SAGUARO National Park
This is a project of collecting postcards from all over the world. Please send me postcards of your beautiful countries, states, islands, regions and subjects of interesting places, so I can feature them here.
Friday, August 1, 2025
USA - Arizona - Saguaro National Park (2)
SAGUARO National Park
USA - Kentucky - Mammoth Cave National Park (4)
Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky - Park Entrance Sign.
USA - South Dakota - Wind Cave National Park (2)
Wind Cave National Park was established in 1903, the 6th park among America's 59 National Parks. Located in South Dakota, the vast Wind Cave has over 142 mies of passages with chambers like Post Office, Jungle Gym, Elbow Room and Ginsu Alley. The cave's wall are rich in honeycomb-shaped calcite formations known as boxwork. Prairie grasslands and pine forests are home to bison, elk and pronghorn antelope.
Monday, July 14, 2025
USA - Texas - Big Bend National Park (2)
The park protects more than 1,200 species of plants, more than 450 species of birds, 56 species of reptiles, and 75 species of mammals. EST. 1944.
Sent by Karla from Alamo in California, USA.
This is my second postcard of Big Bend National Park. The first one is here.
Friday, June 20, 2025
USA - Nevada - Great Basin National Park
USA - South Dakota - Wind Cave National Park
Wind Cave National Park
Wind Cave is one of the best known examples of a breathing cave. The cave is recognized as the densest cave system in the world, with the greatest passage volume per cubic mile. Wind Cave is the sixth longest cave in the world with 168.02 miles (270.40 km) of explored cave passageways (as of 2025) and the third longest cave in the United States, though it is only the second longest cave in Custer County, South Dakota behind Jewel Cave. Despite the close proximity, no connection has ever been found between Wind Cave and Jewel Cave and most geologists believe the caves are not connected. Above ground, the park includes the largest remaining natural mixed grass prairie in the United States, as well as the southern terminus of the South Dakota Centennial Trail (read more).
USA - Michigan - Isle Royale National Park
Isle Royale National Park was established in 1940, the 23rd among America's National Parks. The park is a remote island cluster in Lake Superior, near Michigan's border with Canada. Isle Royale is the largest island's in Lake Superior measuring over 45 miles in length and 9 miles at its widest point. It's a car-free wilderness of forest, lakes and waterways. The island is accessible only by boat or floatplane.
Isle Royale National Park is a national park of the United States consisting of Isle Royale, along with more than 400 small adjacent islands and the surrounding waters of Lake Superior, in Michigan.
Isle Royale is 45 mi (72 km) long and 9 mi (14 km) wide, with an area of 206.73 sq mi (535.4 km2), making it the fourth-largest lake island in the world. In addition, it is the largest natural island in Lake Superior, the second-largest island in the Great Lakes (after Manitoulin Island), the third-largest in the contiguous United States (after Long Island and Padre Island), and the 33rd-largest island in the United States.
Isle Royale National Park was established on April 3, 1940, then additionally protected from development by wilderness area designation in 1976, declared a UNESCO International Biosphere Reserve in 1980, and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2019 as the Minong Traditional Cultural Property. The park covers 894 sq mi (2,320 km2), with 209 sq mi (540 km2) of land and 685 sq mi (1,770 km2) of surrounding waters.
The park's northern boundary lies adjacent to the Canadian Lake Superior National Marine Conservation Area along the international border. With 25,894 visits in 2021, it is the seventh least-visited National Park in the United States (read more).
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
USA - Maine - Acadia National Park - Boulder Beach
BOULDER BEACH
Friday, March 14, 2025
USA - Arizona - Petrified Forest National Park (3)
Petrified Forest National Park.
Monday, March 10, 2025
USA - Washington - North Cascades National Park
NORTH CASCADES NATIONAL PARK
USA - California - Lassen Volcanic National Park
Thursday, February 20, 2025
USA - Alaska - Lake Clark National Park
Lake Clark National Park was established in 1980, the 47th among America's National Parks. Alaska's Lake Clark is 4 million acres of stunning beauty where volcanoes steam, salmon run, bears forage, and mountain reflect in shimmering turquoise lakes. The local people still depend on the land and water. The park is not on the road system; therefore, access is primarily by small aircraft.
Sent by /CaptivatingApple from USA.
Monday, February 10, 2025
USA - Utah - Zion National Park (3)
RED ARCH MOUNTAIN
Sunday, January 19, 2025
USA - New Mexico - Carlsbad Caverns National Park (2)
USA - Kentucky - Mammoth Cave National Park (3)
Monday, January 6, 2025
USA - Florida - Everglades National Park (2)
An international treasure as well - a World Heritage Site, International Biosphere Reserve, a Wetland of International Importance, and a specially protected area under the Cartagena Treaty (read further).
USA - California - Yosemite National Park (4)
First protected in 1864, Yosemite National Park is best known for its waterfalls, but within its nearly 1,200 square miles, you can find deep valleys, grand meadows, ancient giant sequoias, a vast wilderness area, and much more (read further).
Saturday, October 5, 2013
U.S.A. - California - Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Park (2)
Sequoia National Park
Land of Giants, Sequoia National Park
The establishment of Sequoia National Park in 1890, even in its much smaller form, was a major first step in securing the giant trees and wondrous landscape for future generations. Several annexes and boundary expansions since that time have succeeded in protecting more of the area, but complete success will depend upon our appreciation and protection of the park into the future.
Sent by Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, Three Rivers, California.
U.S.A. - California - Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks (1)
SEQUOIA AND KINGS NATIONAL PARKS, CALIFORNIA
The twin national parks of Sequoia and Kings Canyon are located on the southern end of California's Sierra Nevada Mountains. Elevations range from 1,700 feet at Ash Mountain to 14,495 feet at Mount Whitney's summit. Within these parks are found the largest groves of giant sequoia trees and also the largest individual sequoias.
Sent by Sequoia & Kings National Parks, Three Rivers, California.
Sequoia National Park is a national park in the southern Sierra Nevada east of Visalia, California, in the United States. It was established on September 25, 1890. The park spans 404,063 acres (631.35 sq mi; 1,635.18 km2). Encompassing a vertical relief of nearly 13,000 feet (4,000 m), the park contains among its natural resources the highest point in the contiguous 48 United States, Mount Whitney, at 14,505 feet (4,421 m) above sea level. The park is south of and contiguous with Kings Canyon National Park; the two are administered by the National Park Service together.
Thursday, July 25, 2013
U.S.A.- Florida - Dry Tortugas National Park
DRY TORTUGAS NATIONAL PARK
Fort Jefferson, largest of the 19th century American coastal forts, is the central feature of the seven Dry Tortugas islands in the Gulf of Mexico, 70 miles of Key west Florida. The park is famus for its bird and marine life, as well as for its legends of pirates and sunken ships. Dr. Samuel A.Mudd, who set the broken leg of President Lincoln's assassin, was imprisoned here for several years until he was pardoned in 1869.
Sent by Staff of Dry Tortugas National Park.