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El Malpais National Monument and National Conservation Area

Published on May 22, 2022 | in National Conservation Area, National Monument By Christopher Maitland |

El Malpais National Monument and National Conservation Area May 22, 2022 El Malpais means “the badlands” in the Spanish language and is commonly pronounced el-mal-pie-EES. While this relatively new landscape was created from lava flows about 2000 to 3000 years ago, the Sandstone Bluffs region is a remnant of an ancient sand dune. In […]

Newberry National Volcanic Monument – Bend, OR

Published on November 13, 2021 | in National Monument By Christopher Maitland |

Newberry National Volcanic Monument – Bend, OR November 04, 2021 Newberry National Volcanic National Monument includes 54,000+ acres of lakes, lava flows, and spectacular geologic features in central Oregon. The highest point within the Monument is the summit Paulina Peak (7,985 ft.), showcasing views of the Cascades, Newberry Caldera and across the High Desert. Lava […]

Mount St. Helens National Monument, WA

Published on August 21, 2021 | in Blog, National Monument By Christopher Maitland |

Mount St. Helens National Monument, WA August 21, 2021 The most destructive volcanic explosion in modern American history—On May 18, 1980 at 8:32 a.m., a magnitude 5.1 earthquake triggered one of the world’s largest recorded landslides, followed by one of the most powerful volcanic blasts in the history of North America. That […]

Casa Grande Ruins National Monument

Published on March 26, 2019 | in National Monument By Christopher Maitland |

Casa Grande Ruins National Monument March 26, 2019 Visitor Center You can view a film and browse the museum at the park visitor center and take guided or self-guided tours of the ruins, which rise starkly amid the saguaro cacti of the Sonoran Desert. Self-Guided Tour Built by the ancient […]

Walnut Canyon National Monument

Published on March 20, 2019 | in National Monument By Christopher Maitland |

Walnut Canyon National Monument March 20, 2019 The Sinagua people of arid Arizona were a pre-Colombian people who lived in Walnut Canyon circa 1100 CE to 1250 CE. The canyon was formed by Walnut Creek, and lies on the Colorado Plateau. Here, the Sinagua built around 80 dwellings beneath ledges of Kaibab limestone. […]

Northern Arizona

Published on July 11, 2018 | in Location, National Monument, National Recreational Area By Christopher Maitland |

Northern Arizona July 11, 2018 Vermilion Cliffs National Monument The 3,000-foot escarpment of the Vermilion Cliffs reveals seven major geologic formations in layer-cake fashion. This remote and unspoiled, 294,000-acre monument is a geologic treasure, containing Paria Plateau, Vermilion Cliffs, Coyote Buttes and Paria Canyon. Vermilion Cliffs National Monument spans from […]

Tuzigoot National Monument

Published on May 5, 2018 | in National Monument By Christopher Maitland |

Tuzigoot National Monument May 05, 2018 The ancestral Sinagua people built this 110-room pueblo on a commanding site: a ridgeline 120 feet above the Verde River floodplain near modern Clarkdale, Arizona, with vistas appropriate to a culture of farmers and artists who regularly interacted with a distant network of trading partners. Dating from about 1,000 […]

Fort Sumter National Monument

Published on April 11, 2018 | in National Monument By Christopher Maitland |

Fort Sumter National Monument April 11, 2018 Fort Sumter is where the U.S. Civil War began, where the first shots were fired in anger between North and South. Shortly after South Carolina announced its secession from the Union, federal forces in Charleston were consolidated at Fort Sumter, a partially completed masonry fortification in Charleston Harbor. […]