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"name": "Cape Kiwanda State Natural Area", "state": "OR", "stateName": "Oregon", "countyOrDistrict": "Tillamook", "region": "Coast", "legId": "leg-1", "legTitle": "Leg 1: The Pacific Edge", "legDescription": "Oregon's Rugged Coastline", "ecoregionSummary": "EPA Level III: 1 (Coast Range) · Pacific Rim Marine Sanctuary", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF OKN Columbia-Willamette Water Network & Oregon Coastal Marine Sanctuary", "ecoregion": "EPA Level III: 1 (Coast Range)", "watershed": "NSF OKN / Coastal Marine Sanctuary", "scienceFocus": "Watershed Ecology, Native Flora Identification & Optical Ephemeris", "type": "HIKE", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 45.2167, "longitude": -123.9667, "sensitivity": "VULNERABLE", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Observe Leave No Trace wilderness ethics and local trail regulations.", "desc": "Cape Kiwanda State Natural Area photographic field waypoint in Tillamook." }, { "stopId": "cascade_head", "name": "Cascade Head", "state": "OR", "stateName": "Oregon", "countyOrDistrict": "Lincoln", "region": "Coast", "legId": "leg-1", "legTitle": "Leg 1: The Pacific Edge", "legDescription": "Oregon's Rugged Coastline", "ecoregionSummary": "EPA Level III: 1 (Coast Range) · Pacific Rim Marine Sanctuary", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF OKN Columbia-Willamette Water Network & Oregon Coastal Marine Sanctuary", "ecoregion": "EPA Level III: 1 (Coast Range)", "watershed": "NSF OKN / EPA Pacific Northwest Catchment", "scienceFocus": "Watershed Ecology, Native Flora Identification & Optical Ephemeris", "type": "HIKE", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 45.0522, "longitude": -124.0128, "sensitivity": "VULNERABLE", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Observe Leave No Trace wilderness ethics and local trail regulations.", "desc": "Cascade Head photographic field waypoint in Lincoln." }, { "stopId": "covered_bridges", "name": "Historic Covered Bridges", "state": "OR", "stateName": "Oregon", "countyOrDistrict": "Lane", "region": "Valley", "legId": "leg-1", "legTitle": "Leg 1: The Pacific Edge", "legDescription": "Oregon's Rugged Coastline", "ecoregionSummary": "EPA Level III: 1 (Coast Range) · Pacific Rim Marine Sanctuary", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF OKN Columbia-Willamette Water Network & Oregon Coastal Marine Sanctuary", "ecoregion": "EPA Level III: 3 (Willamette Valley)", "watershed": "NSF OKN / EPA HUC-8: 17070306 (Lower Deschutes)", "scienceFocus": "Watershed Ecology, Native Flora Identification & Optical Ephemeris", "type": "HIKE", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 44.1033, "longitude": -123.0408, "sensitivity": "OPEN", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Observe Leave No Trace wilderness ethics and local trail regulations.", "desc": "Historic Covered Bridges photographic field waypoint in Lane." }, { "stopId": "oregon_dunes", "name": "Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area", "state": "OR", "stateName": "Oregon", "countyOrDistrict": "Douglas", "region": "Coast", "legId": "leg-1", "legTitle": "Leg 1: The Pacific Edge", "legDescription": "Oregon's Rugged Coastline", "ecoregionSummary": "EPA Level III: 1 (Coast Range) · Pacific Rim Marine Sanctuary", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF OKN Columbia-Willamette Water Network & Oregon Coastal Marine Sanctuary", "ecoregion": "EPA Level III: 1 (Coast Range)", "watershed": "NSF OKN / EPA Pacific Northwest Catchment", "scienceFocus": "Coastal Aeolian Dune Migration & Freshwater Coastal Lakes", "type": "NATIONALPARKS", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 43.7, "longitude": -124.1667, "sensitivity": "OPEN", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Observe Leave No Trace wilderness ethics and local trail regulations.", "desc": "Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area photographic field waypoint in Douglas." }, { "stopId": "cape_arago", "name": "Cape Arago State Park", "state": "OR", "stateName": "Oregon", "countyOrDistrict": "Coos", "region": "Coast", "legId": "leg-1", "legTitle": "Leg 1: The Pacific Edge", "legDescription": "Oregon's Rugged Coastline", "ecoregionSummary": "EPA Level III: 1 (Coast Range) · Pacific Rim Marine Sanctuary", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF OKN Columbia-Willamette Water Network & Oregon Coastal Marine Sanctuary", "ecoregion": "EPA Level III: 1 (Coast Range)", "watershed": "NSF OKN / EPA Pacific Northwest Catchment", "scienceFocus": "Watershed Ecology, Native Flora Identification & Optical Ephemeris", "type": "STATEPARKS", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 43.3062, "longitude": -124.3935, "sensitivity": "OPEN", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Observe Leave No Trace wilderness ethics and local trail regulations.", "desc": "Cape Arago State Park photographic field waypoint in Coos." }, { "stopId": "cape_blanco", "name": "Cape Blanco State Park and Lighthouse", "state": "OR", "stateName": "Oregon", "countyOrDistrict": "Curry", "region": "Coast", "legId": "leg-1", "legTitle": "Leg 1: The Pacific Edge", "legDescription": "Oregon's Rugged Coastline", "ecoregionSummary": "EPA Level III: 1 (Coast Range) · Pacific Rim Marine Sanctuary", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF OKN Columbia-Willamette Water Network & Oregon Coastal Marine Sanctuary", "ecoregion": "EPA Level III: 1 (Coast Range)", "watershed": "NSF OKN / Coastal Marine Sanctuary", "scienceFocus": "Watershed Ecology, Native Flora Identification & Optical Ephemeris", "type": "STATEPARKS", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 42.8417, "longitude": -124.5617, "sensitivity": "OPEN", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Observe Leave No Trace wilderness ethics and local trail regulations.", "desc": "Cape Blanco State Park and Lighthouse photographic field waypoint in Curry." }, { "stopId": "scappoose_bay", "name": "Scappoose Bay Marine Park", "state": "OR", "stateName": "Oregon", "countyOrDistrict": "Columbia", "region": "Valley", "legId": "leg-2", "legTitle": "Leg 2: Valley of Giants", "legDescription": "Willamette Valley & Forests", "ecoregionSummary": "EPA Level III: 3 (Willamette Valley) & 4 (Cascades) · Alluvial Basin", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF OKN Columbia-Willamette Water Network & Oregon Coastal Marine Sanctuary", "ecoregion": "EPA Level III: 3 (Willamette Valley)", "watershed": "NSF OKN / EPA Pacific Northwest Catchment", "scienceFocus": "Watershed Ecology, Native Flora Identification & Optical Ephemeris", "type": "HIKE", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 45.7484, "longitude": -122.8825, "sensitivity": "OPEN", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Observe Leave No Trace wilderness ethics and local trail regulations.", "desc": "Scappoose Bay Marine Park photographic field waypoint in Columbia." }, { "stopId": "tualatin_river", "name": "The Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge", "state": "OR", "stateName": "Oregon", "countyOrDistrict": "Washington", "region": "Valley", "legId": "leg-2", "legTitle": "Leg 2: Valley of Giants", "legDescription": "Willamette Valley & Forests", "ecoregionSummary": "EPA Level III: 3 (Willamette Valley) & 4 (Cascades) · Alluvial Basin", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF OKN Columbia-Willamette Water Network & Oregon Coastal Marine Sanctuary", "ecoregion": "EPA Level III: 3 (Willamette Valley)", "watershed": "NSF OKN / EPA HUC-8: 17090012 (Willamette River)", "scienceFocus": "Wetland Ecosystem Filtration & Pacific Flyway Bird Banding", "type": "NATIONALPARKS", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 45.4269, "longitude": -122.8456, "sensitivity": "OPEN", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Observe Leave No Trace wilderness ethics and local trail regulations.", "desc": "The Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge photographic field waypoint in Washington." }, { "stopId": "evergreen_aviation", "name": "Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum", "state": "OR", "stateName": "Oregon", "countyOrDistrict": "Yamhill", "region": "Valley", "legId": "leg-2", "legTitle": "Leg 2: Valley of Giants", "legDescription": "Willamette Valley & Forests", "ecoregionSummary": "EPA Level III: 3 (Willamette Valley) & 4 (Cascades) · Alluvial Basin", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF OKN Columbia-Willamette Water Network & Oregon Coastal Marine Sanctuary", "ecoregion": "EPA Level III: 3 (Willamette Valley)", "watershed": "NSF OKN / EPA Pacific Northwest Catchment", "scienceFocus": "Watershed Ecology, Native Flora Identification & Optical Ephemeris", "type": "HIKE", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 45.21, "longitude": -123.115, "sensitivity": "OPEN", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Observe Leave No Trace wilderness ethics and local trail regulations.", "desc": "Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum photographic field waypoint in Yamhill." }, { "stopId": "baskett_slough", "name": "Baskett Slough National Wildlife Refuge", "state": "OR", "stateName": "Oregon", "countyOrDistrict": "Polk", "region": "Valley", "legId": "leg-2", "legTitle": "Leg 2: Valley of Giants", "legDescription": "Willamette Valley & Forests", "ecoregionSummary": "EPA Level III: 3 (Willamette Valley) & 4 (Cascades) · Alluvial Basin", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF OKN Columbia-Willamette Water Network & Oregon Coastal Marine Sanctuary", "ecoregion": "EPA Level III: 3 (Willamette Valley)", "watershed": "NSF OKN / EPA Pacific Northwest Catchment", "scienceFocus": "Wetland Ecosystem Filtration & Pacific Flyway Bird Banding", "type": "NATIONALPARKS", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 44.9676, "longitude": -123.2601, "sensitivity": "OPEN", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Observe Leave No Trace wilderness ethics and local trail regulations.", "desc": "Baskett Slough National Wildlife Refuge photographic field waypoint in Polk." }, { "stopId": "marys_peak", "name": "Marys Peak", "state": "OR", "stateName": "Oregon", "countyOrDistrict": "Benton", "region": "Valley", "legId": "leg-2", "legTitle": "Leg 2: Valley of Giants", "legDescription": "Willamette Valley & Forests", "ecoregionSummary": "EPA Level III: 3 (Willamette Valley) & 4 (Cascades) · Alluvial Basin", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF OKN Columbia-Willamette Water Network & Oregon Coastal Marine Sanctuary", "ecoregion": "EPA Level III: 3 (Willamette Valley)", "watershed": "NSF OKN / EPA Pacific Northwest Catchment", "scienceFocus": "Watershed Ecology, Native Flora Identification & Optical Ephemeris", "type": "HIKE", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 44.5278, "longitude": -123.5503, "sensitivity": "OPEN", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Observe Leave No Trace wilderness ethics and local trail regulations.", "desc": "Marys Peak photographic field waypoint in Benton." }, { "stopId": "mcdowell_creek", "name": "McDowell Creek Falls", "state": "OR", "stateName": "Oregon", "countyOrDistrict": "Linn", "region": "Cascades", "legId": "leg-2", "legTitle": "Leg 2: Valley of Giants", "legDescription": "Willamette Valley & Forests", "ecoregionSummary": "EPA Level III: 3 (Willamette Valley) & 4 (Cascades) · Alluvial Basin", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF OKN Columbia-Willamette Water Network & Oregon Coastal Marine Sanctuary", "ecoregion": "EPA Level III: 4 (Cascades)", "watershed": "NSF OKN / EPA Pacific Northwest Catchment", "scienceFocus": "Watershed Ecology, Native Flora Identification & Optical Ephemeris", "type": "HIKE", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 44.4647, "longitude": -122.6808, "sensitivity": "OPEN", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Observe Leave No Trace wilderness ethics and local trail regulations.", "desc": "McDowell Creek Falls photographic field waypoint in Linn." }, { "stopId": "state_capitol", "name": "Oregon State Capitol", "state": "OR", "stateName": "Oregon", "countyOrDistrict": "Marion", "region": "Valley", "legId": "leg-2", "legTitle": "Leg 2: Valley of Giants", "legDescription": "Willamette Valley & Forests", "ecoregionSummary": "EPA Level III: 3 (Willamette Valley) & 4 (Cascades) · Alluvial Basin", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF OKN Columbia-Willamette Water Network & Oregon Coastal Marine Sanctuary", "ecoregion": "EPA Level III: 3 (Willamette Valley)", "watershed": "NSF OKN / EPA HUC-8: 17090012 (Willamette River)", "scienceFocus": "Watershed Ecology, Native Flora Identification & Optical Ephemeris", "type": "HIKE", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 44.9422, "longitude": -123.0353, "sensitivity": "OPEN", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Observe Leave No Trace wilderness ethics and local trail regulations.", "desc": "Oregon State Capitol photographic field waypoint in Marion." }, { "stopId": "timberline_lodge", "name": "Timberline Lodge", "state": "OR", "stateName": "Oregon", "countyOrDistrict": "Clackamas", "region": "Cascades", "legId": "leg-2", "legTitle": "Leg 2: Valley of Giants", "legDescription": "Willamette Valley & Forests", "ecoregionSummary": "EPA Level III: 3 (Willamette Valley) & 4 (Cascades) · Alluvial Basin", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF OKN Columbia-Willamette Water Network & Oregon Coastal Marine Sanctuary", "ecoregion": "EPA Level III: 4 (Cascades)", "watershed": "NSF OKN / EPA Pacific Northwest Catchment", "scienceFocus": "Subalpine Glacial Trimlines & WPA Stonemasonry Architecture", "type": "HIKE", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 45.3307, "longitude": -121.7115, "sensitivity": "OPEN", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Observe Leave No Trace wilderness ethics and local trail regulations.", "desc": "Timberline Lodge photographic field waypoint in