Seeking April Photo Trip Ideas

Hi everyone,

 

Looking for a good location for landscape photography during the first weekend in April. I live in Southern Arizona, so places in the Southwest are probably best. Thinking NV, UT, AZ, NM and SO CA.

 

What I'm interested in are places that aren't as well-known and over-photographed as National Parks. Can you think of any good state parks, national monuments etc... that might be worth a visit?

 

Any additional tips are also appreciated.

 

Thanks,

Dennis

Early April is a good time to visit Big Bend National Park in Texas. Also a good time to see bluebonnets and other wild flowers in Texas Hill Country.

The first week of April would be a good time for the Antelope Valley Poppy Preserve, a California State Park. It's near Lancaster, CA. The poppies go on for miles. You could then go a bit south to the valley edge along the San Bernadino Mountains. Lots of orchards along the road through that valley, and they should be in bloom.

I also live in AZ - Phoenix area. I've been thinking of a trip that would include Death Valley, then up to Mono Lake, then up a little further to Bodie, a great ghost town. If you're in Southern AZ, have you checked out all the riparian areas in the Bisbee area? Great of the Sandhill Crane migration later in the year.

I spent a week in Santa Fe a few years ago and enjoyed it very much. Lots of good photo ops in town and within a day's trip. Taos is nearby and Monument Valley should be possible although I didn't make that trip. Use the good days for trvel and walk around Santa Fe other days.

The closest place I know is Point Lobos, Monterey County, CA. Point Lobos by ubiquarian

 

All other places, good for landscape photography, are in Canada.