Ranger Tales
Waterfalls & landmarks

Every stop, in detail

A guide to each waterfall, viewpoint, and landmark on our tours — what it is, where it is, and how to hear its story narrated as you go.

Olympic National Park

A Brief Summer Window
A Brief Summer Window
A Forest In Stories
A Forest In Stories
A Sprinter's Season
A Sprinter's Season
A String Of Beaches
A String Of Beaches
A Temperate Rainforest
A Temperate Rainforest
A Wall of Peaks
A Wall of Peaks
A Warm Heart Beating
A Warm Heart Beating
A-Ka-Lat, Island Of Rest
A-Ka-Lat, Island Of Rest
Assembled Piece By Piece
Assembled Piece By Piece
Back Up The Watershed
Back Up The Watershed
Big Spruce Trail — the trailhead
Big Spruce Trail — the trailhead
Black Bear Country
Black Bear Country
Building To The Falls
Building To The Falls
Carved By A Glacier
Carved By A Glacier
Clear As Glass
Clear As Glass
Climbing to Hurricane Ridge
Climbing to Hurricane Ridge
Down Toward The Sea
Down Toward The Sea
Earning The Green
Earning The Green
Everything Grows On Everything
Everything Grows On Everything
Ferns And Wood Sorrel
Ferns And Wood Sorrel
First Up Mount Olympus
First Up Mount Olympus
Following The River Home
Following The River Home
Forks — the Town That Died Twice
Forks — the Town That Died Twice
Forks — Timber Town
Forks — Timber Town
Found Nowhere Else
Found Nowhere Else
Four Giants
Four Giants
Glacial Flour
Glacial Flour
Graveyard Of The Pacific
Graveyard Of The Pacific
Hall of Mosses Trail — the trailhead
Hall of Mosses Trail — the trailhead
Headed The Same Way
Headed The Same Way
How The Mountains Were Made
How The Mountains Were Made
Hurricane Hill Trail — the trailhead
Hurricane Hill Trail — the trailhead
Hurricane Ridge — the Roof of the Peninsula
Hurricane Ridge — the Roof of the Peninsula
Into The Heaviest Forest
Into The Heaviest Forest
Into the Hoh — the longest valley road
Into the Hoh — the longest valley road
Into The Rainiest Forest
Into The Rainiest Forest
Into The Subalpine
Into The Subalpine
Kalaloch & Beach 4 — tide pools and the coast you can sleep on
Kalaloch & Beach 4 — tide pools and the coast you can sleep on
Lake Crescent — the Blue Deep
Lake Crescent — the Blue Deep
Lake Quinault Lodge — where a president made a park
Lake Quinault Lodge — where a president made a park
Lichen And Clean Air
Lichen And Clean Air
Life In The Canopy
Life In The Canopy
Marymere Falls — the easy walk into the old growth
Marymere Falls — the easy walk into the old growth
Marymere Falls Trail — the trailhead
Marymere Falls Trail — the trailhead
Masters Of The Sea
Masters Of The Sea
Merriman Falls — the rainforest's roadside ribbon
Merriman Falls — the rainforest's roadside ribbon
Ninety-Five Percent Wild
Ninety-Five Percent Wild
On The World's Short List
On The World's Short List
One Square Inch Of Silence
One Square Inch Of Silence
Onto The Rainy Flank
Onto The Rainy Flank
Ozette — the Northwest Corner
Ozette — the Northwest Corner
Pillow Basalt
Pillow Basalt
Reading The Trees
Reading The Trees
Roosevelt Elk — the Bottomland Herd
Roosevelt Elk — the Bottomland Herd
Ruby Beach — where the highway meets the sea
Ruby Beach — where the highway meets the sea
Salamanders And Newts
Salamanders And Newts
Salmon Cascades — the leap upriver
Salmon Cascades — the leap upriver
Salt And Thunder Fade
Salt And Thunder Fade
Seashells On The Summit
Seashells On The Summit
Second Beach & La Push — the Quileute Coast
Second Beach & La Push — the Quileute Coast
Second Beach Trail — the trailhead
Second Beach Trail — the trailhead
Seventy-Three Wild Miles