Clackamas." }, { "stopId": "multnomah_falls", "name": "Multnomah Falls", "state": "OR", "stateName": "Oregon", "countyOrDistrict": "Multnomah", "region": "Gorge", "legId": "leg-2", "legTitle": "Leg 2: Valley of Giants", "legDescription": "Willamette Valley & Forests", "ecoregionSummary": "EPA Level III: 3 (Willamette Valley) & 4 (Cascades) · Alluvial Basin", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF OKN Columbia-Willamette Water Network & Oregon Coastal Marine Sanctuary", "ecoregion": "EPA Level III: 4 (Cascades)", "watershed": "NSF OKN / EPA HUC-8: 17080001 (Lower Columbia)", "scienceFocus": "Columbia Flood Basalt Colonnades & Microclimate Mist Spray", "type": "HIKE", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 45.57, "longitude": -122.1156, "sensitivity": "OPEN", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Observe Leave No Trace wilderness ethics and local trail regulations.", "desc": "Multnomah Falls photographic field waypoint in Multnomah." }, { "stopId": "bridge_of_gods", "name": "Bridge of the Gods", "state": "OR", "stateName": "Oregon", "countyOrDistrict": "Hood River", "region": "Gorge", "legId": "leg-3", "legTitle": "Leg 3: Fire & Ice", "legDescription": "Gorge, Cascades & Central", "ecoregionSummary": "EPA Level III: 4 (Cascades) & 9 (Eastern Cascades) · Columbia Gorge", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF OKN Columbia-Willamette Water Network & Oregon Coastal Marine Sanctuary", "ecoregion": "EPA Level III: 4 (Cascades)", "watershed": "NSF OKN / EPA Pacific Northwest Catchment", "scienceFocus": "Watershed Ecology, Native Flora Identification & Optical Ephemeris", "type": "HIKE", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 45.6623, "longitude": -121.9012, "sensitivity": "OPEN", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Observe Leave No Trace wilderness ethics and local trail regulations.", "desc": "Bridge of the Gods photographic field waypoint in Hood River." }, { "stopId": "shaniko_ghost_town", "name": "Shaniko Ghost Town", "state": "OR", "stateName": "Oregon", "countyOrDistrict": "Wasco", "region": "Central", "legId": "leg-3", "legTitle": "Leg 3: Fire & Ice", "legDescription": "Gorge, Cascades & Central", "ecoregionSummary": "EPA Level III: 4 (Cascades) & 9 (Eastern Cascades) · Columbia Gorge", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF OKN Columbia-Willamette Water Network & Oregon Coastal Marine Sanctuary", "ecoregion": "EPA Level III: 9 (Eastern Cascades Slopes)", "watershed": "NSF OKN / EPA Pacific Northwest Catchment", "scienceFocus": "Watershed Ecology, Native Flora Identification & Optical Ephemeris", "type": "HIKE", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 45.0083, "longitude": -120.7639, "sensitivity": "OPEN", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Observe Leave No Trace wilderness ethics and local trail regulations.", "desc": "Shaniko Ghost Town photographic field waypoint in Wasco." }, { "stopId": "macks_canyon", "name": "Macks Canyon Recreation Site", "state": "OR", "stateName": "Oregon", "countyOrDistrict": "Sherman", "region": "Central", "legId": "leg-3", "legTitle": "Leg 3: Fire & Ice", "legDescription": "Gorge, Cascades & Central", "ecoregionSummary": "EPA Level III: 4 (Cascades) & 9 (Eastern Cascades) · Columbia Gorge", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF OKN Columbia-Willamette Water Network & Oregon Coastal Marine Sanctuary", "ecoregion": "EPA Level III: 9 (Eastern Cascades Slopes)", "watershed": "NSF OKN / EPA Pacific Northwest Catchment", "scienceFocus": "Watershed Ecology, Native Flora Identification & Optical Ephemeris", "type": "HIKE", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 45.2833, "longitude": -120.7167, "sensitivity": "OPEN", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Observe Leave No Trace wilderness ethics and local trail regulations.", "desc": "Macks Canyon Recreation Site photographic field waypoint in Sherman." }, { "stopId": "cottonwood_canyon", "name": "Cottonwood Canyon State Park", "state": "OR", "stateName": "Oregon", "countyOrDistrict": "Gilliam", "region": "Central", "legId": "leg-3", "legTitle": "Leg 3: Fire & Ice", "legDescription": "Gorge, Cascades & Central", "ecoregionSummary": "EPA Level III: 4 (Cascades) & 9 (Eastern Cascades) · Columbia Gorge", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF OKN Columbia-Willamette Water Network & Oregon Coastal Marine Sanctuary", "ecoregion": "EPA Level III: 9 (Eastern Cascades Slopes)", "watershed": "NSF OKN / EPA Pacific Northwest Catchment", "scienceFocus": "Watershed Ecology, Native Flora Identification & Optical Ephemeris", "type": "STATEPARKS", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 45.17, "longitude": -120.2383, "sensitivity": "OPEN", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Observe Leave No Trace wilderness ethics and local trail regulations.", "desc": "Cottonwood Canyon State Park photographic field waypoint in Gilliam." }, { "stopId": "cove_palisades", "name": "The Cove Palisades State Park", "state": "OR", "stateName": "Oregon", "countyOrDistrict": "Jefferson", "region": "Central", "legId": "leg-3", "legTitle": "Leg 3: Fire & Ice", "legDescription": "Gorge, Cascades & Central", "ecoregionSummary": "EPA Level III: 4 (Cascades) & 9 (Eastern Cascades) · Columbia Gorge", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF OKN Columbia-Willamette Water Network & Oregon Coastal Marine Sanctuary", "ecoregion": "EPA Level III: 9 (Eastern Cascades Slopes)", "watershed": "NSF OKN / EPA HUC-8: 17070306 (Lower Deschutes)", "scienceFocus": "Watershed Ecology, Native Flora Identification & Optical Ephemeris", "type": "STATEPARKS", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 44.6264, "longitude": -121.2106, "sensitivity": "OPEN", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Observe Leave No Trace wilderness ethics and local trail regulations.", "desc": "The Cove Palisades State Park photographic field waypoint in Jefferson." }, { "stopId": "smith_rock", "name": "Smith Rock State Park", "state": "OR", "stateName": "Oregon", "countyOrDistrict": "Deschutes", "region": "Central", "legId": "leg-3", "legTitle": "Leg 3: Fire & Ice", "legDescription": "Gorge, Cascades & Central", "ecoregionSummary": "EPA Level III: 4 (Cascades) & 9 (Eastern Cascades) · Columbia Gorge", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF OKN Columbia-Willamette Water Network & Oregon Coastal Marine Sanctuary", "ecoregion": "EPA Level III: 9 (Eastern Cascades Slopes)", "watershed": "NSF OKN / EPA HUC-8: 17070306 (Lower Deschutes)", "scienceFocus": "Watershed Ecology, Native Flora Identification & Optical Ephemeris", "type": "STATEPARKS", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 44.6853, "longitude": -121.1438, "sensitivity": "OPEN", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Observe Leave No Trace wilderness ethics and local trail regulations.", "desc": "Smith Rock State Park photographic field waypoint in Deschutes." }, { "stopId": "steins_pillar", "name": "Steins Pillar", "state": "OR", "stateName": "Oregon", "countyOrDistrict": "Crook", "region": "Central", "legId": "leg-3", "legTitle": "Leg 3: Fire & Ice", "legDescription": "Gorge, Cascades & Central", "ecoregionSummary": "EPA Level III: 4 (Cascades) & 9 (Eastern Cascades) · Columbia Gorge", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF OKN Columbia-Willamette Water Network & Oregon Coastal Marine Sanctuary", "ecoregion": "EPA Level III: 9 (Eastern Cascades Slopes)", "watershed": "NSF OKN / EPA Pacific Northwest Catchment", "scienceFocus": "Watershed Ecology, Native Flora Identification & Optical Ephemeris", "type": "HIKE", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 44.4099, "longitude": -120.6213, "sensitivity": "OPEN", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Observe Leave No Trace wilderness ethics and local trail regulations.", "desc": "Steins Pillar photographic field waypoint in Crook." }, { "stopId": "painted_hills", "name": "John Day Fossil Beds – Painted Hills Unit", "state": "OR", "stateName": "Oregon", "countyOrDistrict": "Wheeler", "region": "Eastern", "legId": "leg-4", "legTitle": "Leg 4: The Frontier", "legDescription": "Eastern Oregon & Fossil Beds", "ecoregionSummary": "EPA Level III: 11 (Blue Mountains) & 10 (Columbia Plateau)", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF OKN Columbia-Willamette Water Network & Oregon Coastal Marine Sanctuary", "ecoregion": "EPA Level III: 11 (Blue Mountains)", "watershed": "NSF OKN / EPA HUC-8: 17070204 (John Day River)", "scienceFocus": "Laterite Soil Strata, Eocene Paleobotany & Bentonite Weathering", "type": "HIKE", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 44.6683, "longitude": -120.2333, "sensitivity": "VULNERABLE", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Observe Leave No Trace wilderness ethics and local trail regulations.", "desc": "John Day Fossil Beds – Painted Hills Unit photographic field waypoint in Wheeler." }, { "stopId": "sheep_rock", "name": "John Day Fossil Beds - Sheep Rock Unit", "state": "OR", "stateName": "Oregon", "countyOrDistrict": "Grant", "region": "Eastern", "legId": "leg-4", "legTitle": "Leg 4: The Frontier", "legDescription": "Eastern Oregon & Fossil Beds", "ecoregionSummary": "EPA Level III: 11 (Blue Mountains) & 10 (Columbia Plateau)", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF OKN Columbia-Willamette Water Network & Oregon Coastal Marine Sanctuary", "ecoregion": "EPA Level III: 11 (Blue Mountains)", "watershed": "NSF OKN / EPA HUC-8: 17070204 (John Day River)", "scienceFocus": "Laterite Soil Strata, Eocene Paleobotany & Bentonite Weathering", "type": "HIKE", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 44.5083, "longitude": -119.5472, "sensitivity": "OPEN", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Observe Leave No Trace wilderness ethics and local trail regulations.", "desc": "John Day Fossil Beds - Sheep Rock Unit photographic field waypoint in Grant." }, { "stopId": "blue_mountain_byway", "name": "Blue Mountain Scenic Byway", "state": "OR", "stateName": "Oregon", "countyOrDistrict": "Morrow", "region": "Eastern", "legId": "leg-4", "legTitle": "Leg 4: The Frontier", "legDescription": "Eastern Oregon & Fossil Beds", "ecoregionSummary": "EPA Level III: 11 (Blue Mountains) & 10 (Columbia Plateau)", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF OKN Columbia-Willamette Water Network & Oregon Coastal Marine Sanctuary", "ecoregion": "EPA Level III: 11 (Blue Mountains)", "watershed": "NSF OKN / EPA Pacific Northwest Catchment", "scienceFocus": "Watershed Ecology, Native Flora Identification & Optical Ephemeris", "type": "HIKE", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 45.4667, "longitude": -119.5, "sensitivity": "OPEN", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Observe Leave No Trace wilderness ethics and local trail regulations.", "desc": "Blue Mountain Scenic Byway photographic field waypoint in Morrow." }, { "stopId": "hat_rock", "name": "Hat Rock State Park", "state": "OR", "stateName": "Oregon", "countyOrDistrict": "Umatilla", "region": "Eastern", "legId": "leg-4", "legTitle": "Leg 4: The Frontier", "legDescription": "Eastern Oregon & Fossil Beds", "ecoregionSummary": "EPA Level III: 11 (Blue Mountains) & 10 (Columbia Plateau)", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF OKN Columbia-Willamette Water Network & Oregon Coastal Marine Sanctuary", "ecoregion": "EPA Level III: 11 (Blue Mountains)", "watershed": "NSF OKN / EPA Pacific Northwest Catchment", "scienceFocus": "Watershed Ecology, Native Flora Identification & Optical Ephemeris", "type": "STATEPARKS", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 45.87, "longitude": -118.9033, "sensitivity": "OPEN", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Observe Leave No Trace wilderness ethics and local trail regulations.", "desc": "Hat Rock State Park photographic field waypoint in Umatilla." }, { "stopId": "mt_emily_rec", "name": "Mt. Emily Recreation Area", "state": "OR", "stateName": "Oregon", "countyOrDistrict": "Union", "region": "Eastern", "legId": "leg-4", "legTitle": "Leg 4: The Frontier", "legDescription": "Eastern Oregon & Fossil Beds", "ecoregionSummary": "EPA Level III: 11 (Blue Mountains) & 10 (Columbia Plateau)", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF OKN Columbia-Willamette Water Network & Oregon Coastal Marine Sanctuary", "ecoregion": "EPA Level III: 11 (Blue Mountains)", "watershed": "NSF OKN / EPA Pacific Northwest Catchment", "scienceFocus": "Watershed Ecology, Native Flora Identification & Optical Ephemeris", "type": "HIKE", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 45.4378, "longitude": -118.0914, "sensitivity": "OPEN", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Observe Leave No Trace wilderness ethics and local trail regulations.", "desc": "Mt. Emily Recreation Area photographic field waypoint in Union." }, { "stopId": "wallowa_lake", "name": "Wallowa Lake", "state": "OR", "stateName": "Oregon", "countyOrDistrict": "Wallowa", "region": "Eastern", "legId": "leg-4", "legTitle": "Leg 4: The Frontier", "legDescription": "Eastern Oregon & Fossil Beds", "ecoregionSummary": "EPA Level III: 11 (Blue Mountains) & 10 (Columbia Plateau)", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF OKN Columbia-Willamette Water Network & Oregon Coastal Marine Sanctuary", "ecoregion": "EPA Level III: 11 (Blue Mountains)", "watershed": "NSF OKN / EPA Pacific Northwest Catchment", "scienceFocus": "Watershed Ecology, Native Flora Identification & Optical Ephemeris", "type": "HIKE", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 45.2833, "longitude": -117.2, "sensitivity": "OPEN", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Observe Leave No Trace wilderness ethics and local trail regulations.", "desc": "Wallowa Lake photographic field waypoint in Wallowa." }, { "stopId": "oregon_trail_center", "name": "National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center", "state": "OR", "stateName": "Oregon", "countyOrDistrict": "Baker", "region": "Eastern", "legId": "leg-4", "legTitle": "Leg 