Hell’s Gate National Park is a relatively small preserve about 56 miles away from Nairobi in Kenya. It’s home to all sorts of wildlife, from leopards and baboons to rare vultures and hyraxes ...

The 16th-century German scholar Caspar Peucer claimed that the gates to hell could be found in “the bottomless abyss of Hekla Fell” (pictured). Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images.

Hell’s Gate, Kenya. In Kenya, Africa, there is the Hell’s Gate National Park, located in Nakuru County. It is situated between Lake Naivasha and the Longonot and Suswa volcanoes.