Seventy-Three Wild Miles
Sol Duc Falls — the river splits and falls
Sol Duc Falls — the river splits and falls
Sol Duc Falls Trail — the trailhead
Sol Duc Falls Trail — the trailhead
Spokes On A Wheel
Spokes On A Wheel
Sunrise Viewpoint
Sunrise Viewpoint
Sunrise Viewpoint Trail — the walk out
Sunrise Viewpoint Trail — the walk out
The Banana Slug
The Banana Slug
The Blueback Salmon
The Blueback Salmon
The Braided River
The Braided River
The Bugling Bull Elk
The Bugling Bull Elk
The Champion Wood-Growers
The Champion Wood-Growers
The Cleanest Rivers
The Cleanest Rivers
The Cougar's Country
The Cougar's Country
The Crack Offshore
The Crack Offshore
The Discovery Trail
The Discovery Trail
The Drift Logs
The Drift Logs
The Edge Of The Continent
The Edge Of The Continent
The Elwha — a River Set Free (Madison Falls)
The Elwha — a River Set Free (Madison Falls)
The Finished Work
The Finished Work
The First Open Sky
The First Open Sky
The Freed Elwha
The Freed Elwha
The Glaciered Little Peak
The Glaciered Little Peak
The Goats That Flew
The Goats That Flew
The Gray Whale Lane
The Gray Whale Lane
The Hall Of Mosses
The Hall Of Mosses
The Hanging Gardens
The Hanging Gardens
The Heart Of It
The Heart Of It
The Hoh Rain Forest — Hall of Mosses
The Hoh Rain Forest — Hall of Mosses
The Hotel That Burned
The Hotel That Burned
The Lady of the Lake
The Lady of the Lake
The Last Natural Quiet
The Last Natural Quiet
The Long Ride Down
The Long Ride Down
The Makah — the Village the Sea Kept
The Makah — the Village the Sea Kept
The Marbled Murrelet
The Marbled Murrelet
The Moss-Draped Maples
The Moss-Draped Maples
The Network Underfoot
The Network Underfoot
The Nurse Log
The Nurse Log
The Otters' Comeback
The Otters' Comeback
The Press Expedition
The Press Expedition
The Queets — the Road Bends Away
The Queets — the Road Bends Away
The Rain Shadow — one mountain, two climates
The Rain Shadow — one mountain, two climates
The Sea Stacks
The Sea Stacks
The Seabird Islands
The Seabird Islands
The Shell Middens
The Shell Middens
The Sound Of Wet Country
The Sound Of Wet Country
The Spawning Feast
The Spawning Feast
The Strong People
The Strong People
The Subalpine Meadows — marmots, wildflowers & the high trails
The Subalpine Meadows — marmots, wildflowers & the high trails
The Three Worlds — a Ranger's Farewell (Lake Quinault finale)
The Three Worlds — a Ranger's Farewell (Lake Quinault finale)
The Tide Pools
The Tide Pools
The Towering Sitka Spruce
The Towering Sitka Spruce
The Tree Of Life
The Tree Of Life
The Tree of Life — the spruce that would not fall
The Tree of Life — the spruce that would not fall
The Trout In One Lake
The Trout In One Lake
The Unbroken Ark
The Unbroken Ark
The Voice Of The Rainforest
The Voice Of The Rainforest
The War Spruce Railroad
The War Spruce Railroad
The Water Tower
The Water Tower
The Wild Heart You Can’t Reach
The Wild Heart You Can’t Reach
The Wind The Sculptor
The Wind The Sculptor
The Working Waterfront
The Working Waterfront
The World's Largest Sitka Spruce
The World's Largest Sitka Spruce
Through The Doorway
Through The Doorway
Treading Light
Treading Light
Turning From The Ocean
Turning From The Ocean
Up the Sol Duc — the Sparkling Waters
Up the Sol Duc — the Sparkling Waters
Where Champions Cluster
Where Champions Cluster
Where Forest Meets Surf
Where Forest Meets Surf
Where The Road Runs Out
Where The Road Runs Out
Why It's Called Hurricane
Why It's Called Hurricane
Why This Park Exists
Why This Park Exists
Wildlife Against The Sky
Wildlife Against The Sky