4: The Frontier", "legDescription": "Eastern Oregon & Fossil Beds", "ecoregionSummary": "EPA Level III: 11 (Blue Mountains) & 10 (Columbia Plateau)", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF OKN Columbia-Willamette Water Network & Oregon Coastal Marine Sanctuary", "ecoregion": "EPA Level III: 11 (Blue Mountains)", "watershed": "NSF OKN / EPA Pacific Northwest Catchment", "scienceFocus": "Watershed Ecology, Native Flora Identification & Optical Ephemeris", "type": "NATIONALPARKS", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 44.7724, "longitude": -117.6843, "sensitivity": "OPEN", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Observe Leave No Trace wilderness ethics and local trail regulations.", "desc": "National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center photographic field waypoint in Baker." }, { "stopId": "owyhee_canyonlands", "name": "Owyhee Canyonlands", "state": "OR", "stateName": "Oregon", "countyOrDistrict": "Malheur", "region": "Eastern", "legId": "leg-4", "legTitle": "Leg 4: The Frontier", "legDescription": "Eastern Oregon & Fossil Beds", "ecoregionSummary": "EPA Level III: 11 (Blue Mountains) & 10 (Columbia Plateau)", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF OKN Columbia-Willamette Water Network & Oregon Coastal Marine Sanctuary", "ecoregion": "EPA Level III: 11 (Blue Mountains)", "watershed": "NSF OKN / EPA Pacific Northwest Catchment", "scienceFocus": "Watershed Ecology, Native Flora Identification & Optical Ephemeris", "type": "HIKE", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 43.25, "longitude": -117.5, "sensitivity": "OPEN", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Observe Leave No Trace wilderness ethics and local trail regulations.", "desc": "Owyhee Canyonlands photographic field waypoint in Malheur." }, { "stopId": "steens_mountain", "name": "Steens Mountain", "state": "OR", "stateName": "Oregon", "countyOrDistrict": "Harney", "region": "Eastern", "legId": "leg-4", "legTitle": "Leg 4: The Frontier", "legDescription": "Eastern Oregon & Fossil Beds", "ecoregionSummary": "EPA Level III: 11 (Blue Mountains) & 10 (Columbia Plateau)", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF OKN Columbia-Willamette Water Network & Oregon Coastal Marine Sanctuary", "ecoregion": "EPA Level III: 11 (Blue Mountains)", "watershed": "NSF OKN / EPA HUC-8: 17120001 (Harney-Malheur Lakes)", "scienceFocus": "Basalt Fault-Block Escarpment & Glacial U-Shaped Hanging Gorges", "type": "HIKE", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 42.6364, "longitude": -118.5767, "sensitivity": "OPEN", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Observe Leave No Trace wilderness ethics and local trail regulations.", "desc": "Steens Mountain photographic field waypoint in Harney." }, { "stopId": "fort_rock", "name": "Fort 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"stateName": "Oregon", "countyOrDistrict": "Klamath", "region": "Southern", "legId": "leg-5", "legTitle": "Leg 5: Ancient Waters", "legDescription": "Southern Cascades & Crater Lake", "ecoregionSummary": "EPA Level III: 4 (Cascades) & 78 (Klamath Mountains) · Mazama Caldera", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF OKN Columbia-Willamette Water Network & Oregon Coastal Marine Sanctuary", "ecoregion": "EPA Level III: 78 (Klamath Mountains)", "watershed": "NSF OKN / EPA HUC-8: 18010202 (Upper Klamath)", "scienceFocus": "Volcanic Caldera Collapse & Oligotrophic Deep Lake Optics", "type": "NATIONALPARKS", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 42.9294, "longitude": -122.1381, "sensitivity": "OPEN", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Observe Leave No Trace wilderness ethics and local trail regulations.", "desc": "Crater Lake National Park photographic field waypoint in Klamath." }, { "stopId": "shakespeare_festival", "name": "Oregon Shakespeare Festival", "state": "OR", "stateName": "Oregon", "countyOrDistrict": "Jackson", "region": "Southern", "legId": "leg-5", "legTitle": "Leg 5: Ancient Waters", "legDescription": "Southern Cascades & Crater Lake", "ecoregionSummary": "EPA Level III: 4 (Cascades) & 78 (Klamath Mountains) · Mazama Caldera", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF OKN Columbia-Willamette Water Network & Oregon Coastal Marine Sanctuary", "ecoregion": "EPA Level III: 78 (Klamath Mountains)", "watershed": "NSF OKN / EPA Pacific Northwest Catchment", "scienceFocus": "Watershed Ecology, Native Flora Identification & Optical Ephemeris", "type": "HIKE", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 42.1942, "longitude": -122.7106, "sensitivity": "OPEN", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Observe Leave No Trace wilderness ethics and local trail regulations.", "desc": "Oregon Shakespeare Festival photographic field waypoint in Jackson." }, { "stopId": "oregon_caves", "name": "The Oregon Caves National Monument", "state": "OR", "stateName": "Oregon", "countyOrDistrict": "Josephine", "region": "Southern", "legId": "leg-5", "legTitle": "Leg 5: Ancient Waters", "legDescription": "Southern Cascades & Crater Lake", "ecoregionSummary": "EPA Level III: 4 (Cascades) & 78 (Klamath Mountains) · Mazama Caldera", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF OKN Columbia-Willamette Water Network & Oregon Coastal Marine Sanctuary", "ecoregion": "EPA Level III: 78 (Klamath Mountains)", "watershed": "NSF OKN / EPA Pacific Northwest Catchment", "scienceFocus": "Watershed Ecology, Native Flora Identification & Optical Ephemeris", "type": "NATIONALPARKS", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 42.1408, "longitude": -123.4136, "sensitivity": "OPEN", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Observe Leave No Trace wilderness ethics and local trail regulations.", "desc": "The Oregon Caves National Monument photographic field waypoint in Josephine." }, { "stopId": "wa_elliott_bay", "name": "Elliott Bay & Duwamish 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Underwater hydrophones stream live echolocation clicks and orca pod calls." }, { "stopId": "wa_dungeness_spit", "name": "Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge & Sand Spit", "state": "WA", "stateName": "Washington", "countyOrDistrict": "Clallam", "region": "Cascadia", "legId": "wa-leg-1", "legTitle": "Leg 1: Salish Sea Estuaries & Urban Waters", "legDescription": "Puget Lowland Tidal Marshes, Clam Gardens & Marine Reserves", "ecoregionSummary": "EPA Level III: 2 (Puget Lowland) · NSF UF-OKN Urban Waters Basin", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF UF-OKN (Urban Flooding OKN) Puget Sound & Proto-OKN Cryospheric Silt Hydrology", "ecoregion": "EPA Level III: 2 (Puget Lowland)", "watershed": "NSF OKN / EPA HUC-8: 17110020 (Dungeness-Elwha)", "scienceFocus": "Geomorphology of Longshore Sand Drift & Eelgrass Bed Health", "type": "NATIONALPARKS", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 48.1633, "longitude": -123.1678, "sensitivity": "VULNERABLE", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", 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glacial moisture, featuring hanging club moss and braided river channels." }, { "stopId": "wa_diablo_lake", "name": "Diablo Lake & Colonial Peak Glacial Overlook", "state": "WA", "stateName": "Washington", "countyOrDistrict": "Whatcom", "region": "Cascadia", "legId": "wa-leg-3", "legTitle": "Leg 3: North Cascades Alpine Divide & Hanging Glaciers", "legDescription": "Metamorphic Horns, Turquoise Silt Tarns & Mountain Passes", "ecoregionSummary": "EPA Level III: 77 (North Cascades) · Skagit Hydro-Ecological Basin", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF UF-OKN (Urban Flooding OKN) Puget Sound & Proto-OKN Cryospheric Silt Hydrology", "ecoregion": "EPA Level III: 77 (North Cascades)", "watershed": "NSF OKN / EPA HUC-8: 17110005 (Upper Skagit)", "scienceFocus": "Glacial Flour Suspension & Sunlight Scattering in Cold Water", "type": "STATEPARKS", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 48.7136, "longitude": -121.1444, "sensitivity": "OPEN", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Bright midday sunshine provides maximum illumination to illuminate the suspended silt color.", "desc": "Famous for its ethereal electric-turquoise hue caused by fine rock flour suspended in snowmelt from surrounding active glaciers." }, { "stopId": "wa_washington_pass", "name": "Washington Pass Overlook & Liberty Bell Spires", "state": "WA", "stateName": "Washington", "countyOrDistrict": "Okanogan", "region": "Cascadia", "legId": "wa-leg-3", "legTitle": "Leg 3: North Cascades Alpine Divide & Hanging Glaciers", "legDescription": "Metamorphic Horns, Turquoise Silt Tarns & Mountain Passes", "ecoregionSummary": "EPA Level III: 77 (North Cascades) · Skagit Hydro-Ecological Basin", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF UF-OKN (Urban Flooding OKN) Puget Sound & Proto-OKN Cryospheric Silt Hydrology", "ecoregion": "EPA Level III: 77 (North Cascades)", "watershed": "NSF OKN / EPA HUC-8: 17020008 (Methow Basin)", "scienceFocus": "Granite Exfoliation, Alpine Glacial Cirques & Golden Larches", "type": "HIKE", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 48.525, "longitude": -120.654, "sensitivity": "OPEN", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "In October, the subalpine larches turn brilliant gold against dark granitic cliffs.", "desc": "At 5,477 ft, the crest of the North Cascades Highway framing the soaring granite towers of Liberty Bell Mountain and Early Winters Spires." }, { "stopId": "wa_cascade_pass", "name": "Cascade Pass & Sahale Arm Alpine Divide", "state": "WA", "stateName": "Washington", "countyOrDistrict": "Skagit", "region": "Cascadia", "legId": "wa-leg-3", "legTitle": "Leg 3: North Cascades Alpine Divide & Hanging Glaciers", "legDescription": "Metamorphic Horns, Turquoise Silt Tarns & Mountain Passes", "ecoregionSummary": "EPA Level III: 77 (North Cascades) · Skagit Hydro-Ecological Basin", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF UF-OKN (Urban Flooding OKN) Puget Sound & Proto-OKN Cryospheric Silt Hydrology", "ecoregion": "EPA Level III: 77 (North Cascades)", "watershed": "NSF OKN / EPA HUC-8: 17110005 (Cascade River)", "scienceFocus": "Historical Native Trading Route & Alpine Lichen Biomonitoring", "type": "HIKE", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 48.475, "longitude": -121.058, "sensitivity": "VULNERABLE", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Bear habitat: carry bear spray and make regular noise on forested switchbacks.", "desc": "An ancient Indigenous trading corridor across the high Cascades, connecting the Skagit watershed to Lake Chelan and the Columbia Plateau." }, { "stopId": "wa_baker_heather_meadows", "name": "Mount Baker & Heather Meadows Picture Lake", "state": "WA", "stateName": "Washington", "countyOrDistrict": "Whatcom", "region": "Cascadia", "legId": "wa-leg-3", "legTitle": "Leg 3: North Cascades Alpine Divide & Hanging Glaciers", "legDescription": "Metamorphic Horns, Turquoise Silt Tarns & Mountain Passes", "ecoregionSummary": "EPA Level III: 77 (North Cascades) · Skagit Hydro-Ecological Basin", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF UF-OKN (Urban Flooding OKN) Puget Sound & Proto-OKN Cryospheric Silt Hydrology", "ecoregion": "EPA Level III: 77 (North Cascades)", "watershed": "NSF OKN / EPA HUC-8: 17110004 (Nooksack Headwaters)", "scienceFocus": "Record Annual Snowpack Accumulation & Volcanic Fumarole Scouting", "type": "STATEPARKS", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 48.8683, "longitude": -121.6708, "sensitivity": "OPEN", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Paved ADA-accessible boardwalk around Picture Lake is ideal for young explorers and elders.", "desc": "Home to the world record for seasonal snowfall (1,140 inches). Picture Lake reflects the rugged pyramidal horn of Mount Shuksan." }, { "stopId": "wa_stehekin_valley", "name": "Stehekin Valley & Rainbow Falls (Lake Chelan)", "state": "WA", "stateName": "Washington", "countyOrDistrict": "Chelan", "region": "Cascadia", "legId": "wa-leg-3", "legTitle": "Leg 3: North Cascades Alpine Divide & Hanging Glaciers", "legDescription": "Metamorphic Horns, Turquoise Silt Tarns & Mountain Passes", "ecoregionSummary": "EPA Level III: 77 (North Cascades) · Skagit Hydro-Ecological Basin", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF UF-OKN (Urban Flooding OKN) Puget Sound & Proto-OKN Cryospheric Silt Hydrology", "ecoregion": "EPA Level III: 77 (North Cascades)", "watershed": "NSF OKN / EPA HUC-8: 17020009 (Lake Chelan Fjord)", "scienceFocus": "Glacial Fjord Limnology & Roadless Wilderness Community Stewardship", "type": "NATIONALPARKS", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 48.31, "longitude": -120.66, "sensitivity": "VULNERABLE", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Coordinate ferry schedules ahead; visit the historic 1921 one-room schoolhouse.", "desc": "A roadless wilderness valley at the head of 55-mile-long Lake Chelan, accessible only by ferry, floatplane, or on foot." }, { "stopId": "wa_hoh_rainforest", "name": "Hoh Rain Forest — Hall of Mosses & River Trail", "state": "WA", "stateName": "Washington", "countyOrDistrict": "Jefferson", "region": "Cascadia", "legId": "wa-leg-4", "legTitle": "Leg 4: Olympic Wilderness & Coastal Sea Stacks", "legDescription": "Temperate Rainforest Canopies, Tide Pools & Mountain Ridges", "ecoregionSummary": "EPA Level III: 1 (Coast Range) · Olympic Marine Reserve Watershed", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF UF-OKN (Urban Flooding OKN) Puget Sound & Proto-OKN Cryospheric Silt Hydrology", "ecoregion": "EPA Level III: 1 (Coast Range)", "watershed": "NSF OKN / EPA HUC-8: 17100101 (Hoh River)", "scienceFocus": "Nurse Log Ecological Succession & Epiphytic Biomass Density", "type": "NATIONALPARKS", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 47.86, "longitude": -123.935, "sensitivity": "VULNERABLE", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Wet days intensify moss vibrancy; use a circular polarizer to cut leaf