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Yellowstone National Park
Established in 1872, Yellowstone National Park is America's first national park. Preserved within Yellowstone National Park are Old Faithful and a collection of the world's most extraordinary geysers and hot springs, and the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. |
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Grand Teton National Park Grand Teton National Park protects stunning mountain scenery and a diverse array of wildlife. Rising more than 7,000 feet above the valley of Jackson Hole, the Teton Range dominates the park’s skyline.
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Yosemite National Park Yosemite National Park has a variety of terrain, from picturesque valleys with granite cliffs and spectacular waterfalls to giant sequoia trees and expansive wilderness areas.
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Redwood National Park
The ancient coast redwood ecosystem preserved in the park contains some of the planet's most majestic forests.
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Sequoia National Park
Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks are a dynamic landscape of granite, marble and other forms of rock, carved by rivers and glaciers into canyons, towering rugged peaks and miles of underground caverns.
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Glacier National Park
A few glaciers can still be seen in Glacier National Park, with their blue ice and crevasses distinguishing them from the hundreds of snowfields that lie above the timberline.
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Grand Canyon National Park
Unique combinations of geologic color and erosional forms decorate a canyon that is 277 river miles long, up to 18 miles wide, and a mile deep.
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Great Smoky Mountains National Park encompasses over 800 square miles in the Southern Appalachian Mountains. It represents the largest federally protected mountainous area east of the Mississippi River.
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Shenandoah National Park
Most of Shenandoah’s landscape is forested. These green plants create an air-born water that from a distance creates a faint haze giving the Blue Ridge Mountains their name. The Blue Ridge Parkway connects Shenandoah National Park with Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
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Rocky Mountain National Park
Rocky Mountain National Park also has 150 lakes and 450 miles of streams, including the headwaters of the Colorado River.More than one-third of the park is above treeline (11,200-11,500').
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Arches National Park
Arches National Park contains over 2,000 arch formations! These Arches formed over millions of years of erosion. New arches are still being created in the national park today.
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Canyonlands National Park
Canyonland National Park preserves a colorful landscape eroded into countless canyons, mesas and buttes by the Colorado River, the Green River and their tributaries. The rivers divide the park into four districts: the Island in the Sky, the Needles, the Maze and the rivers themselves.
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Tag-A-Long Expeditions
White Water Rafting and Land Safaris in, and around, Canyonlands and Arches National Parks
San Juan Huts
Mountain Bike from the high alpine tundra of the San Juan Mountains to the desert slick rock and canyon country of Utah.
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Zion National Park
Zion National Park is characterized by high plateaus, a maze of narrow, deep sandstone canyons and striking rock towers and mesas.
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Mount Rainier National Park
Mount Rainier National Park encompasses 36 square miles, including Mt. Rainier itself, which is the tallest volcano and fifth highest peak in the contiguous United States.
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Olympic National Park
Olympic National Park protects one of the largest remaining blocks of old growth forest and temperate rain forest in the lower 48 states.
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Denali National Park
Denali National Park and Preserve is famous for its rugged peaks (including Mt. McKinley, the highest mountain in North America), spectacular landscapes, and abundant wildlife.
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Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Cuyahoga Valley National Park covers 33,000 acres along the banks of the Cuyahoga River just a short drive from the major metropolitan areas of Cleveland and Akron.
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Acadia National Park
Acadia National Park is mostly surrounded by the ocean, but it also hosts a wide variety of freshwater, estuarine, forest, and intertidal habitats, and includes the highest point on the U.S. Atlantic coast, Cadillac Mountain, standing at 1,530 feet.
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Big Bend National Park
Big Bend National Park is located in southwest Texas, hundreds of miles from the nearest cities and transportation hubs.
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Everglades National Park
Everglades National Park is the largest subtropical wilderness in the United States and hosts plant and animal species not found elsewhere on the planet.
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Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park highlights two of the world's most active volcanoes, and offers insights on the birth of the Hawaiian Islands.
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| National Park Photos Courtesy of The National Park Service |
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