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Travel info & Tips
Great travel websites (most of them using Web 2.0 technologies)
- Trip Cart Planning
- Every Trail hiking trails
- Tripwiser
- Roadtrip Helper Booking site (good!)
- Skoosh Booking site
- multi source travel search engine
- Air Bed & Breakfast NICE!
- Travel review (nice! Zoover.com)
Helpful Links:
Trip Advisor
US National Park Service
WikiTravel USA Weatherbonk good weather info
National Pars we have visited
Type of parks – explanation
- National Park
- National Monument – wikipedia list
- National Recreation Area – wikipedia
- National Memorial
- National Preserve
- National Seashore
- National Historic Sites – wikipedia
- National Forest – wikipedia list
- National Grasslands – wikipedia
- State Park
- State Forest
- COMPLETE LIST of US National parks
Other links
- National Historic Places
- US Geological Services
- Public Lands Information Center
- Scenic Byways
- States: WY,CO,NE,KS,SD (R2)
- States: CA (R5)
- National Parks wikipedia
- National Park Pictures ( and welcome signs ;-)
National Parks visited in:
California
- Lavabeds
- Lassen Volcanic National Park
- Yosemite National Park
- Lake Tahoe XXX
- Squoia National Park
- Kings Canyon National Park
- Death Valley National Park
- Mohave National Preserve
- Joshua Tree National Park
- Point Reyes National Seashore
- Muir Woods National Monument
- Golden Gate National Recreation Area
- Mount Tamalpais State Park
- Muir Woods National Monument
- Alcatraz Island
- Mount Shasta XXX
- Redwoods State Park
- Redwood National Park
- Point Reyes National Seashore
- Vern Canyon (?)
Oregon
- Crater Lake
- Newberry National Volcanic Monument
- Hells Canyon National Rec Area
- Mount Hood National Forest link
Washington
- Olympic National Park
- Mount Rainier National Park
Utah (State Parks)
- Bryce Canyon
- Zion
- Dixie National Forest
- Glenn Canyon National Recreation Area
- Natural Bridges National Monument
- Canyonlands National Park
- Rainbow Bridge National Monument
- Dinosaur National Monument (passed through)
Arizona
- Grand Canyon National Park
- Canyon de Chelly National Monument
Nevada
- Great Basin National Park
- Death Valley National Park
- Lake Mead National Park
Colorado
- Rocky Mountain National Park
- Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
- Colorado National Monument
Wyoming
- Yellowstone National Park
- Grand Teton National Park
- Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area (passed through)
South Dakota
- Badlands National Park
- Mount Rushmore National Memorial
Montana
- xx
Idaho
- xx
British Columbia (Canada)
- xx
Alberta (Canada)
- xx
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Q: Red Rock Canyon?
USA Background info
Inwoners 300 miljoen (<China en India)
Verstedelijking Stad: 77%
Platteland: 23%
Levensverwachting Totaal: 77 jaar
Vrouwen:80 jaar
Mannen:74 jaar
Gewichten en Maten
1 inch (in) = 2,54 cm
1 foot (ft) = 30,5 cm
1 yard (=3 feet) = 91,4 cm
1 mile (mi) = 1,608 km
1 ounce (oz) = 28 gram
1 pound (lb) = 0,454 kg
1 gallon = 3,785 liter
Oppervlakte totaal: 9,826,630 vierkante km (world overview)
land: 9,161,923 vierkante km
water: 664,707 vierkante km (Nederland totaal: 41,526!)
(0.5x Rusland, 0.3x Africa, >=China, >Europa, <Canada)
kustlijn: 19,924 km
Hoogte laagste punt: Death Valley -86 m
hoogste punt: Mount McKinley 6,194 m
Bevolking
Groei: 14.16 kinderen per 1,000 inwoners
Afname: 8.26 overledenen per 1,000 inwoners
Etnische groepering: 81% blank, 13% zwart, 4% Aziatisch, 1% rest
Religie Protestant: 52%
Katholiek: 24%
Mormoon: 2%, Joods: 1%, Moslim: 1%
Taal Engels: 82%, Spaans: 11%, Indisch: 4%, Aziatisch 3%