glare.", "desc": "One of North America's most intact temperate rainforests, receiving 140 inches of rain annually. Colonnades of spruce grow from fallen nurse logs." }, { "stopId": "wa_ruby_beach", "name": "Ruby Beach Sea Stacks & Cedar Driftwood Fields", "state": "WA", "stateName": "Washington", "countyOrDistrict": "Jefferson", "region": "Coast", "legId": "wa-leg-4", "legTitle": "Leg 4: Olympic Wilderness & Coastal Sea Stacks", "legDescription": "Temperate Rainforest Canopies, Tide Pools & Mountain Ridges", "ecoregionSummary": "EPA Level III: 1 (Coast Range) · Olympic Marine Reserve Watershed", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF UF-OKN (Urban Flooding OKN) Puget Sound & Proto-OKN Cryospheric Silt Hydrology", "ecoregion": "EPA Level III: 1 (Coast Range)", "watershed": "NSF OKN Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary", "scienceFocus": "Marine Headland Erosion & Intertidal Food Web Health", "type": "NATIONALPARKS", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 47.7111, "longitude": -124.4144, "sensitivity": "OPEN", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Always keep eyes on incoming waves; never climb on floating or wave-washed logs.", "desc": "Famous for garnet-colored mineral sands, towering sea stacks, and massive driftwood cedar trees tossed ashore by Pacific winter gales." }, { "stopId": "wa_kalaloch_tree_life", "name": "Kalaloch Beach & The Hanging Tree of Life", "state": "WA", "stateName": "Washington", "countyOrDistrict": "Jefferson", "region": "Coast", "legId": "wa-leg-4", "legTitle": "Leg 4: Olympic Wilderness & Coastal Sea Stacks", "legDescription": "Temperate Rainforest Canopies, Tide Pools & Mountain Ridges", "ecoregionSummary": "EPA Level III: 1 (Coast Range) · Olympic Marine Reserve Watershed", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF UF-OKN (Urban Flooding OKN) Puget Sound & Proto-OKN Cryospheric Silt Hydrology", "ecoregion": "EPA Level III: 1 (Coast Range)", "watershed": "NSF OKN / EPA HUC-8: 17100102 (Queets-Quinault)", "scienceFocus": "Coastal Bluff Erosion & Exposed Tree Root Tensile Architecture", "type": "NATIONALPARKS", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 47.6022, "longitude": -124.3725, "sensitivity": "VULNERABLE", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Observe from the beach below without touching or climbing the exposed root tendrils.", "desc": "A massive Sitka spruce suspended across an eroding sandstone cave by its sprawling root system, continuing to leaf and thrive over empty air." }, { "stopId": "wa_lake_crescent", "name": "Lake Crescent & Marymere Falls Glacial Fjord", "state": "WA", "stateName": "Washington", "countyOrDistrict": "Clallam", "region": "Cascadia", "legId": "wa-leg-4", "legTitle": "Leg 4: Olympic Wilderness & Coastal Sea Stacks", "legDescription": "Temperate Rainforest Canopies, Tide Pools & Mountain Ridges", "ecoregionSummary": "EPA Level III: 1 (Coast Range) · Olympic Marine Reserve Watershed", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF UF-OKN (Urban Flooding OKN) Puget Sound & Proto-OKN Cryospheric Silt Hydrology", "ecoregion": "EPA Level III: 1 (Coast Range)", "watershed": "NSF OKN / EPA HUC-8: 17110020 (Lyre River)", "scienceFocus": "Oligotrophic Lake Purity & Endemic Beardslee Trout Genetics", "type": "NATIONALPARKS", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 48.058, "longitude": -123.799, "sensitivity": "OPEN", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Calm mornings offer mirror-like reflections of Mount Storm King.", "desc": "A deep, crystal-clear glacial lake carved during the last ice age, featuring gin-clear water and a mossy forest path to Marymere Falls." }, { "stopId": "wa_hurricane_ridge", "name": "Hurricane Ridge High Subalpine Overlook", "state": "WA", "stateName": "Washington", "countyOrDistrict": "Clallam", "region": "Cascadia", "legId": "wa-leg-4", "legTitle": "Leg 4: Olympic Wilderness & Coastal Sea Stacks", "legDescription": "Temperate Rainforest Canopies, Tide Pools & Mountain Ridges", "ecoregionSummary": "EPA Level III: 1 (Coast Range) · Olympic Marine Reserve Watershed", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF UF-OKN (Urban Flooding OKN) Puget Sound & Proto-OKN Cryospheric Silt Hydrology", "ecoregion": "EPA Level III: 1 (Coast Range)", "watershed": "NSF OKN / EPA HUC-8: 17110020 (Elwha River)", "scienceFocus": "Alpine Weather Extremes & Endemic Olympic Marmot Ecology", "type": "NATIONALPARKS", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 47.9692, "longitude": -123.4986, "sensitivity": "OPEN", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "High winds are common; check mountain road status before departure.", "desc": "Perched at 5,242 ft with 360-degree vistas across Mount Olympus, the Bailey Range glaciers, and the Strait of Juan de Fuca toward Vancouver Island." }, { "stopId": "wa_ginkgo_petrified", "name": "Ginkgo Petrified Forest State Park & Wanapum Lake", "state": "WA", "stateName": "Washington", "countyOrDistrict": "Kittitas", "region": "Inland", "legId": "wa-leg-5", "legTitle": "Leg 5: Columbia Basin Shrub-Steppe & Channeled Scablands", "legDescription": "Missoula Flood Basalt Cataracts, Petrified Forests & Palouse Dunes", "ecoregionSummary": "EPA Level III: 10 (Columbia Plateau) · Missoula Cataclysmic Drainage", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF UF-OKN (Urban Flooding OKN) Puget Sound & Proto-OKN Cryospheric Silt Hydrology", "ecoregion": "EPA Level III: 10 (Columbia Plateau)", "watershed": "NSF OKN / EPA HUC-8: 17020010 (Middle Columbia)", "scienceFocus": "Miocene Fossilized Wood Mineralization & Basalt Lava Encasement", "type": "STATEPARKS", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 46.9108, "longitude": -119.9886, "sensitivity": "VULNERABLE", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Paved interpretive loop leads directly to exposed mineralized logs encased in stone.", "desc": "One of the most diverse fossil forests in North America, where 15-million-year-old trees were preserved in Columbia River flood basalt flows." }, { "stopId": "wa_steptoe_butte", "name": "Steptoe Butte State Park & Palouse Panoramic", "state": "WA", "stateName": "Washington", "countyOrDistrict": "Whitman", "region": "Inland", "legId": "wa-leg-5", "legTitle": "Leg 5: Columbia Basin Shrub-Steppe & Channeled Scablands", "legDescription": "Missoula Flood Basalt Cataracts, Petrified Forests & Palouse Dunes", "ecoregionSummary": "EPA Level III: 10 (Columbia Plateau) · Missoula Cataclysmic Drainage", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF UF-OKN (Urban Flooding OKN) Puget Sound & Proto-OKN Cryospheric Silt Hydrology", "ecoregion": "EPA Level III: 10 (Columbia Plateau)", "watershed": "NSF OKN / EPA HUC-8: 17060108 (Palouse River)", "scienceFocus": "Precambrian Quartzite Monadnock & Eolian Loess Silt Dynamics", "type": "STATEPARKS", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 47.0328, "longitude": -117.2972, "sensitivity": "OPEN", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Golden hour right before sunset creates rhythmic shadow bands across the rolling farmland.", "desc": "A 3,612-ft quartzite peak rising high above the rolling agricultural loess dunes of the Palouse, offering views over 200 miles across three states." }, { "stopId": "wa_palouse_falls", "name": "Palouse Falls State Park (Washington State Waterfall)", "state": "WA", "stateName": "Washington", "countyOrDistrict": "Franklin", "region": "Inland", "legId": "wa-leg-5", "legTitle": "Leg 5: Columbia Basin Shrub-Steppe & Channeled Scablands", "legDescription": "Missoula Flood Basalt Cataracts, Petrified Forests & Palouse Dunes", "ecoregionSummary": "EPA Level III: 10 (Columbia Plateau) · Missoula Cataclysmic Drainage", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF UF-OKN (Urban Flooding OKN) Puget Sound & Proto-OKN Cryospheric Silt Hydrology", "ecoregion": "EPA Level III: 10 (Columbia Plateau)", "watershed": "NSF OKN / EPA HUC-8: 17060108 (Palouse River)", "scienceFocus": "Missoula Ice Age Floods Cataclysm & Basalt Amphitheater Carving", "type": "STATEPARKS", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 46.6636, "longitude": -118.2272, "sensitivity": "OPEN", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Stay strictly behind cliff fencing; canyon edges are unstable crumbling basalt.", "desc": "A thundering 198-ft cataract plunging into a massive plunge pool canyon carved by the catastrophic Ice Age Missoula Floods 13,000 years ago." }, { "stopId": "wa_dry_falls", "name": "Dry Falls State Park & Sun Lakes Ice Age Cataract", "state": "WA", "stateName": "Washington", "countyOrDistrict": "Grant", "region": "Inland", "legId": "wa-leg-5", "legTitle": "Leg 5: Columbia Basin Shrub-Steppe & Channeled Scablands", "legDescription": "Missoula Flood Basalt Cataracts, Petrified Forests & Palouse Dunes", "ecoregionSummary": "EPA Level III: 10 (Columbia Plateau) · Missoula Cataclysmic Drainage", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF UF-OKN (Urban Flooding OKN) Puget Sound & Proto-OKN Cryospheric Silt Hydrology", "ecoregion": "EPA Level III: 10 (Columbia Plateau)", "watershed": "NSF OKN / EPA HUC-8: 17020015 (Lower Crab Creek)", "scienceFocus": "Hydraulic Force of Cataclysmic Floodwaters (40x Niagara Falls)", "type": "STATEPARKS", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 47.5956, "longitude": -119.3622, "sensitivity": "OPEN", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Interactive exhibits at the visitor center illustrate the Missoula flood pathways.", "desc": "The skeleton of the greatest waterfall known to geological history: a 3.5-mile-wide, 400-foot-tall dry basalt cliff that once carried 10 times the flow of all modern rivers combined." }, { "stopId": "wa_mount_st_helens", "name": "Mount St. Helens Johnston Ridge Volcanic Observatory", "state": "WA", "stateName": "Washington", "countyOrDistrict": "Skamania", "region": "Cascadia", "legId": "wa-leg-5", "legTitle": "Leg 5: Columbia Basin Shrub-Steppe & Channeled Scablands", "legDescription": "Missoula Flood Basalt Cataracts, Petrified Forests & Palouse Dunes", "ecoregionSummary": "EPA Level III: 10 (Columbia Plateau) · Missoula Cataclysmic Drainage", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF UF-OKN (Urban Flooding OKN) Puget Sound & Proto-OKN Cryospheric Silt Hydrology", "ecoregion": "EPA Level III: 4 (Cascades)", "watershed": "NSF OKN / EPA HUC-8: 17080005 (Toutle River)", "scienceFocus": "Primary Ecological Succession, Pyroclastic Flows & Dome Regrowth", "type": "STATEPARKS", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 46.275, "longitude": -122.217, "sensitivity": "OPEN", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Look for pioneering fireweed flowers and elk herds recolonizing the blast plain.", "desc": "Located 5 miles directly north of the volcanic crater, surveying the 1980 blast plain, pumice fields, and active lava dome rebuild." }, { "stopId": "bc_pacific_rim_long_beach", "name": "Pacific Rim National Park Reserve — Long Beach & Wickaninnish", "state": "BC", "stateName": "British Columbia", "countyOrDistrict": "Alberni-Clayoquot", "region": "Coast", "legId": "bc-leg-1", "legTitle": "Leg 1: Pacific Rim Marine Reserves & Ancient Coastal Rainforest", "legDescription": "Temperate Rainforest, Clayoquot Sound & Intertidal Tidepools", "ecoregionSummary": "CEC Level III: Marine West Coast Forest · Pacific Rim Watershed", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF Transboundary Salish Sea Marine Health & Fraser River Salmon Knowledge Graph", "ecoregion": "CEC Level III: Marine West Coast Forest", "watershed": "NSF OKN Transboundary Coastal Marine Sanctuary", "scienceFocus": "Open Ocean Tsunami Propagation & Coastal Nurse Tree Colonnades", "type": "NATIONALPARKS", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 49.0436, "longitude": -125.6881, "sensitivity": "OPEN", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Tread gently around drift logs and examine sandstone tidal pools at low tide.", "desc": "A 10-mile sweep of wave-swept sand bordered by dense temperate rainforest and misty headlands on the western outer coast of Vancouver Island." }, { "stopId": "bc_cathedral_grove", "name": "MacMillan Provincial Park — Cathedral Grove", "state": "BC", "stateName": "British Columbia", "countyOrDistrict": "Alberni-Clayoquot", "region": "Coast", "legId": "bc-leg-1", "legTitle": "Leg 1: Pacific Rim Marine Reserves & Ancient Coastal Rainforest", "legDescription": "Temperate Rainforest, Clayoquot Sound & Intertidal Tidepools", "ecoregionSummary": "CEC Level III: Marine West Coast Forest · Pacific Rim Watershed", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF Transboundary Salish Sea Marine Health & Fraser River Salmon Knowledge Graph", "ecoregion": "CEC Level III: Marine West Coast Forest", "watershed": "NSF OKN / BC Cameron Lake Watershed", "scienceFocus": "800-Year Douglas Fir Stand Dynamics & Fungal Mycelial Networks", "type": "STATEPARKS", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 49.2908, "longitude": -124.6622, "sensitivity": "VULNERABLE", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Paved paths on both sides of Highway 4; follow directional loop signage.", "desc": "A living museum of towering ancient Douglas firs, some measuring more than 9 meters in circumference and dating back over 800 years." }, { "stopId": "bc_clayoquot_sound", "name": "Clayoquot Sound UNESCO Biosphere Reserve", "state": "BC", "stateName": "British Columbia", "countyOrDistrict": "Alberni-Clayoquot", "region": "Coast", "legId": "bc-leg-1", "legTitle": "Leg 1: Pacific Rim Marine Reserves & Ancient Coastal Rainforest", "legDescription": "Temperate Rainforest, Clayoquot Sound & Intertidal Tidepools", "ecoregionSummary": "CEC Level III: Marine West Coast Forest · Pacific Rim Watershed", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF Transboundary Salish Sea Marine Health & Fraser River Salmon Knowledge Graph", "ecoregion": "CEC Level III: Marine West Coast Forest", "watershed": "NSF OKN / Nuu-chah-nulth Coastal Salmon Basin", "scienceFocus": "Estuarine