Sep 14 2026
Utah contains five national parks, and together they form one of the greatest road-trip destinations in the United States. Zion, Bryce Canyon, Capitol Reef, Arches, and Canyonlands are often called Utah’s Mighty 5, but the name can make them sound more similar than they really are. Each park presents a different version of the Colorado …
Sep 13 2026
Few wildlife encounters capture the spirit of the North Dakota Badlands quite like watching a band of free-roaming horses cross the grasslands of Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Stallions stand watch over mares and foals, young horses chase one another across open prairie, and entire bands sometimes appear along distant ridges framed by colorful badland formations. …
Sep 01 2026
White Sands National Park is striking during the day, but the landscape changes completely after sunset. Beneath moonlight, the brilliant gypsum dunes can glow almost silver-white, shadows stretch across the rippled sand, and the surrounding Sacramento and San Andres Mountains fade into the darkness. Experiencing White Sands at night requires more planning than simply staying …
Aug 15 2026
Denali National Park and Preserve protects more than six million acres of mountains, tundra, taiga forest, braided rivers, glaciers, and largely roadless wilderness in the heart of Alaska. At its center rises North America’s highest mountain, a massive snow-and-ice-covered peak reaching 20,310 feet above sea level. Yet Denali is much more than its famous mountain. …
Aug 05 2026
Washington is home to three national parks, and together they protect an extraordinary cross-section of the Pacific Northwest. Mount Rainier National Park surrounds the highest mountain in the Cascade Range and some of the most celebrated wildflower meadows in America. Olympic National Park combines glacier-covered mountains, temperate rain forests, old-growth forests, lakes, rivers, and more …
Jun 24 2026
If you plan to visit several national parks or other federal recreation areas within a year, the America the Beautiful Pass can be one of the simplest ways to reduce entrance costs. Often casually called the “national park pass,” it actually covers far more than National Park Service sites, providing access to thousands of participating …
May 27 2026
Yellowstone National Park is a landscape of extremes: boiling geysers beside snow-covered mountains, enormous waterfalls cutting through volcanic rock, vast forests shaped by fire, high-elevation lakes, broad wildlife-filled valleys, and an active volcanic system still heating thousands of hydrothermal features beneath the surface. Spread across more than 2.2 million acres of Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho, …
May 26 2026
Glacier National Park protects more than one million acres of jagged mountains, glacier-carved valleys, turquoise lakes, alpine meadows, waterfalls, old-growth forests, and some of the wildest remaining landscapes in the northern Rocky Mountains. Located along the Canadian border in northwestern Montana, the park contains more than 700 miles of hiking trails, hundreds of lakes, extensive …
May 25 2026
Hidden in Grapevine Canyon in the remote northern reaches of Death Valley National Park stands one of the park’s most unusual landmarks. Scotty’s Castle, officially known as Death Valley Ranch, is a sprawling Spanish- and Mediterranean-influenced mansion surrounded by gardens, workshops, water systems, historic outbuildings, and the remains of an ambitious desert estate. Despite its …
May 14 2026
Seven days in Yellowstone National Park gives you something most visitors never have: time. Instead of rushing from Old Faithful to Yellowstone Falls to Lamar Valley in a frantic attempt to see the entire park in two or three days, a full week allows you to explore Yellowstone region by region. You can spend several …
