Washington Oaks Gardens State Park – Palm Coast, FL
On our most recent trip to St. Augustine, we explored Washington Oaks Gardens State Park. Located just 25 miles south of St. Augustine in Palm Coast, the 425-acre park boasts…
Maclay Gardens State Park – Tallahassee, FL
We’ve traveled to Florida a lot in the past few months – including St. Petersburg, Miami, and St. Augustine. On a recent trip, we stopped in Tallahassee to see the Alfred Maclay Gardens State Park. The 1,100-acre park features over six miles of walking, biking, and horseback riding trails along two lakes, as well as a 28-acre historic garden teeming with over 60 varieties of azaleas and 150 cultivars of camellias.
The majority of the park and the trails are open year-round. However, park staff only open the Historic Gardens to the public from January through April.
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Badlands National Park – South Dakota
Most people automatically think of Mt. Rushmore when they hear about traveling to South Dakota. But the area also features Badlands National Park, just 75 miles east of Rapid City.…
Custer State Park – Custer, SD
As South Dakota's largest state park, Custer encompasses 71,000 acres of trails, wildlife, lakes, and "California-worthy" scenery. It's one of those state parks like Dead Horse Point in Utah and…