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National Parks
Great Smoky Mountains National Park encompasses over 800 square miles in the Southern Appalachian Mountains and forms the boundary between the states of Tennessee and North Carolina. Elevations in the park range from 875 to 6,643 feet and it represents the largest federally protected mountainous area east of the Mississippi River. |
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Established in 1872, Yellowstone National Park is America's first national park. A majority of Yellowstone is located in northwest Wyoming, however the park boundaries spillover into southwest Montana, and northeastern Idaho. 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. The park is home to a large variety of wildlife including grizzly bears, wolves, bison, and elk. |
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The only true way to grasp the size, ruggedness and beauty of Grand Teton National Park is the stand at the base of these towering peaks. 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. The elevation of the park ranges from 6,400 feet on the sagebrush-dominated valley floor to 13,770 feet on the windswept granite summit of the Grand Teton. |
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Yosemite National Park encompasses nearly 1,200 square miles of California's Sierra Nevada Mountains. The Park was one of the first wilderness parks established in the United States and ranges in altitude from 2,000 feet to more than 13,000 feet above sea level. 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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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. While these areas share a primitive desert atmosphere, each retains its own character and offers different opportunities for exploration. There are no roads that directly link each district, so getting to each district will take some driving time on paved highways. |
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Located just outside of Moab, Utah, on the red cliffs overlooking the Colorado River, Arches National Park is a geologic wonderland. These Arches formed over millions of years of erosion. New arches still being created in the national park today. Arches National Park contains over 2,000 arch formations! |
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Crater Lake National Park covers an area of 249 square miles primarily focused on Crater Lake itself. Crater Lake is not a meteor crater, but rather is a volcanic caldera – a hole made by the collapse of a volcano. Volcanic eruptions built up a 10,000 – 12,0000 foot mountain now called Mt. Mazama until seven thousand seven hundred years ago, when the volcano exploded in a cataclysmic eruption. During this eruption, so much material was evacuated from the internal magma chamber that the remaining mountain collapsed and the caldera that we now see today half filled with water. |
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Acadia National Park is made up of a cluster of islands encompasses 45,000 acres on the rugged coast of Maine. 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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Hawaii Volcanoes National Park highlights two of the world's most active volcanoes, and offers insights on the birth of the Hawaiian Islands. Accessibility to the ongoing eruptions of Kilauea Volcano and the periodic eruptions of Mauna Loa, offers opportunity for the scientist and casual observer alike, to witness the formation of an array of astounding geologic features including new cinder cones, glowing pit craters, rivers of lava and fountains of spatter. |
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Zion National Park is characterized by high plateaus, a maze of narrow, deep sandstone canyons and striking rock towers and mesas. Geologic processes have played an important role in shaping Zion. The arid climate and sparse vegetation allow the exposure of large expanses of bare rock that have created scenic canyons with sandstone cliffs ranging in color from cream, to pink, to red. |
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