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	<description>U.S. National Park Photography</description>
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		<title>Chihuahuan Desert Nature Trail &#8211; Carlsbad Caverns</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Chihuahuan Desert Nature Trail is a half-mile loop starting at the Carlsbad Caverns Visitors Center.&#160; It’s an interpretive trail that provides a great introduction to the desert flora and how native cultures used these plants in everyday life.

After spending the morning in the dark walking through the vast Carlsbad Caverns, we enjoyed a nice [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rattlesnake Canyon &#8211; Carlsbad Caverns</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Most visitors to Carlsbad Caverns National Park head for the caves underground while completely ignoring the 800,000+ acres on the surface.
 
Rattlesnake Canyon is one of the most popular and scenic surface trails in Carlsbad Caverns.&#160; Yet most hikers will have this trail all to themselves, as we did on this warm November morning.
 

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		<link>http://www.nat-park.com/rattlesnake-canyon-carlsbad-caverns/</link>
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		<title>Everglades National Park Photo Tour</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Everglades National Park in south Florida is more than 1.5 million acres of the largest subtropical wilderness in the United States.&#160; It boasts more than 700 plant and 300 bird species including the endangered crocodile, manatee and Florida panther.&#160; The Everglades has been designated a World Heritage Site, International Biosphere Reserve, and Wetland of International [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nat-park.com/everglades-national-park-photo-tour/</link>
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		<title>Shark Valley Trail &#8211; Everglades National Park</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Shark Valley Trail is a 15.4-mile paved loop in the center of a vast sawgrass marsh prairie.&#160; This prairie stretches over 100 miles through the Everglades from Lake Okeechobee to the Gulf of Mexico and contains a shallow, slow-moving river that forms the Everglades.
 
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		<title>Shark Valley Tower &#8211; Everglades National Park</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At the 7-mile mark on the Shark Valley Loop Trail stands the 65-foot tall Shark Valley Observation Tower, which is open to the public.
 
You can see the tower for at least 3 miles on a clear day.
 
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The Shark Valley Observation Tower provides a 360-degree view of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nat-park.com/shark-valley-tower-everglades-national-park/</link>
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		<title>Shark Valley Return &#8211; Everglades National Park</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The eastern leg of the Shark Valley loop winds through a vast sawgrass prairie.
 
On our return, the clouds broke, the sun emerged, and the strong wind was at our back, making the trip an easy joy.&#160; Most of the time we didn’t even need to pedal, as the wind pushed us home.
 
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		<link>http://www.nat-park.com/shark-valley-return-everglades-national-park/</link>
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		<title>Anhinga Trail &#8211; Everglades National Park</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The self-guiding 0.8-mile Anhinga Trail “winds through a sawgrass marsh, where you may see alligators, turtles, anhingas, herons, egrets, and many other birds, especially during the winter.&#160; This is one the most popular trails in the park because of its abundance of wildlife.”&#160; The trail starts from the Royal Palm Visitor Center, four miles from [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nat-park.com/anhinga-trail-everglades-national-park/</link>
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		<title>Gulf Coast Visitor Center &#8211; Everglades National Park</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Gulf Coast Visitor Center is located 5 miles south of Highway 41 (Tamiami Trail) on State Road 29, in Everglades City, along the west coast of Florida and the Chokoloskee Bay.

The visitor center offers educational displays, orientation films, informational brochures, and backcountry permits.&#160; Boat tours and canoe rentals are available.&#160; Restaurants, stores, lodging and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nat-park.com/gulf-coast-visitor-center-everglades-national-park/</link>
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		<title>Sunset &#8211; Everglades National Park</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sunset at the Gulf Coast Visitor Center in Everglades City in Everglades National Park.
 
 
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Thank you for visiting Everglades National Park with us.
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		<link>http://www.nat-park.com/sunset-everglades-national-park/</link>
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		<title>Big Bend National Park Photo Tour</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Big Bend National Park is over 800,000 acres of remote desert and mountains in south Texas.&#160; The southern border of the park is defined by 244 miles of the Rio Grande River with Mexico on the other side.&#160; Big Bend National Park is the largest protected area of Chihuahuan Desert in the United States, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nat-park.com/big-bend-national-park-photo-tour/</link>
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