Friday, 29 June 2012

Tallest, Deepest, Largest, Longest...


So while we were on the road and reading our guidebooks,  we were coming across a lot of the USA's and sometimes the world's most impressive natural phenomena so thought it would make sense to compile a list of all those that we saw...
  • Tallest trees in the world - Redwoods National Park
  • Highest mountain in continental USA - Mount Whitney
  • Lowest land in Western Hemisphere- Badwater, Death Valley
  • Highest lake in USA - Yellowstone Lake
  • Oldest tree in USA - Norris, Yellowstone Park
  • Tallest waterfall in USA - Yosemite falls
  • Hottest place in the US (While we were there) - Death Valley (120 degrees F)
  • Worlds oldest National Park - Yellowstone
  • Largest number of geysers in the world - Yellowstone
  • Second tallest statue in US - Butte, Montana
  • Longest gondola in US - Silver Mountain, Idaho
  • Sheerest rock face in North America - Half Dome, Yosemite
  • Longest man-made tunnel (not any more) - Zion National Park
  • Largest native bird of North America - Condors at the Grand Canyon
  • Only floating golf course green in the world, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
  • World's most famous geyser - Old Faithful, Yellowstone

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