Treasure in Travel: Seven US Destinations to Outdoor Adventure Heaven

Our nation is a grand one with so many regions to give us a diverse colorful quilt that is our melting-pot with some of the world’s most precious natural resources, lands, rivers, mountains, forests, wildlife and waterways! The fact that we can all call ourselves Americans is still a blessed miracle and we can thank our founding fathers and mothers for making it ours! We should be thankful and take advantage of Teddy Roosevelt’s preservation of America’s national parks and other treasured landmarks.

Without further ado, we bring your the Seven US Destinations to Outdoor Travel Heaven!

Of course, this list is not complete and it was really tough to make the call to hit the “post” button! However, this article feature destinations which we have explored! Here are 7 great places that have an abundance of local nature, outdoor recreation and adventure!

To create this list, we had help from our good friend Melissa Gambone for collaboration on this effort! (You may remember her from our recent blog Spotlight : founder of A Gambone Travel, and generous donor of the “Bon Voyage Give Away”!)

Lake Tahoe, NV / Sierra Nevada Mountains

Lake Tahoe is a major recreational tourist attraction, which straddles the border of California and Nevada. It is home to summer outdoor recreation, hiking, art, lake, swimming, water-sports, biking, family-friendly activities, parks and winter sports that take advantage of the majestic mountains. The scenery can be enjoyed throughout the year; however, snow and ski resorts are a significant part of the area’s economy and reputation. The Nevada side also offers several lakeside casino resorts, with highways providing year-round access to the entire area.

#GreatGardens
Lake Tahoe is home to an array of beautiful public gardens in both California and Nevada. Visitors and residents alike should take advantage of visiting these treasured gardens. Some of the gardens focus on teaching, demonstrating material options, research, and some share rich history on our treasured Lake Tahoe environment.

Tahoe City Field Station/Eriksson Education Center Demonstration Garden, Tahoe City
Truckee Demonstration Garden, Truckee Regional Park, Truckee
Evans Family Garden, South Lake Tahoe

Berkshires Mountains (Western MA into Vermont)

Vermont of course, VT is famous for its skiing, snow sports, wineries/breweries, camping, and wonderful waterfalls.
Berkshires, MA: My family is excitingly planning a trip soon to the Lenox, MA/area, so I will report more back later, but we are going for the hiking, outdoor recreation and visit the Mount. Plus this area was named among the 200 Last Great Places by the Nature Conservancy and I am really pumped for the history and gardens….

#GreatGardens #HistoryNerd:

Edith Wharton‘s the Mount (with its European refined gardens and grounds), and rich literary history!
Red Lion Inn, Stockbridge, MA
Tons of historic buildings

#Artlovers:

Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, MA

Muir Woods, Napa Valley, San Francisco, Big Sur, CA

Napa Valley: wine tasting, scenery, biking, art, hiking, major hub of horticulture!
Muir Woods:national forest, red woods (oldest, biggest trees), hiking, family-friendly, ecology and sustainability activities
San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Sonoma, CA
San Francisco: coastline, water-sports, fishing, boating, beaches, wildlife, cruises around the bay

#ArtLovers: all kinds of artistic culture in San Fran!
#HistoryNerds: Fort Point
From its vantage point overlooking the spectacular Golden Gate, Fort Point defended the San Francisco Bay following California’s Gold Rush through World War II.

#GreatGardens

Golden Gate Bridge Park‘s Flowers Conservatory, Japanese Tea Garden, San Francisco Botanical Gardens, and even more in these gorgeous lands surrounded by wondrous waterways!
Big Sur State Park: take a long drive south along the coast) family-friendly, camping, wildflowers to wildlife, beaches to mountains… Hike along the streams in the cool, tree lined valleys. Climb up on the high ridges for a spectacular view of the coastline on the western slope and gaze into three million acres of wilderness in the Los Padres National Forest on the eastern slope.

Grand Canyon / Sedona Valley / Phoenix, AZ (Fly into Vegas or Phoenix)

Grand Canyon National State Park: Hiking, helicopter tours, camping, known for motorcycling scenery, and horseback riding
Sedona, AZ: is a leading travel place for spas, mediation and wellness retreats due to the majestic red rock scenery and evergreen vegetation. These two reasons give unique energy to Sedona and its tangible regenerative and inspirational effects. Sedona is also internationally known for the uplifting power of its vortex meditation sites.
Phoenix, AZ: explore lakes, parks and recreational open spaces, with the top 10 outdoors activities to do in Phoenix

Hudson, NY

View from Olana – subject for many landscape painters

Water-sports on lake, antiquing, hiking, biking, wildlife, and perfect for viewing Fall foliage. The Hudson River Skywalk’s new walkway connects the home and studios of the major Hudson River School artists, Thomas Cole and Frederic Church, over the Hudson River and across the Rip Van Winkle Bridge, offering sweeping views of the Hudson River Valley and the Catskill Mountains. The Hudson River Skywalk Region includes the City of Hudson and the Village of Catskill, which both offer historic Main Street’s with restaurants, shopping and accommodations.

#HistoryNerds and #ArtLovers:
• Olana, the masterpiece of Frederic Church (architect, farmer and landscape designer) with beautiful lands for all of the above.
• Hudson River Skywalk: See America’s First Canvas with the Hudson River Skywalk, a new historic and scenic walkway at the place where American landscape painting began.

Brandywine Valley, PA

My home state has a lot of offer with its rich history of the nation’s founding, a huge community of gardens throughout Greater Philadelphia and the state has created a resource for those seeking PA’s beautiful bounty in Pennsylvannia Road Trips!
Here, we are focusing on the Brandywine Valley‘s offerings of wineries, farms, hiking, golfing, balloon rides, parks, water sports, in addition, to sprawling historic estates and gardens….

#HistoryNerd and #GreatGardens
• Reknown greater Philadelphia Gardens and estates, such as Longwood Gardens, Winterthur, Mount Cuba Center, Nemours Estate, Hagley Museum, Bellevue Hall Mansion and more.
• Terrain : outdoor/greenhouse dining and garden center

Delaware Museum of Natural History
#ArtLovers: Brandywine River Museum

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