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KURKKU FIELDS
KURKKU FIELDS (クルックフィールズ) is a sustainable farm and park in Kisarazu, Chiba, Japan, opened in 2019 by music producer Takeshi Kobayashi's company, combining organic JAS-certified farming, on-site food production, art by Yayoi Kusama and others, lodging, and education.
Kushiro City Tanchozuru Nature Park
Kushiro City Tanchozuru Nature Park (釧路市丹頂鶴自然公園), Japan's first crane park, opened 1958 in Kushiro, Hokkaido, to protect and breed the red-crowned crane; achieved the world's first artificial hatching in 1970.
Kutaisi Kolkhuri Botanical Garden
Kutaisi Kolkhuri Botanical Garden (ქუთაისის ბოტანიკური ბაღი) is a botanical garden on the Rioni River in Kutaisi, Georgia, dating to 1840 and formally established 1969; third largest in Georgia with about 700 species, Red List Colchian relics, and a chapel inside a 400-year-old oak.
Kyoto Botanical Garden (京都府立植物園)
The Kyoto Botanical Garden (京都府立植物園) is a 24-hectare prefectural botanical garden in northern Kyoto, opened in 1924 and described as Japan's oldest public botanical garden, with about 500 cherry trees and a large conservatory.
Kyoto Medicinal Plant Garden
Kyoto Medicinal Plant Garden (京都薬用植物園), formally Takeda Garden for Medicinal Plant Conservation, Kyoto, is Takeda Pharmaceutical's 1933-founded garden in Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, with about 3,000 species, a 500-variety camellia collection, and Japan's first company-run registered museum status (2024).
La Concepcion Historical-Botanical Gardens
La Concepcion Historical-Botanical Gardens (Jardín Botánico-Histórico La Concepción), a subtropical garden in Málaga, Spain, created 1855 by the Marquises of Casa Loring, city-owned since 1990, with 50,000+ plants of 3,000+ species.
La Spirale à Aromates - De Kruidenspiraal
La Spirale à Aromates (De Kruidenspiraal) is a garden in Woluwe-Saint-Pierre, Brussels, named for a herb spiral: a spiral raised bed creating microclimates for aromatic plants.
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center: botanic garden, arboretum, and native plant research institution in south Austin, Texas, founded in 1982 by Lady Bird Johnson and Helen Hayes and part of the University of Texas at Austin since 2006.
Lagos Botanical Gardens
Lagos Botanical Gardens is a loose label covering several sites in Lagos, Nigeria. The most prominent is the 60-hectare Murtala Muhammed Memorial Botanic Garden, founded in 1991.
Lake Clark National Park and Preserve
Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, also called Qizhjeh Vena country, is a 4-million-acre roadless Alaska park established by ANILCA in 1980, with two active volcanoes, the 2.6-million-acre Jay S. Hammond Wilderness, and Bristol Bay sockeye headwaters.
Lake Erhu Rose Culture Garden
Lake Erhu Rose Culture Garden (鹅湖玫瑰文化园, Ehu Lake Rose Culture Park) is a rose-themed agriculture and tourism park in Ehu Town, Xishan District, Wuxi, Jiangsu, founded by Zhang Ji and opened in May 2018, with over 500 rose varieties and five themed zones.
Lake Fausse Pointe State Park
Lake Fausse Pointe State Park, a 6,000-acre Louisiana park established 1986 in the Atchafalaya Basin near St. Martinville, offers waterfront cabins, canoe trails, and camping outside the West Atchafalaya Protection Levee.
Lake Louise, Alberta
Lake Louise, Alberta: glacial lake in Banff National Park, 55 km west of Banff, turquoise from rock flour; discovered 1882 by Tom Wilson, renamed 1884 for Princess Louise; CPR resort from 1890; heavily managed for shuttle-based tourism.
Lake Maria State Park
Lake Maria State Park is a 1,600-acre Minnesota state park in Wright County near Monticello, established 1963, preserving a remnant of the Big Woods forest, with hike-in tent camping, camper cabins, and over 200 bird species.
Lake McDonald Lodge
Lake McDonald Lodge, originally the Lewis Glacier Hotel, is a 1913-14 Swiss chalet style National Historic Landmark lodge on Lake McDonald in Glacier National Park, Montana, now operated by Xanterra with 82 guest rooms.
Lake Mead National Recreation Area
Lake Mead National Recreation Area is a 1.5-million-acre unit of the National Park System in Nevada and Arizona, the nation's first and largest national recreation area.
Lake Murray (Oklahoma)
Lake Murray, Oklahoma: man-made reservoir near Ardmore in Carter and Love counties, formed by damming Fourche Maline and Anadarche creeks; center of Oklahoma's first and largest state park, built by New Deal agencies.
Lake Pleasant Regional Park
Lake Pleasant Regional Park is a 23,362-acre Maricopa County park near Morristown, Arizona, also called Waddell Dam reservoir country, centered on the CAP's Lake Pleasant with boating, fishing, camping, and fluctuating 3,000-10,000-acre water surface.
Lake Turkana National Parks
Lake Turkana National Parks: serial UNESCO World Heritage Site in northern Kenya (Sibiloi, Central Island, South Island parks; 161,485 ha), inscribed 1997, extended 2001, on the Danger List since 2018 over the Gibe III dam.
Lal Bagh
Lal Bagh (Lalbagh Botanical Garden), founded 1760 by Hyder Ali and expanded by Tipu Sultan, is a 240-acre botanical garden in Bengaluru with India's largest tropical plant collection, the 1889 Glass House, and twice-yearly flower shows.
Lamington National Park
Lamington National Park is a 21,176-hectare rainforest park on the McPherson Range in south-east Queensland, established in 1915 and part of the Gondwana Rainforests World Heritage Area.
Lane Cove National Park
Lane Cove National Park: 670-hectare NSW national park (gazetted 1992) along the Lane Cove River in Sydney's north, a bushland corridor with Aboriginal sites, threatened species, picnics, walks and holiday park.
Lanzhou Botanical Garden
Lanzhou Botanical Garden (兰州植物园) is a free municipal botanical garden in Anning District, Lanzhou, Gansu, built from 1993 on the former Shijiawan Nursery, with about 530 mu, 380-plus plant species, a 46-mu lake, and the Dunhuang Garden.
Lassen Peak
Lassen Peak: dacite lava dome in northern California, southernmost active Cascade volcano, world's largest lava dome at 10,457 ft. Erupted 1914–1917, climactically May 22, 1915, before Mount St. Helens 1980.
Lassen Volcanic National Park
Lassen Volcanic National Park: northern California park established August 9, 1916 after Lassen Peak's 1914–1917 eruptions; over 106,000 acres with all four volcano types, active hydrothermal features, and a Very High USGS threat rating.
Ledges State Park
Ledges State Park is a 1,117-acre Iowa state park in south-central Boone County, dedicated in 1924 and known for sandstone bluffs rising above the Des Moines River and Pea's Creek canyon.
Lençóis Maranhenses National Park
Lençóis Maranhenses National Park (Parque Nacional dos Lençóis Maranhenses), created 1981 in Maranhão, Brazil: 156,562 ha of white barchan dunes, the largest dune field in South America, with rain-fed temporary lagoons; UNESCO World Heritage site since 2024.
Leningrad Zoo
Leningrad Zoo (Ленинградский зоопарк), founded 1865 by Julius Gebhardt, is one of Russia's oldest zoos, in central Saint Petersburg's Alexandrovsky Park; over 500 species, siege survivor, heritage-protected 7.4 ha site, planned 85.6 ha second zoo.
Letchworth State Park
Letchworth State Park, the "Grand Canyon of the East," is a 14,427-acre New York state park on the Genesee River with three major waterfalls, 66 miles of trails, and land deeded by William Pryor Letchworth in 1906–1907.
Liangzhou Botanical Garden
Liangzhou Botanical Garden (凉州植物园), a garden-style park in Liangzhou District, Wuwei, Gansu, China; also called the Walnut Garden. 65-hectare AAA attraction of century-old walnut and pear trees, tea gardens, and the 128-meter Eye of the Heavenly Horse Ferris wheel.