For those looking ahead to spring and summer travel, Professional Practice Network (PPN) members’ responses to the question what is your favorite place that may not be familiar to others? might give you a few new spots to explore this year. In the previous post recapping the results of the 2015 PPN survey, we reviewed the most popular responses and international locations mentioned. This time, we’re focusing on places across the United States, from parks and gardens to wilderness areas and mountain passes. Take a look and see if you’ve been to any of these lesser-known spots, and which ones you’ll need to add to your list of places to go.
Northeast
Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site – Cornish, New Hampshire
The courtyard at the Boston Public Library – Boston, Massachusetts
Halcyon Lake in Mount Auburn Cemetery – Cambridge, Massachusetts
“The Robert Treat Paine Estate, an amazing shingle style home in Waltham with landscape designed by Olmsted.” – Waltham, Massachusetts
Lake Waban – Wellesley, Massachusetts
Truro and Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Storm King Art Center – New Windsor, New York
Trenton Falls, New York
The Met Cloisters – New York City
Paley Park – New York City
Socrates Sculpture Park – Long Island City, New York
Old Westbury Gardens – Westbury, New York
“Long Island’s North Fork – wineries, farms, beaches” – Long Island, New York
“The rolling hills of eastern York, Pennsylvania.”
The Sunken Gardens of the Schwab Estate – Loretto, Pennsylvania
Fall Run Park – Glenshaw, Pennsylvania
Locust Walk on the University of Pennsylvania‘s campus – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
South
Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary and Patuxent River State Park – Prince Georges County, Maryland
Meridian Hill Park – Washington, DC
Dolly Sods Wilderness – eastern West Virginia
Ramsey’s Draft Wilderness – West Augusta, Virginia
James River Park Pipeline Trail – Richmond, Virginia
Falls Park on the Reedy – Greenville, South Carolina
Callaway Gardens – Pine Mountain, Georgia
Olmsted Linear Park – Atlanta, Georgia
Granite outcrops in Georgia
University of Georgia’s Founders Memorial Garden – Athens, Georgia
Coco Plum Inn – Key West, Florida
Vizcaya Museum & Gardens – Miami, Florida
Devil’s Den State Park – Winslow, Arkansas
Dixon Gallery & Gardens – Memphis, Tennessee
Rip Van Winkle Gardens – Jefferson Island, Louisiana
Caddo Lake – on the border between Texas and Louisiana
Fort Worth Water Gardens – Fort Worth, Texas
Sundance Square – Fort Worth, Texas
Harry Moss Park – Dallas, Texas
Phil Hardberger Park – San Antonio, Texas
Midwest
Washington Park – Cincinnati, Ohio
W. J. Beal Botanical Garden at Michigan State University – East Lansing, Michigan
“Door County, Wisconsin. Beautiful shorelines, harbor towns, farm lands, woodlands. Breathtaking in any season.”
The Memorial Union Terrace at UW-Madison – Madison, Wisconsin
Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
The South Garden at the Art Institute of Chicago (designed by Dan Kiley) – Chicago, Illinois
Hackmatack Natural Wildlife Refuge – Woodstock, Illinois
Missouri Botanical Garden – St. Louis, Missouri
Table Rock Lake – Kimberling City, Missouri
Eagle Point Park and Mines of Spain – Dubuque, Iowa
West
“A small mountain stream high up in the Rockies.”
“August in the Colorado high country.”
Cameron Pass, Colorado
Gore Pass, Colorado
Crestone, Colorado
Hanging Lake in Glenwood Canyon – Glenwood Springs, Colorado
Thunder Basin National Grassland – Douglas, Wyoming
Gila Wilderness – Glenwood, New Mexico
Slide Rock State Park –Sedona, Arizona
Mount Lemmon Scenic Byway – Tucson, Arizona
Sunset Park – Las Vegas, Nevada
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California Coast north of San Francisco to Mendocino County
The Presidio – San Francisco, California
“A couple of the local creek beaches and meadows in the redwoods near my home.” – California
Fitzgerald Marine Preserve and its walking trails through the eucalyptus forest – Moss Beach, California
Icehouse Canyon – Mount Baldy, California
Tuolumne Meadows – Yosemite National Park, California
Lassen Volcanic National Park – Mineral, California
Santa Rosa Plateau – Murrieta, California
Ossagon Trail in Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park – Orick, California
Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden – Claremont, California
Guadalupe River Park – San Jose, California
Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge – Plush, Oregon
Forest Park – Portland, Oregon
Hoyt Arboretum – Portland, Oregon
Keller Fountain Park – Portland, Oregon
The Shire – Skamania County, Washington
At the start of 2015, a questionnaire was sent out to members of ASLA’s Professional Practice Networks (PPNs). The theme: creativity and inspired design. As you can imagine, responses were varied, and included many insightful comments and suggestions. Synopses of the survey results were originally shared in LAND over the course of 2015, and we are now re-posting this information here on The Field. For the latest updates on the results of the annual PPN Survey, see LAND’s PPN News section.