The Empty Interior

The Empty Interior and Long Island have almost opposite physical features. With Long Island being very flat, the highest elevation being Jaynes Hill according to the NED, National Elevation Dataset, being 387 feet. In contrast to the Empty Interior with the massive Rocky Mountains, which dwarf the elevations on the east coast of the United States and Long Island. Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado is a great place to see parts of the Rockies.

Here is a great flight clip of the central rockies, if you compare it to the flight clips I have posted in an earlier Long Island post, the differences are astounding.

Other than the massive mountain ranges that contrast Long Island, there are a few things in common with The Empty Interior and Long Island. Tourism as a source of income being one of the biggest.  The many national parks spread throughout the Empty Interior, as well as Ski areas, and fishing spots bring quite a bit of money into an otherwise lessened economic zone, not to mention Las Vegas! Well Long Island has The Hamptons, Fire Island and many small villages steeped in local and regional history going back to the 17th century.

The Empty Interior can offer a variety of tourist attractions:

Here is just a little taste of what Long Island can offer tourists:

The Empty Interior was mostly populated by peoples of northern european decent, and many of the people of Long Island also share this common ancestry.