Geologic features like cinders, lava rock and lava flow compose this almost otherworldly topography, which is punctuated by ponderosa pines. Some of the more popular ways to experience the park ...

The national park forms one unit of the North Cascades ... Arid-dwelling sagebrush and ponderosa pine grow in the peaks' rain shadow. In 1956, Canadian author Jack Kerouac found solace (and ...

like the ponderosa pine, and land etched with the most popular trails circling the caldera of Crater Lake. There are 23 trails to choose from, as detailed by the National Park Service, with ...