Njengelona lizwe linabemi abaninzi emanyano kwaye yenye yezona ndawo zahluke kakhulu ngokwendawo, ayimangalisi into yokuba iCalifornia ibe neqhayiya ngakumbi iipaki zesizwe kunalo naliphi na elinye ilizwe. Nangona i-Yellowstone ihlala ihlonitshwa njengendawo yokuqala yaseMelika ngo-1872, yayiyiYosemite Valley, phaya emva phayaa ngo-1864, eyatyikitywa yaba yindawo yokuqala ekhuselweyo elizweni nguMongameli uLincoln, eqinisa indawo yaseCalifornia & apos njengendawo esisiseko yezimanga zesizwe.

Ngoku, ngeepaki zelizwe ezisithoba ngaphakathi kwemida yayo, kukho into enomdla kubo bonke abafuna ukonwabela ukuzonwabisa-ukusuka kwindlu enkulu yegranite kunye nemithi eneminyaka engama-3 000 ubudala ukuya kwiindunduma zesanti ezifanelekileyo. Nazi izinto ezimbalwa ozithandayo.

Yosemite

Ukuchazwa njengendawo yokuzalwa ye-'Merika kunye ne-apos; eyona nto ingcono, 'ayimangalisi into yokuba uYosemite eyoyikeka njengoko yahlukile. Elona candelo lidumileyo lepaki yiYosemite Valley, isitya esimanzi esine-jaw-droppingly gorgeous, esine-glacially eqingqiweyo eneengxangxasi eziphakamileyo, iimpophoma ezinenkungu kunye neempawu zegranite ezinje nge-El Capitan kunye neHalf Dome ephakama ukusuka kumhlaba onamahlathi. Emantla yiTuolumne Meadows, iparadesi ephezulu eneentaba ezipakishwe ngamatye, iincopho zamatye, kwaye, ewe, amadlelo alpine. Ipaki yindawo yokuhlala abahambahambayo ngokunyanisekileyo kunye nabahamba ngeendlela eziqhelekileyo ngokufanayo.

UJoshua Tree

Okungaphezulu kwesihloko nje secwecwe le-U2, uJoshua Tree kudala eyintandokazi kubantu abanyuka amatye, abahamba intaba, kunye nabafuna ukutshona kwelanga entlango. Amatye amakhulu e-quartz e-monzonite kunye negama layo le-Seussian yucca imithi iboleka imvakalelo ye-quirky kwipaki ye-790,636. Ukufikeleleka ngokulula ukusuka eLos Angeles naseSan Diego, uJoshua Tree wayeyipaki yesizwe etyelelwe kakhulu kweli lizwe ngo-2020. Abantwana baya kuthandana behamba-hamba kwiindawo ezingqokolayo kwindlela yoKhakhayi Rock, ngelixa abakhenkethi abanomdla ngakumbi befuna ukuphanda iimayile ezisixhenxe. uhambo olulahlekileyo lwePalms Oasis.

Vumela iVolcanic

IChibi iManzanita, iLassen Peak National Volcanic Park Ityala: ChrisBoswell / Getty

Ngokufana ne-mini-Yellowstone, iLassen Volcanic likhaya kwiindawo ezisibhozo ezahlukileyo zokuphefumla komhlaba, ezinomoya ophefumlelweyo, ukubilisa iimbiza zodaka kunye namachibi abilayo e-aquamarine. Uhambo oluziimayile ezintathu lokujikeleza ukuya eBumpass Hell yeyona ndlela ifanelekileyo kunye nefumanekayo yokujonga le mimangaliso imangalisayo kufutshane. Ipaki ibizwa ngegama le-Lassen Peak eyi-10,457 yeenyawo, intaba-mlilo esele ihleli ngoku egqabhukileyo ukusuka ngo-1914 ukuya ku-1917. Abakhenkethi banokufikelela kule ndibano kumgama ohamba umgama oziimayile ezintlanu okanye ukujonga nje ukubonwa kwayo okumangalisayo kunxweme lwe IChibi laseHelen.

Sequoia

Indlu, iGrove yeGuant Sequoias, iSequoia National Park Ityala: GaryKavanagh / Getty

Ikhaya eliya kwimithi yamandulo eyaziwayo ye-sequoia, indawo engamahektare angama-404,064 yeSequoia National Park ingaphezulu kokuhamba ehlathini. Ukuqubha kwamahlathi okufuna umthunzi phantsi kwento enkulu, endala yokukhula ayizukufuna ukuphoswa kukujonga kuGeneral Sherman, owona mthi mkhulu ehlabathini. Jonga abafuna ukujonga ukutshona kwelanga ukusuka kwi-6,725 yeenyawo iMoro Rock, ngelixa i-adrenaline junkies izakufaka ithuba lokubamba iNtaba iWhitney, eyona ndawo iphakamileyo kuma-48 asezantsi.

IDeath Valley

Ukujonga i-Dantes, iPaki yeSizwe yokuFa yeNtlambo Ityala: UManuel Sulzer / Getty

Njengeyona paki inkulu yesizwe e-US edumileyo ngaphezulu kwe-3 yezigidi zeehektare, iDeath Valley yindawo emangazayo yokwakheka komhlaba, ehlala ikhankanywa njenge 'paki yezona ndawo zibalaseleyo.' I-Apos iyaziwa ngokuba neyona ndawo iphantsi eMntla Melika, ukuba yeyona ndawo yomileyo eMelika, kwaye yeyona ndawo ishushu emhlabeni. IFurnace Creek kunye nehotele zayo ezininzi, iindawo zokukhempisha, kunye neendawo zokutyela zisebenza njengeenkampu zabatyeleli abaninzi njengoko behlola iindawo ezimibalabala zaseZabriskie Point, bethatha indawo entle yokuhamba ngemijikelezo yemvula kwizimbiwa zePalette, banyathela kwiindunduma zeMesquite Flat. , kwaye uqhekeke kwiiflethi zetyuwa yeBaswater.