National Parks Archives - STRAYNGER RANGER

ROCK CLIMBING SCHOOL: JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK

Post By: stRAyNGER
Date: November 16, 2016
Category: Nature/Hikes

Learning the ropes (again) in one of the most beautiful schoolyards around, Joshua Tree National Park.

SEA CAVE KAYAKING: ANACAPA ISLAND, CHANNEL ISLANDS NATIONAL PARK

Post By: stRAyNGER
Date: August 27, 2016
Category: Nature/Hikes

Kayaking through Anacapa Island’s sea caves in Channel Island National Park, one of the most beautiful and least visited National Parks in California.

IBEX SPRINGS GHOST CAMP: DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK

Post By: stRAyNGER
Date: April 5, 2016
Category: Mines/Ghost Towns

Established as a mining camp in the 1880s, Ibex Springs on the southeastern border of Death Valley National Park, is probably one of the parks least visited areas and that’s exactly why I wanted to check it out.

EAGLE CLIFF CABIN JTNP

Post By: stRAyNGER
Date: December 9, 2015
Category: Mines/Ghost Towns, Nature/Hikes

Built inside a natural cave-like alcove of giant boulders and not found on any tourist maps, the hike to Eagle Cliff Mine and Cabin is well worth the effort.

BUMPASS HELL: LASSEN VOLCANIC NATIONAL PARK

Post By: stRAyNGER
Date: July 30, 2015
Category: Nature/Hikes

Located in Lassen Volcanic National Park, Bumpass Hell is 16 acres of boiling springs, mud pots, hissing steam vents and roaring fumaroles. Now that’s my kind of hell.

THE SNOWY RUINS OF WONDERLAND RANCH: JTNP

Post By: stRAyNGER
Date: January 1, 2015
Category: Abandoned

A New Year’s Day hike through the ruins of Wonderland Ranch in Joshua Tree National Park after a fresh snowfall.

PINNACLES NATIONAL PARK

Post By: stRAyNGER
Date: December 18, 2014
Category: Nature/Hikes

America’s newest national park was established in 2013. With it’s breathtaking spires, incredible rock formations, numerous waterfalls & extensive cave systems, this central California gem is definitely worth a visit.

SALT CREEK HILLS & THE ASHFORD MILL RUINS: DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK

Post By: stRAyNGER
Date: June 22, 2014
Category: Mines/Ghost Towns

Located just outside the southeastern tip of the National Park boundary, the Salt Creek Hills are designated as an Area of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC).