Yosemite National Park
California
Experience towering waterfalls, giant sequoias, and vast wilderness in California's Sierra Nevada mountains.
Explore America's National Parks
Find detailed guides for all 63 U.S. national parks including trails, entrance fees, operating hours, wildlife, and visitor tips.
Zion National Park
Utah
Explore dramatic red cliffs, emerald pools, and waterfalls in this Utah desert paradise.
Acadia National Park
Maine
Discover rugged coastlines, peaceful woodlands, and granite peaks along Maine's Atlantic shore.
Aleutian Islands World War II National Historic Area
AK
The remote Aleutian Islands, home to the Unangax̂ (Aleut) people for over 8,000 years, became a fiercely contested Pacific battleground in …
Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site
PA
The first railroad to cross the Allegheny Mountains, the Allegheny Portage Railroad was the final piece of the Pennsylvania Main Line Canal…
Rabbit Valley Trail Through Time and Mygatt‑Moore Quarry
The Rabbit Valley Trail Through Time begins at the Mygatt‑Moore Quarry, where visitors can view active dinosaur fossil excavations during c…
Constitution Gardens
DC
Officially established in 1965, National Mall and Memorial Parks actually protects some of the older parkland in the National Park System. …
Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
WI
Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, located at the northern tip of Wisconsin's Bayfield Peninsula, features 21 stunning islands, a scenic 1…
Appalachian National Scenic Trail
CT,GA,MA,MD,ME,NC,NH,NJ,NY,PA,TN,VA,VT,WV
The Appalachian Trail is a 2,190+ mile long public footpath that traverses the scenic, wooded, pastoral, wild, and culturally resonant land…
Arkansas Post National Memorial
AR
Located at the confluence of two rivers, Arkansas Post has served as a gathering place for many cultures throughout human history - it repr…
Booker T Washington National Monument
VA
Booker T. Washington was born a slave in April 1856 on the 207-acre farm of James Burroughs. After the Civil War, Washington became the fir…
Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area
MA
. . . where you can walk a Civil War-era fort, view historic lighthouses, explore tide pools, hike lush trails, camp under the stars, or re…
Alcatraz Island
CA
Alcatraz reveals stories of American incarceration, justice, and our common humanity. This small island was once a fort, a military prison,…
Amache National Historic Site
CO
Amache, also known as the Granada Relocation Center, near Granada, Colorado was one of ten incarceration sites established by the War Reloc…
Andrew Johnson National Historic Site
TN
Andrew Johnson's complex presidency (1865-69) illustrates the Constitution at work following the Civil War. As the President and Congress d…
Bryce Canyon National Park
UT
Hoodoos (irregular columns of rock) exist on every continent, but here is the largest concentration found anywhere on Earth. Situated along…
Cabrillo National Monument
CA
In 1542, Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo climbed out of his boat and onto shore, becoming the first European to set foot on what is now the West Co…
Camp Nelson National Monument
KY
The US Army established Camp Nelson as a fortified supply depot in April 1863. Over the next 3 years, the site evolved into a massive recru…
Aniakchak National Monument & Preserve
AK
Given its remote location and challenging weather conditions, Aniakchak is one of the most wild and least visited places in the National Pa…
Badlands National Park
SD
The rugged beauty of the Badlands draws visitors from around the world. These striking geologic deposits contain one of the world’s richest…
Bandelier National Monument
NM
Bandelier National Monument protects over 33,000 acres of ruggedly beautiful canyon and mesa country. Petroglyphs, dwellings carved into th…
Canyon de Chelly National Monument
AZ
This canyon is home to Diné families who raise livestock, grow crops and live here. People have lived in these canyons for nearly 5,000 yea…
Big Bend National Park
TX
There is a place in Far West Texas where night skies are dark as coal and rivers carve temple-like canyons in ancient limestone. Here, at t…
Big Thicket National Preserve
TX
Life of all types abounds in the Big Thicket. This national preserve protects the incredible diversity of life found where multiple habitat…
Canyonlands National Park
UT
Canyonlands is a wilderness of canyons, buttes, and spires carved by the Colorado River and Green River. The park is divided into four dist…
Cape Cod National Seashore
MA
The great Outer Beach described by Thoreau in the 1800s is protected within the national seashore. Forty miles of pristine sandy beach, mar…
Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail
VA,MD,DE,DC,PA,NY
People first arrived in the Chesapeake Bay during the last ice age. As glaciers melted, diverse societies learned to thrive in a world of w…
Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument
PA
More than 7,800 children from 140 Tribes went to the Carlisle School from 1879 to 1918. The National Park Service will collaborate with fam…
Carlsbad Caverns National Park
NM
High ancient sea ledges, deep rocky canyons, flowering cactus, and desert wildlife—treasures above the ground in the Chihuahuan Desert. Hid…
American Memorial Park
MP
American Memorial Park honors the American and Marianas people who gave their lives during the Marianas Campaign of World War II. At the pa…
Cape Hatteras National Seashore
NC
The sound of ocean waves, the starry night sky, or the calm of the salt marshes, you can experience it all. Shaped by the forces of water, …
Casa Grande Ruins National Monument
AZ
An Ancestral Sonoran Desert People's farming community and "Great House" are preserved at Casa Grande Ruins. Whether a gathering place for …
Big Sky Byway
The 105-mile Big Sky Back Country Byway begins in Terry, MT, and travels north and south covering badlands and rolling prairies. The byway …
African Burial Ground National Monument
NY
The African Burial Ground stands as the oldest and largest known excavated burial site in North America for both free and enslaved Africans…
Ala Kahakai National Historic Trail
Established in 2000 to preserve, protect and interpret traditional Native Hawaiian culture and natural resources, Ala Kahakai National Hist…
Big Sheep Creek Back Country Byway
Discover one of southwest Montana’s hidden gems along the Big Sheep Creek Back Country Byway. From Interstate 15, just north of the Montana…
Congaree National Park
SC
Astonishing biodiversity exists in Congaree National Park, the largest intact expanse of old growth bottomland hardwood forest remaining in…
Ala Kahakai National Historic Trail
HI
Established in 2000 to preserve, protect and interpret traditional Native Hawaiian culture and natural resources, Ala Kahakai National Hist…
Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge
Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge is located in the San Luis Valley, a high mountain basin located in south-central Colorado. It’s one o…
Chickasaw National Recreation Area
Springs, streams, lakes - whatever its form, water is the attraction at Chickasaw National Recreation Area.