Watershed Protection & Nuu-chah-nulth TEK Forestry", "type": "HIKE", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 49.15, "longitude": -125.9, "sensitivity": "VULNERABLE", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Respect Nuu-chah-nulth traditional governance and leave marine intertidal life untouched.", "desc": "A world-renowned marine and terrestrial sanctuary safeguarding ancient coastal rainforests, fjord passages, and wild salmon rivers." }, { "stopId": "bc_wild_pacific_trail", "name": "Ucluelet Wild Pacific Trail & Amphitrite Point Lighthouse", "state": "BC", "stateName": "British Columbia", "countyOrDistrict": "Alberni-Clayoquot", "region": "Coast", "legId": "bc-leg-1", "legTitle": "Leg 1: Pacific Rim Marine Reserves & Ancient Coastal Rainforest", "legDescription": "Temperate Rainforest, Clayoquot Sound & Intertidal Tidepools", "ecoregionSummary": "CEC Level III: Marine West Coast Forest · Pacific Rim Watershed", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF Transboundary Salish Sea Marine Health & Fraser River Salmon Knowledge Graph", "ecoregion": "CEC Level III: Marine West Coast Forest", "watershed": "NSF OKN Barkley Sound Oceanic Ledge", "scienceFocus": "Wave Energy Dissipation & Wind-Sculpted Krummholz Shore Pines", "type": "HIKE", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 48.9214, "longitude": -125.5414, "sensitivity": "OPEN", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Excellent storm watching platforms safely positioned high above surging winter breakers.", "desc": "A scenic coastal path carved along wave-battered volcanic rock terraces with ancient wind-twisted Sitka spruce overlooking Barkley Sound." }, { "stopId": "bc_botanical_beach", "name": "Juan de Fuca Provincial Park — Botanical Beach Tide Pools", "state": "BC", "stateName": "British Columbia", "countyOrDistrict": "Capital Regional", "region": "Coast", "legId": "bc-leg-1", "legTitle": "Leg 1: Pacific Rim Marine Reserves & Ancient Coastal Rainforest", "legDescription": "Temperate Rainforest, Clayoquot Sound & Intertidal Tidepools", "ecoregionSummary": "CEC Level III: Marine West Coast Forest · Pacific Rim Watershed", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF Transboundary Salish Sea Marine Health & Fraser River Salmon Knowledge Graph", "ecoregion": "CEC Level III: Marine West Coast Forest", "watershed": "NSF OKN Transboundary Strait of Juan de Fuca", "scienceFocus": "Sandstone Pothole Intertidal Speciation & Sea Anemone Symbiosis", "type": "STATEPARKS", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 48.5283, "longitude": -124.4442, "sensitivity": "VULNERABLE", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Visit during tides under 4 ft; wear sturdy non-slip boots on wet rock.", "desc": "Smooth sandstone ledges riddled with thousands of round potholes housing sea stars, purple sea urchins, chitons, and multicolored anemones." }, { "stopId": "bc_fraser_river_delta", "name": "George C. Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary (Fraser Delta)", "state": "BC", "stateName": "British Columbia", "countyOrDistrict": "Metro Vancouver", "region": "Cascadia", "legId": "bc-leg-2", "legTitle": "Leg 2: Transboundary Salish Sea & Fraser River Estuary", "legDescription": "River Confluences, Tidal Estuaries & Urban Coastal Forests", "ecoregionSummary": "CEC Level III: Georgia Depression · Fraser River Transboundary Basin", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF Transboundary Salish Sea Marine Health & Fraser River Salmon Knowledge Graph", "ecoregion": "CEC Level III: Georgia Depression", "watershed": "NSF OKN / EPA Transboundary Fraser River Basin", "scienceFocus": "Pacific Flyway Avian Migration & Estuarine Sediment Deposition", "type": "STATEPARKS", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 49.0967, "longitude": -123.1817, "sensitivity": "VULNERABLE", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Quiet observation towers provide great vantage points for snow geese and sandhill cranes.", "desc": "Located on Westham Island within the Fraser River estuary, offering vital foraging habitat for millions of migrating shorebirds and waterfowl." }, { "stopId": "bc_boundary_bay", "name": "Boundary Bay Regional Park & International Salt Marshes", "state": "BC", "stateName": "British Columbia", "countyOrDistrict": "Metro Vancouver", "region": "Cascadia", "legId": "bc-leg-2", "legTitle": "Leg 2: Transboundary Salish Sea & Fraser River Estuary", "legDescription": "River Confluences, Tidal Estuaries & Urban Coastal Forests", "ecoregionSummary": "CEC Level III: Georgia Depression · Fraser River Transboundary Basin", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF Transboundary Salish Sea Marine Health & Fraser River Salmon Knowledge Graph", "ecoregion": "CEC Level III: Georgia Depression", "watershed": "NSF OKN Transboundary Salish Sea Mudflats", "scienceFocus": "Tidal Silt Nutrient Cycling & Eelgrass Carbon Sequestration", "type": "STATEPARKS", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 49.0222, "longitude": -123.0361, "sensitivity": "OPEN", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Ideal for walking and bicycling along the flat dyke trail system.", "desc": "An immense tidal basin shared across the 49th parallel border with Washington State, exposing miles of sandy flats at low water." }, { "stopId": "bc_stanley_park", "name": "Stanley Park Seawall & Beaver Lake Wetland", "state": "BC", "stateName": "British Columbia", "countyOrDistrict": "Metro Vancouver", "region": "Cascadia", "legId": "bc-leg-2", "legTitle": "Leg 2: Transboundary Salish Sea & Fraser River Estuary", "legDescription": "River Confluences, Tidal Estuaries & Urban Coastal Forests", "ecoregionSummary": "CEC Level III: Georgia Depression · Fraser River Transboundary Basin", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF Transboundary Salish Sea Marine Health & Fraser River Salmon Knowledge Graph", "ecoregion": "CEC Level III: Georgia Depression", "watershed": "NSF OKN Burrard Inlet & First Narrows Basin", "scienceFocus": "Urban Edge Rainforest Ecology & Coast Salish Cultural Stewardship", "type": "STATEPARKS", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 49.3017, "longitude": -123.1442, "sensitivity": "OPEN", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Separate bike and pedestrian lanes make this a world-class outdoor education circuit.", "desc": "A 1,000-acre peninsula of temperate coastal forest enveloped by the Salish Sea, featuring historic Coast Salish totem monuments and marine ecosystems." }, { "stopId": "bc_point_grey", "name": "Point Grey Cliffs & Pacific Spirit Regional Park", "state": "BC", "stateName": "British Columbia", "countyOrDistrict": "Metro Vancouver", "region": "Cascadia", "legId": "bc-leg-2", "legTitle": "Leg 2: Transboundary Salish Sea & Fraser River Estuary", "legDescription": "River Confluences, Tidal Estuaries & Urban Coastal Forests", "ecoregionSummary": "CEC Level III: Georgia Depression · Fraser River Transboundary Basin", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF Transboundary Salish Sea Marine Health & Fraser River Salmon Knowledge Graph", "ecoregion": "CEC Level III: Georgia Depression", "watershed": "NSF OKN Fraser River Plume & Georgia Strait", "scienceFocus": "Quaternary Sandstone Bluff Erosion & Second-Growth Regeneration", "type": "STATEPARKS", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 49.2611, "longitude": -123.2467, "sensitivity": "OPEN", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Stairs down to the beach require steady footing; observe mudstone layers.", "desc": "Dramatic sand cliffs fronting the Strait of Georgia with deeply shaded forest paths connecting the University of British Columbia to the sea." }, { "stopId": "bc_capilano_watershed", "name": "Capilano River Regional Park & Salmon Hatchery", "state": "BC", "stateName": "British Columbia", "countyOrDistrict": "Metro Vancouver", "region": "Cascadia", "legId": "bc-leg-2", "legTitle": "Leg 2: Transboundary Salish Sea & Fraser River Estuary", "legDescription": "River Confluences, Tidal Estuaries & Urban Coastal Forests", "ecoregionSummary": "CEC Level III: Georgia Depression · Fraser River Transboundary Basin", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF Transboundary Salish Sea Marine Health & Fraser River Salmon Knowledge Graph", "ecoregion": "CEC Level III: Georgia Depression", "watershed": "NSF OKN Capilano Drinking Water Catchment", "scienceFocus": "Anadromous Salmon Migration Lifts & Drinking Water Filtration", "type": "STATEPARKS", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 49.3567, "longitude": -123.1117, "sensitivity": "OPEN", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Free interpretive center features underwater viewing windows for spawning fish.", "desc": "Deep granite canyon where students can see returning Coho and Chinook salmon navigate fish ladders directly beneath temperate rainforest boughs." }, { "stopId": "bc_monument_78", "name": "Monument 78 (PCT Northern Terminus — Manning Park)", "state": "BC", "stateName": "British Columbia", "countyOrDistrict": "Okanogan-Similkameen", "region": "Cascadia", "legId": "bc-leg-3", "legTitle": "Leg 3: Cascadia High Divide & Manning Subalpine Border", "legDescription": "Transboundary Alpine Divide, Subalpine Tarns & Mountain Passes", "ecoregionSummary": "CEC Level III: Cascades & Interior Highlands · Upper Skagit Headwaters", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF Transboundary Salish Sea Marine Health & Fraser River Salmon Knowledge Graph", "ecoregion": "CEC Level III: Cascades High Divide", "watershed": "NSF OKN / EPA Transboundary Similkameen Basin", "scienceFocus": "Transboundary Wilderness Corridors & Subalpine Fir Ecology", "type": "HIKE", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 49, "longitude": -120.785, "sensitivity": "OPEN", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Access via Castle Creek trail in Manning Park; check customs regulations before hiking.", "desc": "The historic northern terminus marker of the 2,650-mile Pacific Crest Trail, set along the 20-foot international border vista cut through spruce." }, { "stopId": "bc_lightning_lake", "name": "Lightning Lake & Frosty Mountain Larch Basin", "state": "BC", "stateName": "British Columbia", "countyOrDistrict": "Okanogan-Similkameen", "region": "Cascadia", "legId": "bc-leg-3", "legTitle": "Leg 3: Cascadia High Divide & Manning Subalpine Border", "legDescription": "Transboundary Alpine Divide, Subalpine Tarns & Mountain Passes", "ecoregionSummary": "CEC Level III: Cascades & Interior Highlands · Upper Skagit Headwaters", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF Transboundary Salish Sea Marine Health & Fraser River Salmon Knowledge Graph", "ecoregion": "CEC Level III: Cascades High Divide", "watershed": "NSF OKN Similkameen Headwaters", "scienceFocus": "2,000-Year Alpine Larch Dendrochronology & Glacial Kettle Lakes", "type": "STATEPARKS", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 49.0494, "longitude": -120.8406, "sensitivity": "OPEN", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "A flat 5-mile circuit loop around the lake is ideal for school groups and families.", "desc": "Glacial chain lakes nestled between subalpine ridges hosting the oldest living larch trees in British Columbia, turning flame-orange in autumn." }, { "stopId": "bc_skagit_valley", "name": "Skagit Valley Provincial Park & Ross Lake Fjord Head", "state": "BC", "stateName": "British Columbia", "countyOrDistrict": "Fraser Valley", "region": "Cascadia", "legId": "bc-leg-3", "legTitle": "Leg 3: Cascadia High Divide & Manning Subalpine Border", "legDescription": "Transboundary Alpine Divide, Subalpine Tarns & Mountain Passes", "ecoregionSummary": "CEC Level III: Cascades & Interior Highlands · Upper Skagit Headwaters", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF Transboundary Salish Sea Marine Health & Fraser River Salmon Knowledge Graph", "ecoregion": "CEC Level III: Cascades High Divide", "watershed": "NSF OKN / EPA Transboundary Skagit River Basin", "scienceFocus": "Transboundary River Corridor Conservation & Bull Trout Spawning", "type": "STATEPARKS", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 49.0833, "longitude": -121.25, "sensitivity": "OPEN", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Gravel road access; pristine riparian gravel bars along the Skagit River.", "desc": "A wide, flat mountain valley that connects directly across the international border to Washington's North Cascades National Park." }, { "stopId": "bc_coquihalla_gorge", "name": "Coquihalla Canyon & Othello Tunnels (Hope)", "state": "BC", "stateName": "British Columbia", "countyOrDistrict": "Fraser Valley", "region": "Cascadia", "legId": "bc-leg-3", "legTitle": "Leg 3: Cascadia High Divide & Manning Subalpine Border", "legDescription": "Transboundary Alpine Divide, Subalpine Tarns & Mountain Passes", "ecoregionSummary": "CEC Level III: Cascades & Interior Highlands · Upper Skagit Headwaters", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF Transboundary Salish Sea Marine Health & Fraser River Salmon Knowledge Graph", "ecoregion": "CEC Level III: Cascades Transition", "watershed": "NSF OKN / Coquihalla River Basin", "scienceFocus": "Granite Chasm Hydraulic Carving & Railway Geological Engineering", "type": "STATEPARKS", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 49.3789, "longitude": -121.37, "sensitivity": "OPEN", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Check seasonal park opening status; flashlights recommended inside the rock tunnels.", "desc": "A series of 5 dramatic tunnels blasted straight through vertical granite canyon walls in 1914 above rushing river rapids." }, { "stopId": "bc_cultus_lake", "name": "Cultus Lake Provincial Park & Vedder River Confluence", "state": "BC", "stateName": "British Columbia", "countyOrDistrict": "Fraser Valley", "region": "Cascadia", "legId": "bc-leg-3", "legTitle": "Leg 3: Cascadia High Divide & Manning Subalpine Border", "legDescription": "Transboundary Alpine Divide, Subalpine Tarns & Mountain Passes", "ecoregionSummary": "CEC Level III: Cascades & Interior Highlands · Upper Skagit Headwaters", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF Transboundary Salish Sea Marine Health & Fraser River Salmon Knowledge Graph", "ecoregion": "CEC Level III: Georgia Depression", "watershed": "NSF OKN / Chilliwack-Vedder Basin", "scienceFocus": "Warm Monomictic Lake Stratification & Sockeye Salmon Spawning", "type": "STATEPARKS", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 49.0433, "longitude": -121.9733, "sensitivity": "OPEN", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Shallow sandy beaches with picnic areas and family-friendly nature trails.", "desc": "A warm freshwater lake framed by coastal mountains, serving as a vital training ground for youth aquatic ecology and forest stewardship." }, { "stopId": "ca_prairie_creek_redwoods", "name": "Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park (Newton B. Drury Parkway)", "state": "CA", "stateName": "California", "countyOrDistrict": "Humboldt", "region": "Coast", "legId": "ca-leg-1", "legTitle": "Leg 1: Northern Coast Redwoods & Ancient Titans", "legDescription": "Tallest Living Trees, Fern Canyons & Coastal Upwelling", "ecoregionSummary": "EPA Level III: 1 (Coast Range) & Klamath · Redwood Creek Basin", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF SAWGraph (Safe Agricultural & Water Graph with EPA) & Sierra Snowpack Reservoir System", "ecoregion": "EPA Level III: 1 (Coast Range)", "watershed": "NSF OKN / EPA HUC-8: 18010105 (Redwood Creek)", "scienceFocus": "Canopy Fog Condensation & 2,000-Year Carbon Storage Density", "type": "STATEPARKS", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 41.3639, "longitude": -124.0225, "sensitivity": "OPEN", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Slow driving speeds allow Roosevelt elk herds to cross safely; maintain 50-ft distance.", "desc": "An untouched ancient cathedral grove of coastal redwoods (Sequoia sempervirens), home to Roosevelt elk herds grazing in open meadows." }, { "stopId": "ca_fern_canyon", "name": "Fern Canyon — Home Creek Vertical Hanging Gardens", "state": "CA", "stateName": "California", "countyOrDistrict": "Humboldt", "region": "Coast", "legId": "ca-leg-1", "legTitle": "Leg 1: Northern Coast Redwoods & Ancient Titans", "legDescription": "Tallest Living Trees, Fern Canyons & Coastal Upwelling", "ecoregionSummary": "EPA Level III: 1 (Coast Range) & Klamath · Redwood Creek Basin", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF SAWGraph (Safe Agricultural & Water Graph with EPA) & Sierra Snowpack Reservoir System", "ecoregion": "EPA Level III: 1 (Coast Range)", "watershed": "NSF OKN / EPA HUC-8: 18010105 (Home Creek)", "scienceFocus": "Seven Fern Species Micro-Habitats & Stream Bed Cobble Geology", "type": "STATEPARKS", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 41.4011, "longitude": -124.0664, "sensitivity": "VULNERABLE", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Wear waterproof footwear or water sandals; seasonal footbridges installed in summer.", "desc": "Sheer 50-foot vertical canyon walls completely blanketed in seven distinct species of delicate ferns, with a clear gravel stream running along the canyon floor." }, { "stopId": "ca_jedediah_smith_stout", "name": "Jedediah Smith Redwoods — Stout Memorial Grove", "state": "CA", "stateName": "California", "countyOrDistrict": "Del Norte", "region": "Coast", "legId": "ca-leg-1", "legTitle": "Leg 1: Northern Coast Redwoods & Ancient Titans", "legDescription": "Tallest Living Trees, Fern Canyons & Coastal Upwelling", "ecoregionSummary": "EPA Level III: 1 (Coast Range) & Klamath · Redwood Creek Basin", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF SAWGraph (Safe Agricultural & Water Graph with EPA) & Sierra Snowpack Reservoir System", "ecoregion": "EPA Level III: 1 (Coast Range)", "watershed": "NSF OKN / EPA HUC-8: 18010101 (Smith River Basin)", "scienceFocus": "Undammed Wild River Dynamics & Heartwood Tannin Preservation", "type": "STATEPARKS", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 41.7961, "longitude": -124.0869, "sensitivity": "VULNERABLE", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Late afternoon sunbeams filtering through river fog create remarkable lighting.", "desc": "Regarded as the heart of Redwood National and State Parks, situated along the wild, undammed Smith River with massive 300-ft old-growth trunks." }, { "stopId": "ca_del_norte_damnation", "name": "Del Norte Coast Redwoods & Damnation Creek Trail", "state": "CA", "stateName": "California", "countyOrDistrict": "Del Norte", "region": "Coast", "legId": "ca-leg-1", "legTitle": "Leg 1: Northern Coast Redwoods & Ancient Titans", "legDescription": "Tallest Living Trees, Fern Canyons & Coastal Upwelling", "ecoregionSummary": "EPA Level III: 1 (Coast Range) & Klamath · Redwood Creek Basin", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF SAWGraph (Safe Agricultural & Water Graph with EPA) & Sierra Snowpack Reservoir System", "ecoregion": "EPA Level III: 1 (Coast Range)", "watershed": "NSF OKN Coastal Upwelling Marine Ledge", "scienceFocus": "Coastal Marine Fog Interaction with High-Elevation Redwoods", "type": "STATEPARKS", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 41.6533, "longitude": -124.135, "sensitivity": "OPEN", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Steep trail; pace comfortably with rest stops on the ascent.", "desc": "Where ancient redwoods grow directly on rugged Pacific ocean bluffs, plunging 1,100 feet through old-growth forest to surging sea surf." }, { "stopId": "ca_trinidad_head", "name": "Trinidad Head Marine Sanctuary & Memorial Lighthouse", "state": "CA", "stateName": "California", "countyOrDistrict": "Humboldt", "region": "Coast", "legId": "ca-leg-1", "legTitle": "Leg 1: Northern Coast Redwoods & Ancient Titans", "legDescription": "Tallest Living Trees, Fern Canyons & Coastal Upwelling", "ecoregionSummary": "EPA Level III: 1 (Coast Range) & Klamath · Redwood Creek Basin", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF SAWGraph (Safe Agricultural & Water Graph with EPA) & Sierra Snowpack Reservoir System", "ecoregion": "EPA Level III: 1 (Coast Range)", "watershed": "NSF OKN / Trinidad Bay Marine Reserve", "scienceFocus": "Ocean Acidification Telemetry & Marine Bird Nesting Colonies", "type": "STATEPARKS", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 41.0544, "longitude": -124.1506, "sensitivity": "OPEN", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Paved trail loops the summit; look for whales during spring and winter migrations.", "desc": "A massive granitic dome connected to the mainland by an isthmus, home to NOAA atmospheric monitoring instruments and migrating gray whales." }, { "stopId": "ca_yosemite_valley", "name": "Yosemite Valley — El Capitan Meadow & Bridalveil Fall", "state": "CA", "stateName": "California", "countyOrDistrict": "Mariposa", "region": "Sierra", "legId": "ca-leg-2", "legTitle": "Leg 2: High Sierra Granite Apex & Glacial Cirques", "legDescription": "Sierra Nevada Batholith, Giant Sequoias & Alpine Passes", "ecoregionSummary": "EPA Level III: 5 (Sierra Nevada) · Merced & Tuolumne Watersheds", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF SAWGraph (Safe Agricultural & Water Graph with EPA) & Sierra Snowpack Reservoir System", "ecoregion": "EPA Level III: 5 (Sierra Nevada)", "watershed": "NSF OKN / EPA HUC-8: 18040008 (Merced River)", "scienceFocus": "Glacial U-Shaped Valley Carving & Granodiorite Joint Exfoliation", "type": "NATIONALPARKS", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 37.7456, "longitude": -119.5936, "sensitivity": "OPEN", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Catch late afternoon light illuminating El Capitan's southwest face.", "desc": "The sacred ancestral valley of Ahwahnee. Towering 3,000-ft sheer granite monoliths flanking the Merced River and plunging cataracts." }, { "stopId": "ca_tuolumne_meadows", "name": "Tuolumne Meadows & Lembert Dome Glacial Polish", "state": "CA", "stateName": "California", "countyOrDistrict": "Tuolumne", "region": "Sierra", "legId": "ca-leg-2", "legTitle": "Leg 2: High Sierra Granite Apex & Glacial Cirques", "legDescription": "Sierra Nevada Batholith, Giant Sequoias & Alpine Passes", "ecoregionSummary": "EPA Level III: 5 (Sierra Nevada) · Merced & Tuolumne Watersheds", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF SAWGraph (Safe Agricultural & Water Graph with EPA) & Sierra Snowpack Reservoir System", "ecoregion": "EPA Level III: 5 (Sierra Nevada)", "watershed": "NSF OKN / EPA HUC-8: 18040009 (Tuolumne River)", "scienceFocus": "High Subalpine Meadow Hydrology & Glacial Erratics", "type": "NATIONALPARKS", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 37.8733, "longitude": -119.3564, "sensitivity": "VULNERABLE", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Open July through October; walk gently to protect meadow stream banks.", "desc": "At 8,600 ft, one of the largest high-elevation subalpine meadows in the Sierra Nevada, framed by polished granite domes and winding river meanders." }, { "stopId": "ca_glacier_point", "name": "Glacier Point — Half Dome & High Sierra Panorama", "state": "CA", "stateName": "California", "countyOrDistrict": "Mariposa", "region": "Sierra", "legId": "ca-leg-2", "legTitle": "Leg 2: High Sierra Granite Apex & Glacial Cirques", "legDescription": "Sierra Nevada Batholith, Giant Sequoias & Alpine Passes", "ecoregionSummary": "EPA Level III: 5 (Sierra Nevada) · Merced & Tuolumne Watersheds", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF SAWGraph (Safe Agricultural & Water Graph with EPA) & Sierra Snowpack Reservoir System", "ecoregion": "EPA Level III: 5 (Sierra Nevada)", "watershed": "NSF OKN / EPA HUC-8: 18040008 (Merced River)", "scienceFocus": "Photogrammetry of 3,200-ft Vertical Relief & Alpenglow Physics", "type": "NATIONALPARKS", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 37.7275, "longitude": -119.5742, "sensitivity": "OPEN", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Sunset alpenglow turns Half Dome's sheer face brilliant apricot and rose.", "desc": "Perched 3,214 feet above Yosemite Valley floor, overlooking Half Dome, Nevada Fall, and the snow-crested High Sierra crest." }, { "stopId": "ca_whitney_portal", "name": "Mount Whitney Portal & Eastern Sierra Escarpment", "state": "CA", "stateName": "California", "countyOrDistrict": "Inyo", "region": "Sierra", "legId": "ca-leg-2", "legTitle": "Leg 2: High Sierra Granite Apex & Glacial Cirques", "legDescription": "Sierra Nevada Batholith, Giant Sequoias & Alpine Passes", "ecoregionSummary": "EPA Level III: 5 (Sierra Nevada) · Merced & Tuolumne Watersheds", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF SAWGraph (Safe Agricultural & Water Graph with EPA) & Sierra Snowpack Reservoir System", "ecoregion": "EPA Level III: 5 (Sierra Nevada)", "watershed": "NSF OKN / Owens Valley Hydrogeological Basin", "scienceFocus": "Fault-Block Tectonic Uplift (10,000-ft Vertical Rise from Valley)", "type": "HIKE", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 36.5869, "longitude": -118.2394, "sensitivity": "OPEN", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Ponderosa pine grove near the roaring cascade provides refreshing mountain air.", "desc": "The eastern gateway to Mount Whitney (14,505 ft), where the sheer granitic wall of the High Sierra leaps out of the Owens Valley desert floor." }, { "stopId": "ca_forester_pass", "name": "Forester Pass PCT Apex (13,153 FT)", "state": "CA", "stateName": "California", "countyOrDistrict": "Tulare", "region": "Sierra", "legId": "ca-leg-2", "legTitle": "Leg 2: High Sierra Granite Apex & Glacial Cirques", "legDescription": "Sierra Nevada Batholith, Giant Sequoias & Alpine Passes", "ecoregionSummary": "EPA Level III: 5 (Sierra Nevada) · Merced & Tuolumne Watersheds", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF SAWGraph (Safe Agricultural & Water Graph with EPA) & Sierra Snowpack Reservoir System", "ecoregion": "EPA Level III: 5 (Sierra Nevada)", "watershed": "NSF OKN Kings-Kern Continental Divide", "scienceFocus": "Extreme High-Altitude Atmospheric Thinning & Pristine Dark Skies", "type": "HIKE", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 36.694, "longitude": -118.373, "sensitivity": "VULNERABLE", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Remote backcountry landmark requiring wilderness preparation and Leave No Trace ethics.", "desc": "The highest elevation pass on the entire 2,650-mile Pacific Crest Trail, connecting Kings Canyon National Park to Sequoia National Park." }, { "stopId": "ca_burney_falls", "name": "McArthur-Burney Falls Memorial State Park", "state": "CA", "stateName": "California", "countyOrDistrict": "Shasta", "region": "Sierra", "legId": "ca-leg-3", "legTitle": "Leg 3: Volcanic Legacy & Shasta-Lassen Springs", "legDescription": "Volcanic Mudflows, Granitic Pinnacles & Spring-Fed Cascades", "ecoregionSummary": "EPA Level III: 4 (Cascades) & Modoc Plateau · Pit River Basin", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF SAWGraph (Safe Agricultural & Water Graph with EPA) & Sierra Snowpack Reservoir System", "ecoregion": "EPA Level III: 4 (Cascades)", "watershed": "NSF OKN / EPA HUC-8: 18020003 (Pit River Basin)", "scienceFocus": "Subterranean Basalt Aquifer Spring Discharge (100M Gallons Daily)", "type": "STATEPARKS", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 41.011, "longitude": -121.652, "sensitivity": "OPEN", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Paved trail loops the misty basin; watch for American dipper birds diving in the spray.", "desc": "A 129-foot spring-fed cascade dubbed the 'Eighth Wonder of the World' by Teddy Roosevelt. Water emerges directly from porous basalt cliff crevices." }, { "stopId": "ca_castle_crags", "name": "Castle Crags State Park & Shasta Overlook", "state": "CA", "stateName": "California", "countyOrDistrict": "Shasta", "region": "Sierra", "legId": "ca-leg-3", "legTitle": "Leg 3: Volcanic Legacy & Shasta-Lassen Springs", "legDescription": "Volcanic