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Garden of the Gods. / 38.8677690°N 104.8910877°W / 38.8677690; -104.8910877. Garden of the Gods ( Arapaho: Ho3o’uu Niitko’usi’i) is a 1,341.3 acre public park located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States. [ 1] 862 acres (3.49 km 2) of the park was designated a National Natural Landmark in 1971.
The Garden of the Gods Wilderness is a 3,318-acre (13.43 km 2) parcel of land listed as a Wilderness Area of the United States. It is located within the Shawnee National Forest in Hardin, Pope, Saline, and Gallatin counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. The nearest town of any size is Equality.
The Epic of Gilgamesh describes Gilgamesh travelling to a wondrous garden of the gods that is the source of a river, next to a mountain covered in cedars, and references a "plant of life". In the myth, paradise is identified as the place where the deified Sumerian hero of the flood, Utnapishtim ( Ziusudra ), was taken by the gods to live forever.
The Garden of the Gods is one of the most photographed areas in the state of Illinois. It’s very popular with hikers. I had decided to hike the Observation Trail. The trail is only 1/4 a mile in ...
In Abrahamic religions, the Garden of Eden (Biblical Hebrew: גַּן־עֵדֶן , romanized: gan-ʿĒḏen; Greek: Εδέμ; Latin: Paradisus) or Garden of God (גַּן־יְהֹוֶה , gan-YHWH and גַן־אֱלֹהִים , gan-Elohim), also called the Terrestrial Paradise, is the biblical paradise described in Genesis 2–3 and Ezekiel 28 and 31.
Added to NRHP. November 29, 1979. Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site is a living history museum (sometimes called an open-air museum) and farm located at Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States. Staff and volunteers dressed in period-appropriate attire interpret life in the Pikes Peak region from 1775 through 1910. [2]
River to River Trail. / 37.490591°N 88.911889°W / 37.490591; -88.911889. The River to River Trail is a 160 mile (256 km)-long hiking trail that serves Shawnee National Forest in far southern Illinois. The trail is used by both equestrians and hikers. About half is on off-road trails.
Shawnee National Forest. / 37.500°N 88.667°W / 37.500; -88.667. The Shawnee National Forest is a United States National Forest located in the Ozark and Shawnee Hills of Southern Illinois, United States. Administered by the U.S.D.A. Forest Service, it consists of approximately 289,000 acres (1,100 km²) of federally managed lands.