Deserts

59NationalParks

replying to @Stars252525 @Stars252525 Lots of people. Maple bacon cupcakes, for example. #ParkChat

ParksandPoints

replying to @59NationalParks @59NationalParks A1) Car break downs, flat tires, etc, our biggest fear. Lots of distance out there in the desert. #parkchat

ThatOutdoorGuy

replying to @59NationalParks @59NationalParks A1. These, everywhere. Because 🐍! #ParkChat

Parkasaur

replying to @beckyjlomax @beckyjlomax @59NationalParks Would the badlands of the Dakotas qualify as deserts? This shot of @TRooseveltNPS is pretty desert-like anyways, even if it isn't officially a desert. #ParkChat

publiclandlvr

replying to @59NationalParks @59NationalParks A1: I grew up around rattle snakes in eastern Oregon so they don't bother me, especially if you respect the signage in desert parks. #ParkChat

ParksandPoints

replying to @Wild_Tribute @Wild_Tribute A2) Teddy Roosevelt and the Antiquities Act. With Devils Tower, Montezuma Castle, El Morro, Petrified Forest, Chaco Culture, among others, all protected and desert environments, early protection may have saved a lot of these environments. #parkchat

ParksandPoints

A3) We love a good winter or spring desert exploration our vote is for @JoshuaTreeNPS ! #Parkchat #travel #desert #JoshuaTree

RCGibby73

replying to @59NationalParks @59NationalParks A3: I wasn’t sure how I would feel about @PetrifiedNPS maybe it didn’t have much to offer. WRONG. So much history there and that’s what I connected with. #ParkChat

Parkasaur

replying to @Wild_Tribute @Wild_Tribute Definite Juan Bautista de Anza who led a band of settlers across the desert southwest on what we now call the @AnzaTrailNPS to settle San Francisco. #ParkChat

WeekendWomanWar

replying to @59NationalParks @59NationalParks A3: Is "all of the parks in Utah are glorious desert landscapes" a proper answer? #ParkChat

naturetechfam

replying to @59NationalParks @59NationalParks #parkchat A3 I think we are intreagued by deserts because they are so different from our mountain pine forests. Totally awesome.

59NationalParks

replying to @publiclandlvr @publiclandlvr A sign from a campground we once stayed at. Mrs 59 refused to walk the dogs there. #ParkChat

beckyjlomax

A3 @CanyonlandsNPS has always been one of my fave desert parks. for backpacking The Maze, hiking The Needles, and biking The White Rim. Not as crowded either as neighboring Arches. #parkchat
Biking White Rim.

treasured_lands

A3 Because of the desert's sparse vegetation, the landforms are totally revealed like the bare bones of the earth #parkchat

WeekendWomanWar

replying to @Wild_Tribute @Wild_Tribute A4: When explorers first reached the Great Salt Lake, they thought they found the Pacific ocean. I grew up not far from it but hardly ever go there. Its size is always a surprise. #ParkChat

kristarsha

replying to @59NationalParks @59NationalParks A3 I didn’t realize how much I like the desert until I drove Phoenix to south rim of @GrandCanyonNPS I really love the desert landscape...I guess I like the feel of wide open spaces. Most recently Glen Canyon NRA (And it’s always a good hair day in the desert 😉) #ParkChat

WildWithinHer

A4. I loved the trout ponds and stream in the Whitewater Canyon unit of Sand to Snow NM in CA. #ParkChat

treasured_lands

A4. How about a huge lake in one of the driest places in the world, Death Valley National Park? BTW, not something you'll see every day! #parkchat

Parkasaur

replying to @Wild_Tribute @Wild_Tribute A4. The salt flats in Bad Water Basin @DeathValleyNPS truly give the place an other-worldly feel. #ParkChat

iStefPayne

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“What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well.” — Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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