The Most Unique Park in the USA?

The word unique will have different meaning totaken my first journey into the Grand Staircase
different people, and not all will agree on whichEscalante National Monument also known as
park is the most unique. I have found one parkGSENM. It was really just a quick trip through the
that just struck me as unique. I wonder if you willmonument on one of the remote wilderness
agree. Visiting the National Parks, Nationalroads that crosses from near Kodachrome State
Monuments, Wilderness areas and State Parks inPark to Southern Utah, near the Arizona border.
the Untied States can be an adventure. I've beenIt may turn out to be the most unique. What do
visiting, climbing, hiking and taking photographs inyou think? All those hours of loading data in the
these parks for years. Certainly, I could say thatadventurezonetours message boards gave me a
almost every park is unique. I am an outdoorschance to see parks, monuments and wilderness
type of person and enjoy the fresh air, sunshineareas in the USA, and some areas I have not
and incredible views. These parks are wonderfulvisited. One park stood out as a bit unique to me.
for people who enjoy these types of activities:It is in Michigan and I have not visited it. I doubt
• Hiking • Camping •that you have visited it either! The park is a state
Cycling • ATV • Scenic Drivespark called Meridian - Baseline State Park. It is not
• Horseback Riding • Wildlifeopen to the public, so how could we have visited
• Rafting • Fishing •it? Here's the link for information about this park.
Hunting • Canyoneering •Check it out! So, I guess since this park is not
Photography • Water sports and boatingopen to the public, it has struck me as very
• Caves and exploring After all theseunique. Would you agree? The Meridan - Baseline
years of traveling and exploring the hardest partState Park is 88 acres and preserves a marker
always seems to be the research time. I'll visitthat was used for the Michigan Survey. In general
website after website finding the parks or areashere is what the marker preserves. At the end
of interest that I want to explore, then ontoof the Revolutionary War, there were only
researching where I'm going to stay. Then to thethirteen states. The territory of land between the
task of mapping out the travel time details toAppalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River
make the trek comfortable as I go from the firstwere in question. The new Continental Congress
location to the next activity, to thewas asking these states to give up any claims of
accommodations and so on. To solve thisownership of these lands to the federal
inefficiency a group of us outdoor enthusiastsgovernment. Virginia, Massachusetts, and
have been creating a website with all the NationalConnecticut all claimed large chunks of this land. A
Parks, National Monuments, State Parks andlarge chunk of Michigan had been chartered to
Wilderness Areas all located in one forumVirginia from King James in 1609, at the time this
message board for adventure travelers to read,was the Northwest Territory. In 1787 a territory
share and post their trip reports. We bought thewas established by congress in what is now
web domain name adventurezonetours and haveMichigan. After a new territory grew to a
been busy loading basic data for each location.population of 60,000 free citizens, it could petition
Now it's all in one place. So, which park do youCongress to become a state. This new state
think is the most unique? I have always just lovedcould then have all the rights of the original 13
Glacier National Park in Montana and have beenstates. At that time a survey would happen and
drawn back for visit after visit. But, in the lastthus, in 1815 two men were hired to establish
couple of years I seem to be changing my mind.accurately the location of the base line and the
I've been turned onto Zion National Park in Utahprincipal meridian which are preserved by this
and the slot canyons of the southwest. Zionmarker.
Canyon is just awesome. I have also recently