# What cities have a natural wonder or landmark right in the city or at least adjacent to it? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 22, 2022, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-have-a-natural-wonder-or-landmark-right-in-the-city-or-at-least-adjacent-to-it/961476 "2022-03-22T07:34:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![alovem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@alovem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alovem)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2022, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-have-a-natural-wonder-or-landmark-right-in-the-city-or-at-least-adjacent-to-it/961476/121 "2022-05-06T09:41:01Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > The boulders outside the 77th Street Foyer of the American Museum of Natural History (which I mentioned upthread) were brought there precisely because they showed this grooving caused by the glacier’s passage. Are you sure that isn’t what you saw? Yes, quite sure. Here’s the first link I found after searching “central park,” “rock” and “glacier.” There are plenty more online. > **[Glacial Evidence in Central Park - EPOD - a service of USRA](https://epod.usra.edu/blog/2014/09/glacial-evidence-in-central-park.html)** > > Photographer: Bruce Gervais Summary Authors: Bruce Gervais; Jackie Phillips There's ample evidence of New York City’s glacial history throughout Central Park. The top photo shows two glacial erratics. These large boulders were transported by moving... ---
**Author:** ![Limmin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f04885/32.png) [@Limmin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Limmin)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2022, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-have-a-natural-wonder-or-landmark-right-in-the-city-or-at-least-adjacent-to-it/961476/122 "2022-05-06T13:43:12Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > Something this Victoria resident has been told more than once, but feel is apocryphal, and curious if that gets confirmed or not, is that apparently Washington residents can’t really enjoy the view of their Olympic mountains because they’re at the foot of them, whereas us Canucks across the Juan de Fuca Strait… Well, no. Not that the view from Victoria isn’t great, but Seattle is across Puget Sound from the Olympics, as seen here: [https://i.redd.it/48bsfxhf0u231.jpg](https://i.redd.it/48bsfxhf0u231.jpg) Why not take the high speed ferry from Victoria down to Seattle some time and check it out? ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2022, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-have-a-natural-wonder-or-landmark-right-in-the-city-or-at-least-adjacent-to-it/961476/123 "2022-05-06T14:46:36Z")
Indeed. But why not get a step closer and go to Port Angeles - out on Ediz Hook there definitely is a view of the Olympics from the Washington side: [![](https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.pinimg.com%2Foriginals%2Fb5%2F02%2F42%2Fb502425b0396dabfc9eff9319b198b9b.jpg&f=1&nofb=1) ](https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.pinimg.com%2Foriginals%2Fb5%2F02%2F42%2Fb502425b0396dabfc9eff9319b198b9b.jpg&f=1&nofb=1) On a clear day you can also see Mt Baker, 85 miles away, from the Hook… [![](https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.pinimg.com%2Foriginals%2F4d%2F56%2Fed%2F4d56edc0fa79f10e5917917f176f893a.jpg&f=1&nofb=1) ](https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.pinimg.com%2Foriginals%2F4d%2F56%2Fed%2F4d56edc0fa79f10e5917917f176f893a.jpg&f=1&nofb=1) ---
**Author:** ![Crane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crane/32/3495_2.png) [@Crane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crane)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2022, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-have-a-natural-wonder-or-landmark-right-in-the-city-or-at-least-adjacent-to-it/961476/124 "2022-05-06T14:52:14Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Huntsville, Alabama, was founded around “[Big Spring](https://www.google.com/search?q=Big+Spring+huntsville+alabama&ei=I9E5YpGcCduNwbkPrbKG-AE&ved=0ahUKEwjRubq769n2AhXbRjABHS2ZAR8Q4dUDCA4&uact=5&oq=Big+Spring+huntsville+alabama&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAMyBggAEBYQHjIGCAAQFhAeMgYIABAWEB4yBggAEBYQHjIGCAAQFhAeMgYIABAWEB4yBggAEBYQHjIGCAAQFhAeMgYIABAWEB4yBggAEBYQHjoGCAAQBxAeOgcILhCxAxANOgoILhCxAxCDARANOgQIABANOgoIABCxAxCDARANOgQILhANOhAILhCxAxCDARDHARCvARANOgcIABCxAxANOggIABAHEAoQHjoGCAAQDRAeOggIABAIEA0QHjoFCAAQgARKBAhBGABKBAhGGABQAFiOTmDnZWgAcAB4AIABxwGIAegUkgEEMC4yMJgBAKABAcABAQ&sclient=gws-wiz).” A very attractive spring with natural watercress vegetation. ---
**Author:** ![Crane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crane/32/3495_2.png) [@Crane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crane)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2022, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-have-a-natural-wonder-or-landmark-right-in-the-city-or-at-least-adjacent-to-it/961476/125 "2022-05-06T15:01:31Z")
Socorro New Mexico houses the only population of _Thermosphaeroma thermophilum_. That’s a big deal to isopod aficionados. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2022, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-have-a-natural-wonder-or-landmark-right-in-the-city-or-at-least-adjacent-to-it/961476/126 "2022-05-06T16:54:28Z")
I’d get to see a a close-up view of the Olympics everyday of it weren’t for all the darn trees. In fact, there’s a tree-trimming company called Olympic View in my town. Not sure if that’s what they’re implying. ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2022, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-have-a-natural-wonder-or-landmark-right-in-the-city-or-at-least-adjacent-to-it/961476/127 "2022-05-07T12:49:08Z")
From Luzern, Switzerland: [Mt. Pilatus](https://www.pilatus.ch/en/discover/lucerne) [Mt. Rigi](https://www.rigi.ch/en) [Stanserhorn](https://www.stanserhorn.ch/en/) [Lake Luzern](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Lucerne) [Rotsee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotsee) (mostly interesting for rowers) ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2022, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-have-a-natural-wonder-or-landmark-right-in-the-city-or-at-least-adjacent-to-it/961476/128 "2022-05-17T02:11:08Z")
Good photos of the Olympics (and Mt. Baker!) from the US side. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2022, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-have-a-natural-wonder-or-landmark-right-in-the-city-or-at-least-adjacent-to-it/961476/129 "2022-05-17T03:04:45Z")
Yeah, as a side-note, once I had the pleasure of flying in a small commercial airplane (Horizon Air?) from Port Angeles to Sea-Tac on a bright, crystal-clear day, and perfect views of everything from Baker to Rainier - one of the best flights of my life (and the only time I was able to see the landing approach looking forward instead of from the side, and realized how the pilot nosed-down the plane toward the runway numbers, which was the only thing visible out the front windshield for a few seconds - an interesting feeling!). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-have-a-natural-wonder-or-landmark-right-in-the-city-or-at-least-adjacent-to-it/961476.md?page=6)