US National Parks Travel Guide

Rocky Mountain National Park: Established on January 26, 1915, Rocky Mountain National Park is a living showcase of the grandeur of the Rocky Mountains. With elevations ranging from 8,000 feet in the wet, grassy valleys to 14,259 feet at the weather-ravaged top of Longs Peak. Wildflower-lovers are never disappointed in June and July when the meadows and hillsides are splashed with botanical color. More :: Lodging :: Wildlife

Yellowstone National Park: Yellowstone is famous for hosting more than 10,000-plus hot springs and geysers, the majority of the planet’s total. Yellowstone’s geothermal wonders are created by one of the world’s largest active volcanoes; its last eruption caused a crater or caldera that spans almost half of the parks size. More :: Lodging :: Wildlife

Grand Teton National Park: Grand Teton National Park is located in northwestern Wyoming. Grand Teton National Park protects stunning mountain scenery and a diverse array of wildlife. The central feature of the park is the Teton Range - an active, fault-block, 40-mile-long mountain front. More :: Lodging :: Wildlife

Yosemite National Park: Yosemite National Park embraces a spectacular tract of mountain-and-valley scenery in the Sierra Nevada, which was set aside as a national park in 1890. The park harbors a grand collection of waterfalls, meadows, and forests that include groves of giant sequoias, the world"s largest living things. More :: Lodging :: Wildlife

Olympic National Park: Glacier capped mountains, wild Pacific coast and magnificent stands of old-growth forests, including temperate rain forests -- at Olympic National Park, you can find all three. About 95% of the park is designated wilderness, which further protects these diverse and spectacular ecosystems.  More :: Lodging

Great Smoky Mountains National Park: Great Smoky Mountains National Park, established in June of 1934, is one of the largest protected areas in the Eastern United States. World renowned for the diversity of its plant and animal life, the beauty of its ancient mountains, the quality of its remnants of Southern Appalachian mountain culture, and the depth and integrity of its wilderness sanctuary, the park attracts over nine million visitors each year. More :: Lodging

US National Monuments
From Devils Tower to White Sands National Monument, the US has an abundance of these gorgeous parks.

White Sands National Monument: Great wave-like dunes of gypsum sand have engulfed 275 square miles of desert and have created the worlds largest gypsum dune field. More
Pinnacles National Monument: Massive monoliths, spires, sheer-walled canyons and talus passages define millions of years of erosion, faulting and tectonic plate movement. More

More Popular National Parks and Monuments
Arches & Canyonlands National Parks : Yellowstone : Grand Canyon : Great Smoky Mountains National Park : Bryce Canyon & Zion National Parks : Yosemite : Joshua Tree : Rocky Mountain and Glacier National Parks : Dinosaur National Monument : Acadia National Park : Death Valley National Park : White Sands

Featured Road Trip
The Grand Circle Road Trip
Mileage: Approximately 1187 miles.
Points of Interest: Zion National Park, Bryce Canyon National Park, Capitol Reef National Park, Arches National Park, Canyonlands National Park, Monument Valley Tribal Park and the Grand Canyon. Learn more about this road trip or other Road Trips!

Acadia : Arches : Badlands : Big Bend : Biscayne : Black Canyon of the Gunnison : Bryce Canyon : Canyonlands : Capitol Reef : Carlsbad Caverns : Cedar Breaks NM : Crater Lake : Death Valley : Dinosaur NM : Everglades : Glacier : Grand Canyon : Grand Teton : Great Basin : Great Sand Dunes : Great Smoky Mountains : Guadalupe Mountains : Isle Royale : Joshua Tree : Kings Canyon/Sequoia : Lassen Volcanic : Mesa Verde : Mount Rainier : North Cascades : Olympic : Petrified Forest : Redwood : Rocky Mountain : Saguaro : Shenandoah : Theodore Roosevelt : Voyageurs : Wind Cave : Yellowstone : Yosemite : Zion