Lake Clark National Park | Bighorn National Forest | Bighorn Mountains | North Cascades National Park
Happy Campers
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Ken McAlpineNestle in your bungalow on a tropical hillside above a private beach and watch great blue herons dive for fish.
Molokai Ranch, Molokai, Hawaii; (877) 726-4656;
www.molokairanch.comThree different “camp” sites situated at beach or bluff edge — the view made all the more pleasing by private baths, maid service, and a spacious porch from which to enjoy the scene.
ON THE WILD SIDE
Looking for rough-and-tumble solitude? Walk this way:
Bighorn National Forest, WyomingThe Bighorn National Forest encompasses 1.1 million acres, including the impressive Bighorn Mountains that begin at the
Montana border and continue south for 80 miles. Even in summer, high-country weather can turn things adventurous fast. (307) 674-2600;
www.fs.fed.us\r2\bighornGila National Forest, New MexicoMile after mile of all kinds of nature, from 10,000-foot mountains buried in pine to cactus groves and Pez dispenser rock formations called hoodoos. (505) 388-8201
Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, AlaskaWest of
Anchorage, the Alaskan and Aleutian ranges run into each other amidst 4 million acres of God’s nearly untouched glory — neck-cricking mountains, lakes brimming with salmon and rainbow trout, tundra-covered foothills, and no roads. (907) 781-2218
North Cascades National Park, WashingtonA half-million-plus acres of rugged mountain and cavernous valley, tucked in the northwest corner of
Washington. Beyond the borders of the national park, more wilderness. (360) 856-5700 — K.M.
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