The Great Falls of the Passaic River is in the middle of Paterson, NJ Great Falls (Passaic River) - Wikipedia I saw those long before The Sopranos was a thing.
Visited Montmorency Falls, just outside of Quebec City, QC, Canada Montmorency Falls - Wikipedia Those stairs are slippery!
For another (smaller) South African example, the town of Howick sits right next to the top of Howick Falls on the uMngeni River.
Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre in Morrison, CO, which is a suburb of Denver.
Baltimore native here. City Hall is a block away from The Block. You’re probably thinking about the HQ of the Central District of the Baltimore Police Department, which is at the east end of The Block.
Also, I’d quibble about the characterization of The Block as a “Red Light” district. While there undoudtedly is and always has been prostitution in and around The Block, the area is primarily famous for the burlesque clubs that operated there for most of the 20th Century, most notably the Gayety and the Two O’clock club, which was owned by Blaze Starr, probably The Block’s most famous stripper.
The Palisades are right across from Manhattan. I grew up in central NJ and it’s easy to forget the cliffs are there unless you take the George Washington Bridge or Lincoln Tunnel (beautiful view but that toll plaza is garbage).
I took a ferry up the Hudson to West Point about 16 years ago and I was completely blown away by how gorgeous that ride was.
Interesting how many of the above I’ve been to. The area around Portland is lousy with waterfalls, including Multnomah Falls, Oregon’s highest.
And Mt. Hood can be seen from downtown Portland.
On a clear day, Denali can be seen from Anchorage, 240 miles away.
A 40 minute drive is not what I would call very close.
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I consider Alum Rock Park, which is part of San Jose, to be a natural wonder, what with it’s medicinal springs, and so forth.
Nice and certainly a tourist attraction, but not a Natural Wonder.
Good one. Certainly a Natural Wonder.
The Golden Gate is a natural wonder. The Golden Gate Bridge is not.
I’d argue the Golden Gate is absolutely a natural wonder. The Golden Gate Bridge on the other hand is an engineering wonder.
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Okay, I can see your point.
I hate to admit how old I was before I knew the bridge was named after the harbor opening rather than vice-versa.
Lake Havasu City in Arizona has London Bridge…
Here’s what it looked like in London…
And Watkins Glen, NY has Watkins Glen.
Not sure how large a feature needs to be to qualify, but there’s also neighboring Montour Falls.
Cleveland, OH directly borders on a national park (Cuyahoga Valley N. P.). Though, while scenic, it doesn’t really hold a candle to Yellowstone, Yosemite, or Glacier.
Mt. Rainier absolutely looms over Tacoma. It is also very visible from Seattle.
Twin Falls, Idaho has Shoshone Falls, the impressive Perrine Memorial Bridge over the Snake River Canyon and the site of Evel Knievel’s ill-fated canyon jump launch pad.
Hey, I saw her perform there at the Two O’clock club, back in the mid 70’s! A natural wonder, for sure! Really quite classy, unlike most other performers in the other joints on the Block.
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If 100 km / 60 miles is “pretty darn close,” then I suppose so. It’s actually not visible from many places in Tokyo because of the various hills, also I lived in one of the many “Fujimi” (place you can see Fuji) in Tokyo.
OTOH, Sakurajima, the most active volcano in Japan is 4 km across the bay from Kagoshima and 4,500 live at the base of the volcano itself.
My white shirts would get gray from the ash on days the wind blew the wrong way.