Parks of the Week – Page 2

POW: César E. Chávez National Monument

César E. Chávez National Monument oversees property donated by the Chávez family, including César and his wife Helen’s home and gravesites.

The mountain forests of Mexico’s Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve attract millions of butterflies each winter.

Valley of Fire State Park, the largest state park in Nevada, is renowned for its colorful rock formations, petroglyphs, and scenic highway.

Attracting half a million visitors a year despite its remote location, Big Bend is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Texas.

Minidoka is a national historic site that memorializes the unfair treatment of Japanese Americans and their internment during World War II.

Kilimanjaro National Park is famed for protecting its namesake Mount Kilimanjaro, one of the highest mountains in the world.

A massive circular volcanic cone, Diamond Head is the most iconic natural landmark in the state of Hawaii.

Mammoth Cave is renowned as the longest cave system in the world, over twice the length of the second largest cave system.

Mount Olympus is one of the most famous mountains in the world, owing to its significance in Greek mythology as the home of its ancient gods.

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park oversees a whopping ten percent of the world’s total coral reef ecosystems and is the size of Japan.