Other

A Coast Made of Sand
A Coast Made of Sand
A Fight Between Small People and a Big Government
A Fight Between Small People and a Big Government
A Landscape Built by Fire
A Landscape Built by Fire
A Living Island
A Living Island
A Night on the Island
A Night on the Island
A Rest Stop on the Flyway
A Rest Stop on the Flyway
A State That Decided to Stay Small
A State That Decided to Stay Small
Anatomy of a Vermont Village
Anatomy of a Vermont Village
Apache Trout — Arizona's Native Fish
Apache Trout — Arizona's Native Fish
Approaching Empire
Approaching Empire
Approaching Killington
Approaching Killington
Arcadia Bluffs & Inspiration Point
Arcadia Bluffs & Inspiration Point
Arriving in the Desert
Arriving in the Desert
Assateague Island Visitor Center
Assateague Island Visitor Center
Aviles Street — the Oldest Street
Aviles Street — the Oldest Street
Bears and Coatis of the Blue
Bears and Coatis of the Blue
Birds of the High Country
Birds of the High Country
Birds of the Peninsula
Birds of the Peninsula
Blue Vista Overlook
Blue Vista Overlook
Boone Rides the Island
Boone Rides the Island
Building the Crookedest Road
Building the Crookedest Road
Champney Falls & the Trails
Champney Falls & the Trails
Cherries, Wine, and What Comes Next
Cherries, Wine, and What Comes Next
Clifton — Journey's End
Clifton — Journey's End
Clifton — the Town in the Canyon
Clifton — the Town in the Canyon
Clifton's Cliff Jail
Clifton's Cliff Jail
Closing the Loop
Closing the Loop
Coronado Trail — Welcome, at Alpine
Coronado Trail — Welcome, at Alpine
Coronado's Golden Quest
Coronado's Golden Quest
Crystal Lake & the Rolling Hills
Crystal Lake & the Rolling Hills
Drake, Searles, and the Burning of the Town
Drake, Searles, and the Burning of the Town
Driving It Well
Driving It Well
Driving the Coronado — Read This First
Driving the Coronado — Read This First
Elk, Bear, and the Big Animals
Elk, Bear, and the Big Animals
Empire Bluff — the View Worth the Walk
Empire Bluff — the View Worth the Walk
Escudilla Mountain — Leopold's Peak
Escudilla Mountain — Leopold's Peak
Farm Stands and the Honor Box
Farm Stands and the Honor Box
Farming a Sand Dune
Farming a Sand Dune
Fire, Flood, and Why They Don't Die
Fire, Flood, and Why They Don't Die
Flagler College — the Ponce de León Hotel
Flagler College — the Ponce de León Hotel
Flagler's Winter Newport
Flagler's Winter Newport
Fort Mose — the First Free Town
Fort Mose — the First Free Town
Founders Grove — the One Stop to Make
Founders Grove — the One Stop to Make
Four Climate Zones in Ninety Miles
Four Climate Zones in Ninety Miles
Four Very Different Coasts
Four Very Different Coasts
Frankfort & Elberta — the Harbor
Frankfort & Elberta — the Harbor
From Canada to Mexico in Ninety Miles
From Canada to Mexico in Ninety Miles
Fruit Country
Fruit Country
Geronimo's Country
Geronimo's Country
Ghost Rails in the Woods
Ghost Rails in the Woods
Glen Arbor & the Day the Sky Fell
Glen Arbor & the Day the Sky Fell
Glen Haven & the Cannery
Glen Haven & the Cannery
Glen Lake & the Narrows
Glen Lake & the Narrows
Granville Gulf — Six Empty Miles
Granville Gulf — Six Empty Miles
Hannagan Meadow
Hannagan Meadow
How a Bluff Falls Into a Lake
How a Bluff Falls Into a Lake
How a Redwood Lives
How a Redwood Lives
How Copper Actually Gets Made
How Copper Actually Gets Made
How the Herd Really Works
How the Herd Really Works
How the Ice Cut This Notch
How the Ice Cut This Notch
How to Read a Second-Growth Forest
How to Read a Second-Growth Forest
How to Read the Foliage
How to Read the Foliage
Into the Switchbacks
Into the Switchbacks
K.P. Cienega — Wolf Country
K.P. Cienega — Wolf Country
Kancamagus Pass — the Top
Kancamagus Pass — the Top
Kancamagus, the Fearless One
Kancamagus, the Fearless One
Keeping Them Wild
Keeping Them Wild
Lake Leelanau & the Narrows Country
Lake Leelanau & the Narrows Country
Leland & Fishtown
Leland & Fishtown
Leland Blue & the Iron Works
Leland Blue & the Iron Works
Life on a Small Harbor
Life on a Small Harbor
Lincoln Woods & the East Branch
Lincoln Woods & the East Branch
Living With Fire
Living With Fire
Lower Falls — Swimming & a Little Gold
Lower Falls — Swimming & a Little Gold
Making the Most of It