Mudflows, Granitic Pinnacles & Spring-Fed Cascades", "ecoregionSummary": "EPA Level III: 4 (Cascades) & Modoc Plateau · Pit River Basin", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF SAWGraph (Safe Agricultural & Water Graph with EPA) & Sierra Snowpack Reservoir System", "ecoregion": "EPA Level III: 4 (Cascades)", "watershed": "NSF OKN / EPA HUC-8: 18020005 (Upper Sacramento)", "scienceFocus": "170-Million-Year Plutonic Granitic Intrusion & Suture Zone", "type": "STATEPARKS", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 41.171, "longitude": -122.321, "sensitivity": "OPEN", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Picnic area along the Sacramento River has family-friendly fishing and wading.", "desc": "Ancient 6,000-ft granodiorite spires soaring high above the Sacramento River valley with direct views across to snow-capped Mount Shasta." }, { "stopId": "ca_shasta_panther_meadows", "name": "Mount Shasta — Panther Meadow Sacred Springs", "state": "CA", "stateName": "California", "countyOrDistrict": "Siskiyou", "region": "Sierra", "legId": "ca-leg-3", "legTitle": "Leg 3: Volcanic Legacy & Shasta-Lassen Springs", "legDescription": "Volcanic Mudflows, Granitic Pinnacles & Spring-Fed Cascades", "ecoregionSummary": "EPA Level III: 4 (Cascades) & Modoc Plateau · Pit River Basin", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF SAWGraph (Safe Agricultural & Water Graph with EPA) & Sierra Snowpack Reservoir System", "ecoregion": "EPA Level III: 4 (Cascades)", "watershed": "NSF OKN / Mount Shasta Snowmelt Catchment", "scienceFocus": "High Alpine Volcanic Spring Filtration & Fragile Heather Turf", "type": "HIKE", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 41.3583, "longitude": -122.2033, "sensitivity": "VULNERABLE", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Deep spiritual reverence required: stay strictly on rock flagstone pathways.", "desc": "A sacred botanical sanctuary where ice-cold snowmelt springs bubble out of Mount Shasta's volcanic gravels into lush subalpine wildflower gardens." }, { "stopId": "ca_lassen_sulphur_works", "name": "Lassen Volcanic National Park — Sulphur Works & Bumpass Hell", "state": "CA", "stateName": "California", "countyOrDistrict": "Shasta", "region": "Sierra", "legId": "ca-leg-3", "legTitle": "Leg 3: Volcanic Legacy & Shasta-Lassen Springs", "legDescription": "Volcanic Mudflows, Granitic Pinnacles & Spring-Fed Cascades", "ecoregionSummary": "EPA Level III: 4 (Cascades) & Modoc Plateau · Pit River Basin", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF SAWGraph (Safe Agricultural & Water Graph with EPA) & Sierra Snowpack Reservoir System", "ecoregion": "EPA Level III: 4 (Cascades)", "watershed": "NSF OKN / EPA HUC-8: 18020003 (Battle Creek)", "scienceFocus": "Hydrothermal Fumaroles, Acid-Sulfate Mudpots & Extremo-phile Microbes", "type": "NATIONALPARKS", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 40.45, "longitude": -121.5361, "sensitivity": "VULNERABLE", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Stay strictly on elevated boardwalks; boiling thermal water is extremely dangerous.", "desc": "The southern terminus of the Cascade volcanic arc, featuring roaring steam vents, boiling mud cauldrons, and colorful mineral crusts." }, { "stopId": "ca_subway_cave_lava", "name": "Subway Cave Lava Tubes (Old Station)", "state": "CA", "stateName": "California", "countyOrDistrict": "Shasta", "region": "Sierra", "legId": "ca-leg-3", "legTitle": "Leg 3: Volcanic Legacy & Shasta-Lassen Springs", "legDescription": "Volcanic Mudflows, Granitic Pinnacles & Spring-Fed Cascades", "ecoregionSummary": "EPA Level III: 4 (Cascades) & Modoc Plateau · Pit River Basin", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF SAWGraph (Safe Agricultural & Water Graph with EPA) & Sierra Snowpack Reservoir System", "ecoregion": "EPA Level III: 4 (Cascades)", "watershed": "NSF OKN Hat Creek Volcanic Catchment", "scienceFocus": "Basalt Pahoehoe Lava Flow Tubes & Troglophile Cave Adaptations", "type": "STATEPARKS", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 40.6867, "longitude": -121.4194, "sensitivity": "OPEN", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Bring strong flashlights and warm jackets; cave stays a constant 46°F year-round.", "desc": "An underground 1/3-mile basalt lava tube formed 20,000 years ago during basaltic eruptions, completely pitch black with a natural cooling air draft." }, { "stopId": "ca_point_lobos", "name": "Point Lobos State Natural Reserve & Cypress Grove", "state": "CA", "stateName": "California", "countyOrDistrict": "Monterey", "region": "Coast", "legId": "ca-leg-4", "legTitle": "Leg 4: Central Coast & Santa Lucia Marine Sanctuaries", "legDescription": "Pacific Marine Upwelling, Sea Otters & Big Sur Headlands", "ecoregionSummary": "EPA Level III: 6 (Chaparral & Oak Woodlands) · Monterey Bay Sanctuary", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF SAWGraph (Safe Agricultural & Water Graph with EPA) & Sierra Snowpack Reservoir System", "ecoregion": "EPA Level III: 6 (Central Coast)", "watershed": "NSF OKN Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary", "scienceFocus": "Kelp Forest Sea Otter Keystone Species Dynamics & Monterey Cypress", "type": "STATEPARKS", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 36.5217, "longitude": -121.9419, "sensitivity": "VULNERABLE", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Strict no-take marine reserve; bring binoculars for harbor seals and sea otters.", "desc": "Dubbed 'the greatest meeting of land and water in the world.' Native Monterey cypress cling to granite cliffs above thriving sea otter kelp beds." }, { "stopId": "ca_big_sur_bixby", "name": "Big Sur Coast & Bixby Creek Historic Bridge", "state": "CA", "stateName": "California", "countyOrDistrict": "Monterey", "region": "Coast", "legId": "ca-leg-4", "legTitle": "Leg 4: Central Coast & Santa Lucia Marine Sanctuaries", "legDescription": "Pacific Marine Upwelling, Sea Otters & Big Sur Headlands", "ecoregionSummary": "EPA Level III: 6 (Chaparral & Oak Woodlands) · Monterey Bay Sanctuary", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF SAWGraph (Safe Agricultural & Water Graph with EPA) & Sierra Snowpack Reservoir System", "ecoregion": "EPA Level III: 6 (Central Coast)", "watershed": "NSF OKN / EPA HUC-8: 18060006 (Central Coast)", "scienceFocus": "Concrete Arch Civil Engineering & Coastal Mountain Wave Sculpting", "type": "STATEPARKS", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 36.3714, "longitude": -121.9018, "sensitivity": "OPEN", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Park in designated turnouts only; winds along the cliff edge can be intense.", "desc": "An engineering masterpiece soaring 260 feet over a rugged ocean canyon where Highway 1 clings to the dramatic Santa Lucia Mountains." }, { "stopId": "ca_pfeiffer_beach", "name": "Pfeiffer Beach Keyhole Rock & Purple Garnet Sand", "state": "CA", "stateName": "California", "countyOrDistrict": "Monterey", "region": "Coast", "legId": "ca-leg-4", "legTitle": "Leg 4: Central Coast & Santa Lucia Marine Sanctuaries", "legDescription": "Pacific Marine Upwelling, Sea Otters & Big Sur Headlands", "ecoregionSummary": "EPA Level III: 6 (Chaparral & Oak Woodlands) · Monterey Bay Sanctuary", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF SAWGraph (Safe Agricultural & Water Graph with EPA) & Sierra Snowpack Reservoir System", "ecoregion": "EPA Level III: 6 (Central Coast)", "watershed": "NSF OKN Big Sur Coastal Drainage", "scienceFocus": "Manganese Garnet Sand Mineralogy & Arch Wave Cavitation", "type": "STATEPARKS", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 36.2381, "longitude": -121.8156, "sensitivity": "OPEN", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Winter solstice brings the famous sunbeam alignment through Keyhole Rock.", "desc": "Famous for its natural offshore keyhole arch through which winter sunset rays beam, and unique purple sand deposits washed from hillside garnet rocks." }, { "stopId": "ca_elkhorn_slough", "name": "Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve", "state": "CA", "stateName": "California", "countyOrDistrict": "Monterey", "region": "Coast", "legId": "ca-leg-4", "legTitle": "Leg 4: Central Coast & Santa Lucia Marine Sanctuaries", "legDescription": "Pacific Marine Upwelling, Sea Otters & Big Sur Headlands", "ecoregionSummary": "EPA Level III: 6 (Chaparral & Oak Woodlands) · Monterey Bay Sanctuary", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF SAWGraph (Safe Agricultural & Water Graph with EPA) & Sierra Snowpack Reservoir System", "ecoregion": "EPA Level III: 6 (Central Coast)", "watershed": "NSF OKN / EPA HUC-8: 18060002 (Salinas Basin)", "scienceFocus": "Salt Marsh Carbon Sinks & Sea Otter Foraging Trophic Cascades", "type": "STATEPARKS", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 36.8167, "longitude": -121.75, "sensitivity": "VULNERABLE", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Five miles of family-friendly walking trails through oak woodlands and salt marshes.", "desc": "One of California's largest remaining coastal wetlands, supporting the highest concentration of southern sea otters on the continent." }, { "stopId": "ca_garrapata_bluffs", "name": "Garrapata State Park & Calla Lily Valley", "state": "CA", "stateName": "California", "countyOrDistrict": "Monterey", "region": "Coast", "legId": "ca-leg-4", "legTitle": "Leg 4: Central Coast & Santa Lucia Marine Sanctuaries", "legDescription": "Pacific Marine Upwelling, Sea Otters & Big Sur Headlands", "ecoregionSummary": "EPA Level III: 6 (Chaparral & Oak Woodlands) · Monterey Bay Sanctuary", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF SAWGraph (Safe Agricultural & Water Graph with EPA) & Sierra Snowpack Reservoir System", "ecoregion": "EPA Level III: 6 (Central Coast)", "watershed": "NSF OKN Garrapata Creek Marine Basin", "scienceFocus": "Coastal Terrace Botanical Diversity & Marine Marine Terraces", "type": "STATEPARKS", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 36.4686, "longitude": -121.9281, "sensitivity": "OPEN", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Spring brings wild calla lilies blooming in the fresh stream canyon leading to the sea.", "desc": "Two miles of coastal headlands with hiking trails climbing from windswept beaches to coastal sage scrub bluffs overlooking crashing Pacific breakers." }, { "stopId": "ca_joshua_tree_barker", "name": "Joshua Tree National Park — Barker Dam & Monzogranite", "state": "CA", "stateName": "California", "countyOrDistrict": "San Bernardino", "region": "Desert", "legId": "ca-leg-5", "legTitle": "Leg 5: Desert Basin & Dark Sky Spires", "legDescription": "Joshua Tree Granitic Boulders, Badwater Playas & Superblooms", "ecoregionSummary": "EPA Level III: 14 (Mojave Basin and Range) · Desert Terminal Basins", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF SAWGraph (Safe Agricultural & Water Graph with EPA) & Sierra Snowpack Reservoir System", "ecoregion": "EPA Level III: 14 (Mojave Basin)", "watershed": "NSF OKN / Endorheic Desert Basin", "scienceFocus": "Yucca brevifolia Desert Longevity & Dark Sky Astrophotography", "type": "NATIONALPARKS", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 34.0253, "longitude": -116.1438, "sensitivity": "OPEN", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Bring ample water (1 gallon/person/day); night sky stargazing is world-class.", "desc": "Iconic twisted Joshua Trees and rounded granite boulder stacks reflecting in historic water catchment basins beneath certified dark night skies." }, { "stopId": "ca_anza_borrego", "name": "Anza-Borrego Desert State Park — Font's Point Badlands", "state": "CA", "stateName": "California", "countyOrDistrict": "San Diego", "region": "Desert", "legId": "ca-leg-5", "legTitle": "Leg 5: Desert Basin & Dark Sky Spires", "legDescription": "Joshua Tree Granitic Boulders, Badwater Playas & Superblooms", "ecoregionSummary": "EPA Level III: 14 (Mojave Basin and Range) · Desert Terminal Basins", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF SAWGraph (Safe Agricultural & Water Graph with EPA) & Sierra Snowpack Reservoir System", "ecoregion": "EPA Level III: 14 (Sonoran Basin)", "watershed": "NSF OKN / Salton Sea Transboundary Drainage", "scienceFocus": "Ephemeral Spring Superbloom Phenology & Desert Wash Erosion", "type": "STATEPARKS", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 33.2567, "longitude": -116.2333, "sensitivity": "OPEN", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Sunrise paints the badland mudstone labyrinth with soft mauve and amber shadows.", "desc": "California's largest state park (600,000 acres). Font's Point overlooks the intricate labyrinth of the Borrego Badlands carved by prehistoric floods." }, { "stopId": "ca_death_valley_badwater", "name": "Death Valley National Park — Badwater Basin Salt Flats", "state": "CA", "stateName": "California", "countyOrDistrict": "Inyo", "region": "Desert", "legId": "ca-leg-5", "legTitle": "Leg 5: Desert Basin & Dark Sky Spires", "legDescription": "Joshua Tree Granitic Boulders, Badwater Playas & Superblooms", "ecoregionSummary": "EPA Level III: 14 (Mojave Basin and Range) · Desert Terminal Basins", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF SAWGraph (Safe Agricultural & Water Graph with EPA) & Sierra Snowpack Reservoir System", "ecoregion": "EPA Level III: 14 (Mojave Basin)", "watershed": "NSF OKN / EPA HUC-8: 18090205 (Death Valley)", "scienceFocus": "Sub-Sea-Level Evaporite Salt Crust Polygonal Expansion (-282 FT)", "type": "NATIONALPARKS", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 36.2297, "longitude": -116.7672, "sensitivity": "OPEN", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Never visit during extreme summer heat; walk on boardwalk and salt crust trail.", "desc": "The lowest elevation in North America (-282 ft below sea level), surrounded by towering 11,049-ft Telescope Peak and hexagonal sodium chloride salt crusts." }, { "stopId": "ca_zabriskie_point", "name": "Death Valley — Zabriskie Point & Furnace Creek Badlands", "state": "CA", "stateName": "California", "countyOrDistrict": "Inyo", "region": "Desert", "legId": "ca-leg-5", "legTitle": "Leg 5: Desert Basin & Dark Sky Spires", "legDescription": "Joshua Tree Granitic Boulders, Badwater Playas & Superblooms", "ecoregionSummary": "EPA Level III: 14 (Mojave Basin and Range) · Desert Terminal Basins", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF SAWGraph (Safe Agricultural & Water Graph with EPA) & Sierra Snowpack Reservoir System", "ecoregion": "EPA Level III: 14 (Mojave Basin)", "watershed": "NSF OKN / EPA HUC-8: 18090205 (Furnace Creek)", "scienceFocus": "Pliocene Lake Furnace Sedimentary Strata & Borate Mineral Beds", "type": "NATIONALPARKS", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 36.4208, "longitude": -116.8122, "sensitivity": "OPEN", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Dawn offers the quintessential golden lighting across the rippling ridges.", "desc": "An iconic undulating landscape of golden clay hills, gulches, and dark lava caps formed millions of years ago at the bottom of an ancient desert lake." }, { "stopId": "ca_red_rock_canyon", "name": "Red Rock Canyon State Park (Mojave Desert Spires)", "state": "CA", "stateName": "California", "countyOrDistrict": "Kern", "region": "Desert", "legId": "ca-leg-5", "legTitle": "Leg 5: Desert Basin & Dark Sky Spires", "legDescription": "Joshua Tree Granitic Boulders, Badwater Playas & Superblooms", "ecoregionSummary": "EPA Level III: 14 (Mojave Basin and Range) · Desert Terminal Basins", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF SAWGraph (Safe Agricultural & Water Graph with EPA) & Sierra Snowpack Reservoir System", "ecoregion": "EPA Level III: 14 (Mojave Basin)", "watershed": "NSF OKN / Cantil Desert Basin", "scienceFocus": "Ricardo Formation Miocene Volcanic Ash & Mammalian Paleontology", "type": "STATEPARKS", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 35.3739, "longitude": -117.9917, "sensitivity": "OPEN", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Spring brings colorful desert dandelion and desert mariposa lily blooms.", "desc": "Stunning desert cliffs, fluted columns, and spectacular sandstone red rock canyons that once served as prehistoric campsites for Kawaiisu peoples." }, { "stopId": "id_redfish_lake", "name": "Redfish Lake & Mount Heyburn Sawtooth Glacial Moraine", "state": "ID", "stateName": "Idaho", "countyOrDistrict": "Custer", "region": "Cascadia", "legId": "id-leg-1", "legTitle": "Leg 1: Sawtooth Alpine Headwaters & Salmon River Basin", "legDescription": "Granite Sawtooth Spires, Moraine Lakes & Dark Sky Reserves", "ecoregionSummary": "EPA Level III: 16 (Idaho Batholith) · Upper Salmon River Headwaters", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF OKN Snake River Aquifer Discharge & Central Idaho Dark Sky Reserve System", "ecoregion": "EPA Level III: 16 (Idaho Batholith)", "watershed": "NSF OKN / EPA HUC-8: 17060201 (Salmon River Headwaters)", "scienceFocus": "900-Mile Sockeye Salmon Ocean-to-Alpine Migration & Glacial Tarns", "type": "STATEPARKS", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 44.1461, "longitude": -114.9214, "sensitivity": "OPEN", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Paved beach day-use area and boat shuttle to high alpine wilderness trailheads.", "desc": "A glacial moraine lake named after the millions of red sockeye salmon that historically completed an incredible 900-mile journey from the Pacific Ocean to spawn." }, { "stopId": "id_stanley_basin", "name": "Stanley Basin & Sawtooth Scenic Byway", "state": "ID", "stateName": "Idaho", "countyOrDistrict": "Custer", "region": "Cascadia", "legId": "id-leg-1", "legTitle": "Leg 1: Sawtooth Alpine Headwaters & Salmon River Basin", "legDescription": "Granite Sawtooth Spires, Moraine Lakes & Dark Sky Reserves", "ecoregionSummary": "EPA Level III: 16 (Idaho Batholith) · Upper Salmon River Headwaters", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF OKN Snake River Aquifer Discharge & Central Idaho Dark Sky Reserve System", "ecoregion": "EPA Level III: 16 (Idaho Batholith)", "watershed": "NSF OKN / Central Idaho Dark Sky Reserve", "scienceFocus": "Mountain Cold Air Inversion Pools & International Dark Sky Protection", "type": "HIKE", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 44.2156, "longitude": -114.935, "sensitivity": "OPEN", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Nighttime Milky Way viewing here is unmatched in clarity and elevation.", "desc": "One of the coldest inhabited basins in the contiguous United States, situated at the core of the first Gold-tier International Dark Sky Reserve in America." }, { "stopId": "id_galena_summit", "name": "Galena Summit Sawtooth Overlook (8,701 FT)", "state": "ID", "stateName": "Idaho", "countyOrDistrict": "Blaine", "region": "Cascadia", "legId": "id-leg-1", "legTitle": "Leg 1: Sawtooth Alpine Headwaters & Salmon River Basin", "legDescription": "Granite Sawtooth Spires, Moraine Lakes & Dark Sky Reserves", "ecoregionSummary": "EPA Level III: 16 (Idaho Batholith) · Upper Salmon River Headwaters", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF OKN Snake River Aquifer Discharge & Central Idaho Dark Sky Reserve System", "ecoregion": "EPA Level III: 16 (Idaho Batholith)", "watershed": "NSF OKN Continental Divide & Big Wood River", "scienceFocus": "Subalpine Conifer Zonation & Headwaters Watershed Divides", "type": "HIKE", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 43.8672, "longitude": -114.7139, "sensitivity": "OPEN", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Paved viewing platform with informative geological interpretive markers.", "desc": "A breathtaking high mountain pass on Highway 75 looking northwest across the serrated granite teeth of the Sawtooth Range." }, { "stopId": "id_sun_valley", "name": "Wood River Valley & Sun Valley Heritage Trails", "state": "ID", "stateName": "Idaho", "countyOrDistrict": "Blaine", "region": "Cascadia", "legId": "id-leg-1", "legTitle": "Leg 1: Sawtooth Alpine Headwaters & Salmon River Basin", "legDescription": "Granite Sawtooth Spires, Moraine Lakes & Dark Sky Reserves", "ecoregionSummary": "EPA Level III: 16 (Idaho Batholith) · Upper Salmon River Headwaters", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF OKN Snake River Aquifer Discharge & Central Idaho Dark Sky Reserve System", "ecoregion": "EPA Level III: 16 (Idaho Batholith)", "watershed": "NSF OKN / EPA HUC-8: 17040219 (Big Wood River)", "scienceFocus": "Riparian Cottonwood Corridors & Car-Free Active Transport Rails-to-Trails", "type": "BIKE", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 43.6811, "longitude": -114.3636, "sensitivity": "OPEN", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Flat, car-free multi-age cycling trail with bike rentals throughout the valley.", "desc": "Over 30 miles of paved, continuous multi-use pathway running along the Big Wood River, connecting historic Ketchum, Sun Valley, and Hailey." }, { "stopId": "id_castle_rocks", "name": "Castle Rocks State Park & Granite Monoliths", "state": "ID", "stateName": "Idaho", "countyOrDistrict": "Cassia", "region": "Inland", "legId": "id-leg-1", "legTitle": "Leg 1: Sawtooth Alpine Headwaters & Salmon River Basin", "legDescription": "Granite Sawtooth Spires, Moraine Lakes & Dark Sky Reserves", "ecoregionSummary": "EPA Level III: 16 (Idaho Batholith) · Upper Salmon River Headwaters", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF OKN Snake River Aquifer Discharge & Central Idaho Dark Sky Reserve System", "ecoregion": "EPA Level III: 80 (Northern Basin and Range)", "watershed": "NSF OKN / Raft River Basin", "scienceFocus": "Granite Pluton Weathering & Shoshone-Bannock Rock Art Protection", "type": "STATEPARKS", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 42.1389, "longitude": -113.6806, "sensitivity": "OPEN", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Excellent family bouldering and walking trails through pinyon pine and juniper.", "desc": "Towering 2.5-billion-year-old granitic monoliths and arches nestled against the base of 7,500-foot Cache Peak." }, { "stopId": "id_craters_of_moon", "name": "Craters of the Moon National Monument & Preserve", "state": "ID", "stateName": "Idaho", "countyOrDistrict": "Butte", "region": "Inland", "legId": "id-leg-2", "legTitle": "Leg 2: Snake River Plain, Shoshone Falls & Volcanic Craters", "legDescription": "Basalt Lava Fields, Underground Caverns & River Gorges", "ecoregionSummary": "EPA Level III: 12 (Snake River Plain) · Middle Snake River Basin", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF OKN Snake River Aquifer Discharge & Central Idaho Dark Sky Reserve System", "ecoregion": "EPA Level III: 12 (Snake River Plain)", "watershed": "NSF OKN Great Rift Volcanic Aquifer", "scienceFocus": "Great Rift Volcanic Fissures, Pahoehoe Lavas & NASA Astronaut Training", "type": "NATIONALPARKS", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 43.4617, "longitude": -113.5628, "sensitivity": "OPEN", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Climb Inferno Cone for a 360-degree view; wear closed-toe sturdy shoes on lava.", "desc": "A vast ocean of basalt lava flows, cinder cones, and lava tubes formed between 15,000 and 2,000 years ago along the 52-mile Great Rift." }, { "stopId": "id_shoshone_falls", "name": "Shoshone Falls Park ('Niagara of the West')", "state": "ID", "stateName": "Idaho", "countyOrDistrict": "Twin Falls", "region": "Inland", "legId": "id-leg-2", "legTitle": "Leg 2: Snake River Plain, Shoshone Falls & Volcanic Craters", "legDescription": "Basalt Lava Fields, Underground Caverns & River Gorges", "ecoregionSummary": "EPA Level III: 12 (Snake River Plain) · Middle Snake River Basin", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF OKN Snake River Aquifer Discharge & Central Idaho Dark Sky Reserve System", "ecoregion": "EPA Level III: 12 (Snake River Plain)", "watershed": "NSF OKN / EPA HUC-8: 17040212 (Middle Snake River)", "scienceFocus": "212-Ft Basalt Cataract (Higher than Niagara) & Hydroelectric River Controls", "type": "STATEPARKS", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 42.5925, "longitude": -114.4008, "sensitivity": "OPEN", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Spring runoff (April–June) offers the most powerful, awe-inspiring water volume.", "desc": "Plunging 212 feet across a 900-foot-wide basalt canyon rim, this thundering waterfall historically marked the absolute upstream migration limit for Pacific salmon." }, { "stopId": "id_thousand_springs", "name": "Thousand Springs State Park & Malad Gorge", "state": "ID", "stateName": "Idaho", "countyOrDistrict": "Gooding", "region": "Inland", "legId": "id-leg-2", "legTitle": "Leg 2: Snake River Plain, Shoshone Falls & Volcanic Craters", "legDescription": "Basalt Lava Fields, Underground Caverns & River Gorges", "ecoregionSummary": "EPA Level III: 12 (Snake River Plain) · Middle Snake River Basin", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF OKN Snake River Aquifer Discharge & Central Idaho Dark Sky Reserve System", "ecoregion": "EPA Level III: 12 (Snake River Plain)", "watershed": "NSF OKN / Snake River Plain Aquifer Discharge", "scienceFocus": "Perched Spring Aquifer Discharge (Lost Rivers Re-emergence)", "type": "STATEPARKS", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 42.8592, "longitude": -114.8875, "sensitivity": "OPEN", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Footbridge over the 250-foot Malad Gorge chasm offers dramatic vertical photography.", "desc": "Where the 'Lost Rivers' of Idaho re-emerge from deep porous basalt canyons after traveling underground for over 100 miles from the northern mountains." }, { "stopId": "id_bruneau_dunes", "name": "Bruneau Dunes State Park (North America's Tallest Dunes)", "state": "ID", "stateName": "Idaho", "countyOrDistrict": "Owyhee", "region": "Inland", "legId": "id-leg-2", "legTitle": "Leg 2: Snake River Plain, Shoshone Falls & Volcanic Craters", "legDescription": "Basalt Lava Fields, Underground Caverns & River Gorges", "ecoregionSummary": "EPA Level III: 12 (Snake River Plain) · Middle Snake River Basin", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF OKN Snake River Aquifer Discharge & Central Idaho Dark Sky Reserve System", "ecoregion": "EPA Level III: 12 (Snake River Plain)", "watershed": "NSF OKN / C.J. Strike Snake River Basin", "scienceFocus": "Bimodal Eolian Sand Trapping & Public Observatory Telescopes", "type": "STATEPARKS", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 42.8986, "longitude": -115.6961, "sensitivity": "OPEN", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Climb the dunes in the morning before sand heats up; visit the public observatory on Friday/Saturday nights.", "desc": "Featuring the tallest single-structured sand dune in North America (470 ft), created by opposing winds that trap sand in a natural desert basin." }, { "stopId": "id_city_of_rocks", "name": "City of Rocks National Reserve (Silent City of Rocks)", "state": "ID", "stateName": "Idaho", "countyOrDistrict": "Cassia", "region": "Inland", "legId": "id-leg-2", "legTitle": "Leg 2: Snake River Plain, Shoshone Falls & Volcanic Craters", "legDescription": "Basalt Lava Fields, Underground Caverns & River Gorges", "ecoregionSummary": "EPA Level III: 12 (Snake River Plain) · Middle Snake River Basin", "nsfOknFocus": "NSF OKN Snake River Aquifer Discharge & Central Idaho Dark Sky Reserve System", "ecoregion": "EPA Level III: 80 (Northern Basin and Range)", "watershed": "NSF OKN / California Trail Historic Corridor", "scienceFocus": "Granite Exfoliation Domes & Historic Pioneer Axle Grease Signatures", "type": "NATIONALPARKS", "difficulty": "Moderate", "recommendedBus": "District Bus (40-seat)", "latitude": 42.0736, "longitude": -113.7144, "sensitivity": "VULNERABLE", "provenance": "OFFICIAL", "tips": "Historic signatures from 1849 pioneers still visible on Register Rock.", "desc": "A surreal landscape of granite pinnacles, towers, and arches that served as a landmark along the California Trail in the 1840s and 1850s." } ]