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Top 10 US Destinations: Redwood
National and State Parks - Beautiful
Wildlife and Humbling Vistas

CONTENTS
2 English
2 Vocabulary
3 Sample Sentences
4 Cultural Insight

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1. Redwood National and State Parks - Beautiful Wildlife and Humbling Vistas

2. The outdoor adventurer will find plenty to enjoy at Redwood National and State Parks in
California. The parks are famous for their redwood trees, which are the tallest trees in the
world, but they also contain almost forty miles of wild coastline, woodlands, and prairies.

3. Campers will find Redwood National and State Parks to be a wonderful place to camp,
but there are no on-site accommodations there for people who don't like to camp. The
Redwood Hostel was closed in 2010 due to a lack of funding, and that was the only place
for non-campers to stay at the park. There are five visitor centers that are full of information
about the wildlife you can find in the park.

4. Hikers will want to check out Davison Road to see the Roosevelt elk or Fern Canyon,
which has incredible walls that are wet and completely covered with ferns. Another great
place to hike is Gold Bluffs Beach, which is home to what's left of the mining operations in
the area.

5. In addition to hiking and camping, there are many other outdoor activities to enjoy. There
are several scenic drives you can take if you don't want to walk, including the Newton B.
Drury Scenic Parkway, which is an incredible drive through the ancient redwood trees.
You can also stand on the shoreline and watch for gray whales at Enderts Beach and the
Crescent Beach Overlook. To catch the whale migration any time of the year, head down
to Klamath River Overlook.

6. Redwood National and State Parks are home to some of the most incredible plant and
animal life that you will find anywhere in the United States. Anyone who enjoys the
outdoors will not want to miss it.

VOCABULARY

V oc abular y English C lass

the seasonal movement of a

complete population of
migration animals from one area to noun
another

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 having picturesque views of
scenic adjective
natural landscapes or features

the act or industry of

mining extracting coal, ores, noun
minerals etc. from the earth

to make someone feel small

to humble or unimportant verb

to look at something and

to check out examine it phrasal verb

a giant evergreen,
coniferous tree native to
redwood California which can grow to noun
over 300 feet tall

coastline the outline or shape of a coast noun

taking place or located at the

on-site given place adjective

accommodations a place to live or stay noun

money provided by an
funding organization to make a noun
project etc. possible

SAMPLE SENTENCES

The migration of swallows from the United We stayed in a small cottage by a scenic
Kingdom to Africa happens every lake.
September.

Mining is one of the most difficult and I am deeply humbled to be the recipient of
dangerous professions. this award.

The reporter's story checked out. He checked out the noise in the garage.

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There are many redwood trees in The coastline had long sandy beaches as
California. well as rocky cliffs.

There were no on-site showers at the The international students lived in rented
campsite, so we had to bathe in the river. accommodations near the university.

She was able to do study abroad thanks to government funding.

CULTURAL INSIGHT

Fun Facts about Redwood Trees

The redwood tree is the official tree of California, and many of the trees in Redwood National
and State Parks are more than two thousand years old. The oldest known redwood is over
2,200 years old, although most redwoods only live to be about six hundred years old. The
average redwood grows over 350 feet tall and has a twenty-inch trunk.

The redwoods are prehistoric trees, and they were probably home to many different kinds of
dinosaurs back in their younger days. Archeologists have found fossils of the redwood tree
dating all the way back 160 million years, which places the trees into the lifetime of the
dinosaurs.

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