Making the Most of It
Manistee — the Victorian Port
Manistee — the Victorian Port
Matanzas — How the City Was Born in Blood
Matanzas — How the City Was Born in Blood
Moose, Bear, and the Neighbors
Moose, Bear, and the Neighbors
Morenci & the Great Pit
Morenci & the Great Pit
Moss Glen Falls — Right Beside the Road
Moss Glen Falls — Right Beside the Road
Mount Chocorua & the Road's End
Mount Chocorua & the Road's End
Muddy Creek Falls — the Tallest in Maryland
Muddy Creek Falls — the Tallest in Maryland
Northport & the Tip
Northport & the Tip
Nutrioso & the High Meadows
Nutrioso & the High Meadows
October Gold & the Life of the Gorge
October Gold & the Life of the Gorge
Onekama & Portage Lake
Onekama & Portage Lake
Onto the Avenue
Onto the Avenue
Open Range & the Ranching Country
Open Range & the Ranching Country
Otter Rocks & the Hancock Branch
Otter Rocks & the Hancock Branch
Passaconaway, the Man Who Could Burn Water
Passaconaway, the Man Who Could Burn Water
Peshawbestown & the Grand Traverse Band
Peshawbestown & the Grand Traverse Band
Pinyon, Juniper & the Middle Country
Pinyon, Juniper & the Middle Country
Plaza de la Constitución — the Heart
Plaza de la Constitución — the Heart
Point Betsie Light
Point Betsie Light
Port Oneida — the Farms That Stayed
Port Oneida — the Farms That Stayed
Reading a Vermont River
Reading a Vermont River
Rochester & Irene's Scar
Rochester & Irene's Scar
Rockefeller Forest — the Greatest of Them All
Rockefeller Forest — the Greatest of Them All
Rocky Gorge
Rocky Gorge
Rose Peak & the Lonely Lookout
Rose Peak & the Lonely Lookout
Sabbaday Falls — a Short Walk Worth Taking
Sabbaday Falls — a Short Walk Worth Taking
Saint George Street — the Old Town
Saint George Street — the Old Town
Stockbridge, Pittsfield & the Narrow Valley
Stockbridge, Pittsfield & the Narrow Valley
Suttons Bay & the Vineyards
Suttons Bay & the Vineyards
Swallow Falls & the Youghiogheny
Swallow Falls & the Youghiogheny
The Albany Covered Bridge
The Albany Covered Bridge
The Aspens & the Largest Organism
The Aspens & the Largest Organism
The Bay Side
The Bay Side
The Bayfront & the Bridge of Lions
The Bayfront & the Bridge of Lions
The Betsie Valley & the Rails
The Betsie Valley & the Rails
The Bird That Nests on the Beach
The Bird That Nests on the Beach
The Blue and the Country Below
The Blue and the Country Below
The Blue Range Wilderness
The Blue Range Wilderness
The Boom, and What It Took
The Boom, and What It Took
The Candy-Striped Tower
The Candy-Striped Tower
The Castillo de San Marcos
The Castillo de San Marcos
The Cat That Isn't There
The Cat That Isn't There
The Cathedral Basilica
The Cathedral Basilica
The Cherry Capital
The Cherry Capital
The Copper Mountain
The Copper Mountain
The Crookedest Road in Arizona
The Crookedest Road in Arizona
The Curse of Chocorua
The Curse of Chocorua
The Devil's Highway
The Devil's Highway
The Drive-Thru Tree
The Drive-Thru Tree
The Dune Climb & Pierce Stocking
The Dune Climb & Pierce Stocking
The Dunes Ahead
The Dunes Ahead
The Eel River
The Eel River
The Elk and the High Forest
The Elk and the High Forest
The Elk From Asia
The Elk From Asia
The Entrance — Sharing the Road
The Entrance — Sharing the Road
The Family Who Saved the Forest
The Family Who Saved the Forest
The Fierce Green Fire
The Fierce Green Fire
The Forest That Grew Back
The Forest That Grew Back
The Ghost City
The Ghost City
The Graveyard Offshore
The Graveyard Offshore
The Great Descent
The Great Descent
The Green Mountains
The Green Mountains
The Greenest Comeback in America
The Greenest Comeback in America
The Hairpin & the Hancock Overlook
The Hairpin & the Hancock Overlook
The Immortal Tree
The Immortal Tree
The Islands
The Islands
The Keeper's March
The Keeper's March
The Last of the Covered Bridges
The Last of the Covered Bridges
The Light and the Long Dark
The Light and the Long Dark
The Light in the Window
The Light in the Window
The Lightner Museum — the Alcazar
The Lightner Museum — the Alcazar
The Little Towns of the Avenue
The Little Towns of the Avenue
The Lumber King and the Ghost Forest
The Lumber King and the Ghost Forest
The Manitou Passage
The Manitou Passage
The Men Who Rowed Out
