Canyonlands National Park, Colorado, Mesa Verde National Park, National Monuments Memorials & Preserves, National Parks, Utah
Ultimate Travel Guide: Roadtrippin Arches to Mesa Verde
Update August 2023 The desert landscape of Utah slowly gives way to mountains and pine scrub forests the closer you get to Colorado. This is...



![Statue on a stone pedestal with flags and trees in a park. Transcribed Text: JUAN PONCE DE LEON DISCOVERER OF FLORIDA […] MARCH 1513 THIS LAND WHICH HE CALLED LA FLORIDA ESTABLISHING A RIGHT OF POSSESSION UNDER THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE CROWNS OF SPAIN AND CASTILE FROM WHICH THIS COUNTRY DERIVES THE NAME OF FLORIDA THIS MEMORIAL ERECTED BY PONCE DE LEON’S DESCENDANTS IN THE RICHEST AGRICULTURAL SECTIONS OF SPAIN AUGUST 1909.](https://traveltheparks.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/statue-of-ponce-de-leon-st-augustine-1020-FI-1.jpg)




