As much as we love hiking, there’s just something special about a waterfall hike. It feels like nature’s beautiful reward for burning a little boot leather on the hiking trails. Michigan is loaded with state parks and national forests filled with beautiful waterfall day hikes. It’s not too surprising, considering […]
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10 of the most beautiful waterfalls in the US
The splendor of waterfalls is a reason to travel. Whether tall and dramatic, short and broad, or a collection of falls in one panorama, waterfalls are like watching rivers flow vertically. They’re also perfect reminders that our planet creates its own beauty at which we mere spectators can only marvel. […]
How National Geographic Explorer Prasenjeet Yadav faces danger with confidence
Prasenjeet Yadav has a deep connection with nature. Growing up on a farm, he spent a great deal of his youth wandering the forests near his boyhood home. “I grew up In Central India in the very forest range where Rudyard Kipling wrote his epic book: The Jungle Book,” shared […]
Marion Lake area features waterfall, fishing and mountain climb
For over a decade now, I’ve avoided visiting and writing about Marion Lake, perhaps the most popular alpine pool in the Mount Jefferson Wilderness. The reason was simple — everybody and their mom knows about it. A generation of Oregonians grew up hiking to this 360-acre lake to fish and […]
The Palisade Glacier Is the Southernmost Glacier in America. How Long Will it Last?
“], “filter”: { “nextExceptions”: “img, blockquote, div”, “nextContainsExceptions”: “img, blockquote”} }”> High above the gorgeous glacial lakes of the Big Pine Lakes basin sits a gem that will, one day, no longer exist. Surrounded on multiple sides by Eastern Sierra 14ers in California, Palisade Glacier wields a title no other […]