The Men Who Rowed Out
The Men Who Stood in Front of the Saws
The Men Who Stood in Front of the Saws
The Mine You Can See From Space
The Mine You Can See From Space
The Monsoon
The Monsoon
The Mountain the Skiers Bought
The Mountain the Skiers Bought
The Mountains of Western Maryland
The Mountains of Western Maryland
The Night of the Big Water
The Night of the Big Water
The Night the Giant Fell
The Night the Giant Fell
The Night the River Came
The Night the River Came
The Night They Dug the Lake Open
The Night They Dug the Lake Open
The Ocean Beach
The Ocean Beach
The Oldest House
The Oldest House
The Order That Came on a Friday
The Order That Came on a Friday
The Other Locals
The Other Locals
The Overlooks at the Top
The Overlooks at the Top
The Perched Dunes
The Perched Dunes
The Ponderosa Belt
The Ponderosa Belt
The Pony Who Went Famous
The Pony Who Went Famous
The Return of the Lobo
The Return of the Lobo
The River That Kept Coming Back
The River That Kept Coming Back
The Road Itself
The Road Itself
The San Francisco River & Apache Country
The San Francisco River & Apache Country
The Schoolhouse and the Sugar Maples
The Schoolhouse and the Sugar Maples
The Ship the Lake Gave Back
The Ship the Lake Gave Back
The Sign That Started a Fight
The Sign That Started a Fight
The Ski Country Begins
The Ski Country Begins
The Sleeping Bear
The Sleeping Bear
The South End — Turnaround
The South End — Turnaround
The Storm That Cut the Island Loose
The Storm That Cut the Island Loose
The Sugar Bush
The Sugar Bush
The Summer the Vagabonds Came
The Summer the Vagabonds Came
The Surfmen
The Surfmen
The Swift River
The Swift River
The Town That Isn't There
The Town That Isn't There
The Trees That Escaped the Axe
The Trees That Escaped the Axe
The Verrazano Bridge
The Verrazano Bridge
The View from Blue Vista
The View from Blue Vista
The Visitor Center — and the Flood Line
The Visitor Center — and the Flood Line
The Wallow Fire
The Wallow Fire
The Water Itself
The Water Itself
The White Mountains
The White Mountains
The White Mountains — Granite Country
The White Mountains — Granite Country
The Widow's Grove
The Widow's Grove
The Woman on Rose Peak
The Woman on Rose Peak
The World Three Hundred Feet Up
The World Three Hundred Feet Up
This Is Apache Country — Then and Now
This Is Apache Country — Then and Now
Tolliver Falls — the Quiet One
Tolliver Falls — the Quiet One
Vermont Weather, Honestly
Vermont Weather, Honestly
Villa Zorayda — the Moorish Dream
Villa Zorayda — the Moorish Dream
Waitsfield & the Mad River Valley
Waitsfield & the Mad River Valley
Walking the Canyon Loop
Walking the Canyon Loop
Warren Village
Warren Village
Waterbury & the Ice Cream Factory
Waterbury & the Ice Cream Factory
What Comes Back First
What Comes Back First
What the Ice Left Behind
What the Ice Left Behind
What the Old Trees Have Seen
What the Old Trees Have Seen
What You're Actually Looking At
What You're Actually Looking At
When the Pine Went Out
When the Pine Went Out
Where the Long Trail Crosses
Where the Long Trail Crosses
Where the Ponies Came From
Where the Ponies Came From
Where the Water Goes
Where the Water Goes
Why Any of This Is Still Here
Why Any of This Is Still Here
Why They Grow Here and Nowhere Else
Why They Grow Here and Nowhere Else
Why Vermont Beats Everywhere Else
Why Vermont Beats Everywhere Else
Written by Ice and Water
Written by Ice and Water

Cherohala Skyway

Hocking Hills State Park

Indian Canyons & Palm Canyon

Delaware Water Gap

Gulf State Park

Moonshiner 28

Cades Cove

Whiteface Veterans Memorial Highway

Palms to Pines Scenic Byway

J.N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge

Anza-Borrego Desert State Park

Beacon Rock State Park

Belle Isle Park

Multnomah Falls

The Mohawk Trail

Tail of the Dragon

Muir Woods National Monument

Gateway Arch National Park

The Apache Trail

Palo Duro Canyon State Park

Lost Maples State Natural Area

Myakka River State Park

Silver Falls State Park

Ricketts Glen State Park

High Point State Park

Horseshoe Bend & Glen Canyon

Highlands Hammock State Park

Goliad State Park & Presidio La Bahía

Vancouver Barracks

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