Land of Liberty Explorers

Adventures in America’s National Parks


Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul.
– John Muir

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Welcome to Our Blog

We enjoy traveling to national parks and hope this blog will assist others in planning their own national park adventures!

Our blog is named after our sweet black Lab-mix, Liberty, who loves exploring the outdoors.

National Parks

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Acadia

Bar Harbor, Maine
Est. February 26, 1919

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Arches

Moab, Utah
Est. November 12, 1971

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Badlands

Interior, South Dakota
Est. November 10, 1978

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Big Bend

Panther Junction, Texas
Est. June 12, 1944

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Black Canyon
of the Gunnison

Montrose, Colorado
Est. October 21, 1999

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Bryce Canyon

Canyon, Utah
Est. September 15, 1928

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Canyonlands

Moab, Utah
Est. September 12, 1964

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Carlsbad Caverns

Whites City, New Mexico
Est. May 14, 1930

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Channel Islands

Ventura, California
Est. March 5, 1980

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Congaree

Hopkins, South Carolina
Est. November 10, 2003

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Cuyahoga Valley 

Brecksville, Ohio
Est. October 11, 2000

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Everglades

Homestead, Florida
Est. December 6, 1947

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Glacier

West Glacier, Montana
Est. May 11, 1910

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Grand Teton

Moose, Wyoming
Est. February 26, 1929

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Grand Canyon

Grand Canyon, Arizona
Est. February 26, 1919

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Great Sand Dunes

Mosca, Colorado
Est. September 24, 2004

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Great Smoky Mountains

Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Est. June 15, 1934

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Guadalupe Mountains

Salt Flat, Texas
Est. September 15, 1972

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Haleaklā

Makawao, Maui, Hawaii
Est. August 1, 1916

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Hawaii Volcanos

Big Island
Est. August 1, 1916

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Hot Springs

Hot Springs, Arkansas
Est. March 4, 1921

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Joshua Tree

Twentynine Palms, California
Est. October 31, 1994

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Kings Canyon

Three Rivers, California
Est. March 4, 1940

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Mesa Verde

Mancos, Colorado
Est. June 29, 1906

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Mount Rainier

Ashford, Washington
Est. March 2, 1899

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New River Gorge

Fayetteville, West Virginia
Est. December 27, 2020

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Olympic

Port Angeles, Washington
Est. June 29, 1938

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Petrified Forest

Petrified Forest, Arizona
Est. December 9, 1962

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Rocky Mountain

Estes Park, Colorado
Est. January 26, 1915

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Saguaro

Tucson, Arizona
Est. October 14, 1994

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Sequoia

Three Rivers, California
Est. September 25, 1890

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Shenandoah

Luray, Virginia
Est. December 26, 1935

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Theodore Roosevelt

Medora, North Dakota
Est. November 10, 1978

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White Sands

Alamogordo, New Mexico
Est. December 20, 2009

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Yellowstone

Gardiner, Montana
Est. March 1, 1872

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Yosemite

Yosemite, California
Est. October 1, 1980

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Zion

Springdale, Utah
Est. November 19, 1919

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Bandelier
National Monument

White Rock, New Mexico
Est. February 11, 1916

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Corinth Civil War Sites

Corinth, Mississippi
Est. April 6, 2004

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Devils Tower
National Monument

Devils Tower, Wyoming
Est. September 24, 1906

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Fort Davis
National Historic Site

Fort Davis, Texas
Est. September 8, 1961

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Fort McHenry
National Monument

Baltimore, Maryland
Est. August  11, 1939

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Fort Point
National Historic Site

San Francisco, California
Est. October 16, 1970

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Fort Smith
National Historic Site

Fort Smith, Arkansas
Est. September 13, 1961

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Florissant Fossil Beds
National Monument

Florissant, Colorado
Est. August 20, 1969

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George Washington Carver N.M.

Neosho, Missouri
Est. July 14, 1943

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Homestead National Historic Park

Beatrice, Nebraska
Est. March 19, 1936

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Lowell National
Historic Park

Lowell, Massachusetts
Est. June 5, 1978

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Manhattan Project National Historic Park

Los Alamos, New Mexico
Est. November 10, 2015

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Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller
National Historic Park

Woodstock, Vermont
Est. August 26, 1992

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Petroglyph
National Monument

Albuquerque, New Mexico
Est. June 27, 1990

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Roosevelt Campobello

Campobello Island, New Brunswick
Est. July 7, 1964

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Saint-Gaudens
National Historic Park

Cornish, New Hampshire
Est. August 31, 1964

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Salinas Pueblo Missions
National Monument

Mountainair, New Mexico
Est. October 28, 1988

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