Parks of America

 Zion National Park is located in Southwest Utah, close to the city of Springdale. The park was established on November 19, 1919. What it Has to Offer Zion has great hiking trails for quick day trips in and around the canyon area. If you are a little more experienced the park also offers trails for overnight backpacking and hiking.  A permit is needed , but it is worth the process. Zion National Park is great for climbing as well. The 2000 foot cliffs of the canyons make it a great area for all kinds of climbs.  It has over 300 routes  which range from bouldering to ice climbing in the right time of the year.   The Virgin River lets visitors experience activities like Kayaking or River tubing. In some areas you can even hike through the river, which is a great time.  Horses are a unique and cool way to adventure through the park. They provide a hand full of trails that the horses are aloud to go on. There are even overnight trips you can take with the horses which seems like a lot of f

My name is Julian Curiale, the overall theme of this blog is exploring and rating the national parks in America. National parks are areas of nature that are preserved by the government. These parks are important to preserve because they are habitats for wildlife and have many natural resources that should be kept untouched. The parks usually have something special about them, but they all had to  pass the criteria  to become a National Park. For example Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon both have unique elements.   Yellowstone National Park Grand Canyon National Park My blog will go into detail about what the park offers, my opinion of the park, how accessible it is, and other general information. At the end of each blog the park that is being written about will get a rating compared to the other parks I have done. The rating is based on a couple on a couple of criteria that will stay the same for each park.  I will randomly pick one of the 63 national parks from a  list of all of the