With such a broad range of landscapes and biomes in the United States, there’s bound to be quite a lot of interesting natural features and locations throughout the country. From caves to rainforests, sand dunes to volcanoes, those who want to be impressed can easily find many places to do it. Kyle from Geography King took a look at 11 fascinating features and locations across the U.S.
11 Interesting Natural Features In The United States
- Mammoth Cave, Kentucky – The longest cave system in the world with about 430 miles of passages
- Hoh Rainforest, Washington – A temperate rainforest in Olympic National Park, one of the wettest places in the contiguous US
- Toadstool Geologic Park, Nebraska – A badlands area with unique rock formations and prehistoric fossils
- Coral Pink Sand Dunes, Utah – Sand dunes formed from eroded pink and red sandstone
- Dolly Sods, West Virginia – A high plateau with a unique microclimate resembling conditions found much farther north
- Carrizo Plain, California – California’s largest grassland, located along the San Andreas Fault, known for wildflower super blooms
- Great Dismal Swamp, Virginia/North Carolina – A large wilderness swamp area that’s now a National Wildlife Refuge
- Monument Rocks, Kansas – Chalk formations up to 70 feet tall rising from the flat Kansas landscape
- Capulin Volcano, New Mexico – An extinct cinder cone volcano with trails and a crater
- Whetstone Gulf, New York – A 3-mile long canyon with steep walls up to 380 feet deep
- Providence Canyon, Georgia – Known as the “Little Grand Canyon of Georgia,” formed largely due to poor farming practices in the 1800s
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