USA Parks and Recreation Areas with Snowshoeing

On a hot sultry day in mid-July 1802, partners of the most successful fur trade company in North America, the North West Company, met in their majestic Great Hall at Grand Portage and voted to move their summer headquarters from the protected shores of Lake Superior's Grand Portage Bay 50 miles north to the mouth of the Kaministquia River. Almost from the time the vigorous Anglo-Scot NorWesters had organized at Grand Portage in the mid 1780's an emerging United States wanted them out. The July vote would mean that 18 buildings constructed from native squared spruce, pine and birch and over 2,000 cedar pickets surrounding them would be torn down, transported north in company schooners and used in constructing the new Fort William far from U.S. soil. read more...

Phone: 218-387-2788   Price Range: $3 - $6   Open Season: N/A   Camping: Yes  
Nearest Popular City: Grand Marais   Nearest Lake/River: N/A   Park Type: National Monument   Activities: Birding, Hiking, Backpacking, Cross Country Skiing, Wildlife Watching, Camping, Nature Walks, Interpretive Programs, Snowshoeing, Star Gazing   Details Provided By: Grand Portage National Monument

It's more than a mountain. Denali National Park & Preserve features North America's highest mountain, 20,320-foot tall Mount McKinley. The Alaska Range also includes countless other spectacular mountains and many large glaciers. Denali's more than 6 million acres also encompass a complete sub-arctic eco-system with large mammals such as grizzly bears, wolves, Dall sheep, and moose. read more...

Phone: 907-683-2294   Price Range: $10 - $20   Open Season: N/A   Camping: Yes  
Nearest Popular City: Denali Park   Nearest Lake/River: N/A   Park Type: National Park, National Preserve   Activities: Biking / Bicycling, Fishing, Hiking, Backpacking, Cross Country Skiing, Downhill Skiing, Wildlife Watching, Rock Climbing, Camping, Auto Touring, Nature Walks, Interpretive Programs, Snowshoeing, Star Gazing, Snowmobiling   Details Provided By: Denali National Park

Few fully know the intense and rugged beauty of the North Cascades jagged peaks, deep valleys, cascading waterfalls and over 700 glaciers. North Cascades National Park Service Complex contains the heart of this mountainous region in three park units which are all managed as one and include North Cascades National Park, Ross Lake and Lake Chelan National Recreation Areas. Each area offers different experiences and contains wilderness. A vast majority of the park complex, over 93%, is managed as the Stephen T. Mather Wilderness, which was established by Congress in 1988. The wilderness area was named in honor of the first director of the National Park Service. read more...

Phone: 360/856-5700   Price Range: $0 - $5   Open Season: N/A   Camping: Yes  
Nearest Popular City: Sedro-Woolley   Nearest Lake/River: N/A   Park Type: National Park   Activities: Birding, Boating and Watercraft, Biking / Bicycling, Fishing, Hiking, Horseback Riding, Backpacking, Cross Country Skiing, Wildlife Watching, Rock Climbing, Whitewater Rafting, Kayaking, Auto Touring, Nature Walks, Interpretive Programs, Snowshoeing, Star Gazing   Details Provided By: North Cascades National Park