park, created in 2002, and Cairngorms National Park, created in 2003. These national parks were designated as such under the National Parks (Scotland) Act 2000, legislation passed by the devolved government in Scotland, almost 60 years after the idea of British national parks was first suggested.
List Of National Parks Of Ireland National parks in Ireland are maintained by the Department of Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht, and the Islands.
* Burren National Park * Connemara National Park * Glenveagh National Park * Killarney National Park * Mayo National Park * Wicklow Mountains National Park