M ost people assume summer is the best time to visit Sequoia and Kings Canyon, but that could not be more wrong. Overcrowded ...

Swallow Falls State Park, a short drive from downtown Oakland, houses Maryland’s highest free-falling waterfall, the 53-foot Muddy Creek Falls. The park’s ancient hemlock forest creates a microclimate ...

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