Entries filed under 'National Natural Landmarks'

National Natural Landmarks: What Are They, and Can You Find One Located Near You?

Have you visited a National Natural Landmark? Not sure? Then check out this map and click on your state to see if you have some NNLs (561 of them exist) in your area. NNLs explained: Different from a National Historic Landmark or a unit of the National Landscape Conservation System, a National Natural Landmark, other than being hard to say 3 times fast, is part of a program started in 1962 to "encourage the preservation of the best remaining examples of the nation's biological and geological ...

Posted by T.D. Wood on March 21, 2012 6:16 PM & Tagged National Natural Landmarks and national parks | permalink | Comments



Fall Photography: It's a Great Time to Click a Pic

Fall casts nature in especially photogenic light, so it seems fitting to cite a few websites where nature photography takes center stage: • The National Park Service announced the winners of its 7th annual National Natural Landmarks photo contest. The NPS administers a registry of 586 natural landmarks, from the Barringer Meteor Crater in Arizona (the largest impact crater yet discovered in the United States, caused 50,000 or so years ago by a hunk of rock weighing several hundred thousand ...

Posted by T.D. Wood on September 29, 2010 9:51 PM & Tagged Barringer Meteor Crater, Giant City Geological Area, Michael Frye, National Natural Landmarks, Photography, Q.T. Luong and Ted Evans | permalink | Comments