(87) WWII Valor In The Pacific National Monument & USS Arizona Memorial (Now Pearl Harbor National Memorial)

 Visited Together:

1. April 2017 + OZL + CZL

Type: National Monument
Region: Western  
Location: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii  
Link: NPS website

Passport Description: The Japanese surprise air attack on Pearl Harbor left the Pacific Fleet in smoldering heaps of broken, twisted steel. In hours, 2,390 people were dead, half of these casualties from the battleship Arizona. American's involvement in World War II began on this day.

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USS Arizona Memorial 2017

(78) Kings Canyon National Park

Visited Together:

1. July 2009

Type: National Park
Region: Western Region
Location: In the southern Sierra Nevada in Tulare and Fresno counties, CA
Link: NPS website

Passport Description: This park and its neighboring Sequoia NP are home to giants: immense mountains, deep canons, and huge trees. The Generals Highway climbs over 5,000 feet from chaparral and oak-studded foothills to the awe-inspiring sequoia groves.

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 Fallen Monarch, July 2009

 

General Grant Tree, July 2009

 

 Kings Canyon, July 2009

(77) Sequoia National Park

Visited Together:

1. July 2009

Type: National Park
Region: Western Region
Location: In the southern Sierra Nevada in Tulare and Fresno counties, CA
Link: NPS website

Passport Description: Thanks to their huge elevation range, 1,500 to 14,491 feet, this park and its neighboring Kings Canyon NP protect stunningly diverse habitats with immense mountains, deep canyons, and huge trees.

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 Sequoia, July 2009

Sequoia, July 2009

(67) Redwood National and State Parks

Visited Together:

1. January 2009

Type: National Park
Region: Western Region
Location: Del Norte & Humboldt counties, CA
Link: NPS website

Passport Description: Redwood National and State Parks are home to some of the world's tallest trees: old-growth coast redwoods. They can live to be 2,000 years old and grow to over 300 feet tall.

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Grove of Redwoods, January 2009

Beach at Redwoods, January 2009

(66) Point Reyes National Seashore

Visited Together:

1. December 2008

Type: National Seashore
Region: Western Region
Location: Point Reyes, CA
Link: NPS website

Passport Description: A spectacularly scenic panorama of thunderous ocean breakers, open grasslands, bushy hillsides and forested ridges is home to nearly 50 species of land and marine mammals.

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Point Reyes, December 2008

 Point Reyes, December 2008

(64) John Muir National Historic Site

Visited Together:

1. July 2007

Type: National Historic Site
Region: Western Region
Location: Martinez, CA
Link: NPS website

Passport Description: This 14-room mansion was home to naturalist John Muir, who served as the first president and one of the founders of the Sierra Club and played a prominent role in the creation of several national parks.

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 John Muir's House, July 2007

(63) Rosie the Riveter WWI Home Front National Historical Park

Visited Together:

1. July 2007

Type: National Historical Park
Region: Western Region
Location: Richmond, CA
Link: NPS website

Passport Description: Fully engaged in winning World War II, American women and men worked toward a common goal as women affectionately known as "Rosies" helped change industry. The four Richmond shipyards produced 747 ships, more than any other shipyard complex in the country.

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(62) Muir Woods National Monument

Visited Together:

1. July 2007

Type: National Monument
Region: Western Region
Location: Mill Valley, CA
Link: NPS website

Passport Description: The forest along Redwood Creek in today's Muir Woods was spared from logging because it was hard to reach. Redwood Creek contained one of the San Francisco Bay Area's last uncut stands of old-growth redwood when Congressman William Kent bought 295 acres here for $45,000 in 1905.

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 Muir Woods, July 2007

  Muir Woods, July 2007

(61) Fort Point National Historic Site

Visited Together:

1. July 2007

Type: National Historic Site
Region: Western Region
Location: Presidio of San Francisco, CA
Link: NPS website

Passport Description: Fort Point was constructed between 1853 and 1861 and occupied throughout the Civil War to prevent entrance of a hostile fleet into San Francisco Bay. During World War II, about 100 soldiers occupied Fort Point as part of the protection of the entrance to the Bay.

(60) San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park

Visited Together:

1. July 2007
2. September 2016 + OZL + CZL 

Type: National Historical Park
Region: Western Region
Location: San Francisco, CA
Link: NPS website

Passport Description: Located at the west end of San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf, this park includes the fleet of national historic landmark vessels at Hyde Street Pier, a maritime museum, and a library/research facility.

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