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Four Old-Growth Forests That Are a Journey to a Land Before Time
These trees are worth building a trip around—just check pandemic restrictions before booking.
The giant root of an ancient tropical tree in Daintree National Park.
Photographer: Ingo Oeland/Alamy Stock Photo
If you spent 2020 checking off national parks and road tripping close to home, it may be time for the next great thing outdoors: exploring the arboreal wonder of an old-growth forest.
In the U.S., they’re increasingly being catalogued via the Old-Growth Forest Network, which is preserving patches of trees close to major urban centers in the boroughs of New York as well as Cleveland and all the way to the Bay Area.