Ever since Yellowstone National Park was established in 1972, countries all over the world have since followed in America’s footsteps and established their own National Parks, but nowhere else has quite such a variety of landscapes than the good old US of A. Today, the States has 63 National Parks, ranging from the crags of Colarado's Rocky Mountains to the sprawling deserts and canyons of Utah's Zion and the glacier-carved valleys of Alaska's Gates of the Arctic. So, whether you are an expert hiker, keen climber, happy camper or merely seek to view some of world's most impressive landscapes, the American wilderness is ripe to be explored
US National Parks
Welcome
Visiting the UNITED STATES NATIONAL PARKS • SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT DESTINATIONS IN AMERICA CAN BE FOUND IN ITS NATIONAL PARKS…
Planning YOUR TRIP • WHAT TO BRING, WHEN TO GO AND HOW TO GET TO A US NATIONAL PARK
Hit the Road
GET THE PARK APP
WHAT TO DO IN THE GREAT Outdoors • FROM CASUAL STROLLS AND WILDLIFE SPOTTING TO SOME OF THE MOST EXTREME SPORTS IN THE WORLD…
Activities KEY • ON EACH NATIONAL PARK PAGE, YOU'LL FIND ICONS THAT ILLUSTRATE WHAT FACILITIES AND ACTIVITIES ARE AVAILABLE TO ENJOY AT THAT PARK. HERE IS THE KEY TO WHAT ALL OF THOSE ICONS MEAN…
PACIFIC STATES & ISLANDS
WRANGELL–ST ELIAS • THE WINTER WONDERLAND SIX TIMES THE SIZE OF YELLOWSTONE
DENALI • EXPLORE THE RUGGED WILDERNESS OF THE USA’S COLD NORTH
GATES OF THE ARCTIC • LEAVE THE WORLD OF HUMANS BEHIND AS YOU ENTER THE ARCTIC CIRCLE
KATMAI • ESTABLISHED TO PROTECT THE VALLEY OF TEN THOUSAND SMOKES, KATMAI PERSONIFIES ALASKA’S WILDS
LAKE CLARK • REMARKABLY REMOTE, THE ONLY ROAD HERE IS THE ROAD LESS TRAVELLED
KOBUK VALLEY • SAND DUNES ABOVE THE ARCTIC CIRCLE: ONE REASON AMONG MANY TO VISIT KOBUK VALLEY
KENAI FJORDS • ICE AND FORESTS, MOUNTAINS AND SEA: KENAI FJORDS IS A MASTERFUL MOSAIC
GLACIER BAY • FROM A BEAUTIFUL BAY TO IMPOSING FJORDS, GLACIER BAY IS DAZZLING AND UNIQUE
MOUNT RAINIER • THIS ACTIVE VOLCANO IS THE BEAUTIFUL BEATING HEART OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON
OLYMPIC • DISCOVER LEGENDARY BEACHES, FORESTS AND THE OTHER MOUNT OLYMPUS
NORTH CASCADES • WHY THIS HIKING AND BACKPACKING MECCA SHOULD NOT BE MISSED
CRATER LAKE • VISIT THE HOME OF THE DEEPEST LAKE IN THE UNITED STATES
YOSEMITE • WHERE GRANITE MOUNTAINS CARVED BY ANCIENT GLACIERS PROVIDE A SAFE HAVEN FOR WILDLIFE
JOSHUA TREE • THIS DESERT PARK’S OFTEN BIZARRE LANDSCAPE, GEOLOGY AND FAUNA IS A LAND OF MYTH, MAGIC AND EVEN SPIRITUALITY
KING’S CANYON • COME TO THIS LAND OF THE GIANTS FOR ITS BIG OLD TREES – AND STAY FOR THE UNSPOILED MOUNTAINS, FOREST AND RIVERS
SEQUOIA • EXPLORE THIS MAJESTIC LANDSCAPE WHERE NATURE’S CREATIONS DWARF EVERYTHING
DEATH VALLEY • UNFORGIVING TEMPERATURES MAKE WAY FOR UNFORGETTABLE MEMORIES IN THIS LANDSCAPE
LASSEN VOLCANIC • THE TRANQUIL MEETS THE EXPLOSIVE AT THIS SEISMOLOGY LOVER’S WONDERLAND
REDWOOD • BREATHE SALTY PACIFIC AIR AND THE SCENTS AND SENSATIONS OF REDWOOD’S TOWERING ANCIENT COASTAL FORESTS
PINNACLES • A LITTLE POCKET OF HEAVEN JUST OFF HIGHWAY 101 – WHAT IT LACKS IN SIZE, PINNACLES MAKES UP FOR IN ADVENTURE
CHANNEL ISLANDS • THE REMOTENESS OF ‘AMERICA’S GALAPAGOS’ ISLAND MEANS AN ABUNDANCE OF WILDLIFE TO SPY ON, WHETHER THROUGH BINOCULARS OR A DIVING MASK
HAWAII VOLCANOES • A LIVING, CONSTANTLY CHANGING NATIONAL PARK – AND IT’S STILL GROWING!
HALEAKALA • HALEAKALA, OR ‘HOUSE OF THE SUN’ IN HAWAIIAN, HAS SOLAR WONDERS AND MUCH MORE
AMERICAN SAMOA • EXPLORE SEAS AND SUMMITS IN THE USA’S SOUTH PACIFIC PARADISE
SOUTHWEST &...
