Trees

naturetechfam

replying to @59NationalParks @59NationalParks #parkchat A4 We'll, we live IN @BlackHillsNF so I guess that is the best answer! 😁

EPCOTExplorer

replying to @Wild_Tribute @Wild_Tribute I think it already has- look at all of us #ParkChat people. We go to the parks for spiritual renewal. There’s no calm like forest calm. #FindYourPark

cleverwomanNY

A2) Pine trees against the @GreatSmokyNPS are my favorite. #ParkChat

WildWithinHer

A4. I've got a city park with a few big trees in it about three miles away. And a state park with old-growth 10 miles away. And a state forest with (one grove of) old-growth 12 miles away. Seriously, I live in big tree country. #ParkChat

naturetechfam

replying to @Wild_Tribute @Wild_Tribute #parkchat A5 I can personally attest to feeling better after a walk in the trees. Or even just going and sitting by a tree. So YES! I would love to see this mindset become popular in North America!

NakMakFeegle

replying to @59NationalParks @59NationalParks A4 Seaquest State Park - it's small, but it's the only decent size natural forest remaining for many miles in any direction. It has some very large doug firs, big leaf maples, and a few exotic specimens planted back when it was a homestead. #parkchat

NatlParkPodcast

A5 #ParkChat: Enough said.

ecdanielson

replying to @59NationalParks @59NationalParks @GreatBasinNPS A2 #ParkChat We just couldn’t get over the size and scale of the Redwoods and Sequoias in @RedwoodNPS last summer. @allidanielson just couldn’t resist wrapping one up. “I just want to feel what they’ve been through”

treasured_lands

A5 More than 20 years ago, I was in a break-up and feeling sad. I went on month-long road trip and on first stop, at Great Basin National Park, I hugged the bristlecone pines. #parkchat

t_jh2009

replying to @Wild_Tribute @Wild_Tribute A5) I would have to agree that the trees did have a calming effect while I was in South Korea. #ParkChat

c2avilez

replying to @59NationalParks @59NationalParks A4. I don't know the answer. I'm surrounded by forest, but most of it seems to be managed, not protected. The most famous around here might be the old growth in the Opal Creek Wilderness that was saved from logging. #ParkChat

treasured_lands

A6 Agree with @59NationalParks about Congaree, because unlike at other parks, there isn't anything else there :-) #parkchat

wander_filled

A6 @OlympicNP for sure! The Ho Rainforest is something else! #parkchat

EPCOTExplorer

replying to @59NationalParks @59NationalParks Big Cypress. It’s sacred to me because it’s pure wilderness. It’s the Everglades at her best. #FindYourPark #ParkChat

louisbink

replying to @59NationalParks @59NationalParks @CongareeNPS A6 - we were also amazed at the beauty & longevity of the bristlecone pines @GreatBasinNPS. Even more rewarding because of the effort to get up the trail to see them. #ParkChat

coasthikergirl

replying to @59NationalParks @59NationalParks @CongareeNPS A6 #ParkChat Definitely @RedwoodNPS. I drove through on a road trip a few years back and got to spend a night in Jedediah Smith SP. I went back the next year with my husband to explore more of the complex.

naturetechfam

replying to @59NationalParks @59NationalParks @CongareeNPS #parkchat A6 back 20 years and 3 months ago, 8 months before my brother died, he, his wife, and I went to @GrandCanyonNPS. This was the biggest tree I had ever seen, even bigger than any in the U. P. of MI. A very special tree and trip indeed.

t_jh2009

replying to @59NationalParks @59NationalParks @CongareeNPS A6) Most recently it was the Rainforest in Blue Mountains National Park in Australia which was a welcome treat after not seeing hardly any trees during my train ride across the continent. #ParkChat

mamanobles

replying to @tthrash @tthrash @59NationalParks @GreatBasinNPS Trees @RedwoodNPS because they are unbelievably big! I just can’t get my head (or hands) around it. #parkchat