Great Places for Great Photos
Let me help you to find a great location for your next photography adventure. I will list many lesser known destinations, as well as the famous “Icon Locations” for photography. I will provide photos (Lots of Photos), location information, consisting of what there is to photograph as well as other information about the destination. I will give costs, maps, directions, contact information, and other essential information for a successful photo trip. I will only post for locations that I have personally photographed to insure a quality guide to great locations for photography.
If you know of great places that are not posted, please send me the details, I may just decide that is a place I need to go!
Destinations in West Region
Arizona
- Organ Pipe Cactus – Bates Well Ranch
- Fairbank Ghost Town
- Loren Pratts Little Chapel
- Castle Dome City Ghost Town
- Tumacacori National Historical Park
- Ruby Ghost Town
- Saguaro National Park
- Erie Street Lowell Arizona
- Meteor Crater
- Horseshoe Bend
- Canyon de Chelly National Monument
- Watson Lake
- Monument Valley
- Chloride Arizona -Ghost Town and More!
- Antelope Canyon – Page Arizona
California
- Galleta Meadows Sculptures
- Salvation Mountain
- Bombay Beach
- Pumpkin Patch Anza Borrego Desert
- Elmer Long’s Bottle Tree Ranch
- Cypress Tree Tunnel Point Reyes National Seashore
- Point Cabrillo Lighthouse
- SS Point Reyes Shipwreck
- Point Arena Lighthouse
- Zabriskie Point – Death Valley
Colorado
- Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site
- Great Sand Dunes National Park
- Alta Ghost Town
- Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
- Ute Ulay Mine and Henson Town Site
- Pinkerton Hot Springs
- Crystal Mill
- Chimney Rock National Monument
- Animas Forks Ghost Town
- Ironton Ghost Town
- Red Mountain Mining District
Idaho
Montana
Nevada
New Mexico
- Clayton Lake Dinosaur Trackways
- Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument
- Carlsbad Caverns National Park
- City of Rocks
- Shakespeare Ghost Town
- Valle Grande – Valles Caldera National Preserve
- Pecos National Historical Park
- Glenrio Ghost Town
- Bandelier National Monument
- Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge
- VLA – Very Large Array Radio Telescope
- Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument
- Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness New Mexico
- White Sands National Park – New Mexico
- Fort Union National Monument – New Mexico
- El Malpais National Monument – Sandstone Bluffs
Oregon
- Umpqua River Lighthouse
- Mary D Hume Shipwreck
- Coquille River Lighthouse
- Cape Blanco Lighthouse
- Yaquina Head Lighthouse and Outstanding Natural Area
- Heceta Head Lighthouse
- Maxwell Point Tunnel Oceanside Beach
- Devils Punchbowl
- Cape Meares Lighthouse
- Haystack Rock Cannon Beach
- Lost Lake
Utah
- Simpson Springs Pony Express Station
- Rainbow Bridge National Monument
- Valley of the Gods
- Goosenecks State Park
- Fiery Furnace Arches National Park
Washington
Wyoming
Interactive Google Map
Use the map + – controls to zoom in and out, use the Map drop-down to change to “Map”, “Satellite”, “Hybrid”, or “Terrain” views. Drag the little man icon from the upper left corner to a map location for street level view. Click on a pushpin for more information about the Photographic Destination, then click on the title to go to the location page.