19Channel Islands National Park, California, USA
Channel Islands has no entrance fee, but the Scorpion crossing takes a little over an hour and boarding closes 45 minutes before the scheduled departure.
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20Cumberland Island, Georgia, USA
Cumberland works when the 9:00 a.m. ferry and the 4:45 p.m. return fit: about seven hours ashore, 45 minutes each way, $15 per person to enter.
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21Field method
Search surface and slope, not difficulty. Muir Woods keeps nearly 2 miles of flat, firm trail for $15 per adult plus a $10 parking reservation.
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22Westfjords, Iceland
Take the Westfjords only if you will read the road report each leg: it is updated 07:00 to 22:00 October to April and 08:00 to 16:00 May to September.
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23Field method
Pick two days that start near one bed and need no ticket. From Skyland, Stony Man is 1.6 miles and Limberlost a 1.3-mile fully accessible circuit.
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24Field method
Plan the return from the last departure: Zion's 8:15 p.m. shuttle from the Temple of Sinawava and a 45-minute ride set the turnaround, not the 7:44 p.m. sunset.
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