Grassy hilltop parks, Lafayette and Alta Plaza, in Pacific Heights, San Francisco, with benches provide sweeping views of the city and dramatic cloud formations.


Grassy hilltop parks, Lafayette and Alta Plaza, in Pacific Heights, San Francisco, with benches provide sweeping views of the city and dramatic cloud formations.
Natural benches to view the Tetons and their reflections
A Great Egret eyeing a bench at Swan Lake Iris Gardens, Sumter, South Carolina
Benches provide an ideal spot for peace and reflection at Lake Junaluska, North Carolina
A natural stone and wooden bench, against a backdrop of wild flowers, in the gardens at The Highlands Biological Station, Nature Center, and Botanical Gardens, North Carolina
A bench to enjoy the serenity of the North Carolina lush green landscape near Highlands
A bench to view the flowing water of Reedy River Falls in Greenville, South Carolina
Riverbend Park on Catawba River (near Hickory) offers multiple hiking trails and even benches to relax and watch the flowing water
On a secluded stretch of Sunset Beach far from the nearest public access point and nestled between sand dunes is an unlikely sight – a mailbox…with benches next to it. The bench is where you sit to pen your innermost thoughts; the mailbox is where you place the journal when you are done. The Kindred Spirit Mailbox holds the wishes, thoughts, prayers and dreams of those who walk the 30 minutes to share and bare their soul and draw comfort from the act of doing so while enjoying the soothing sounds and sights of undeveloped beach, ocean and horizon.