U.S. National Parks

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America's Sanctuaries

The U.S. National Park Service preserves 390 parks, historic sites, memorials, and recreation areas that attract nearly 300 million visits every year. There are 58 national parks in the system, as varied as the country that houses them. Yellowstone thrills visitors with its explosive grandeur, Acadia charms with its carriage roads. The giant wonders of Sequoia, the Everglades' "river of grass," the natural skyscrapers of Arches, the frozen beauty of Wrangell-St. Elias—to experience them all would take a lifetime. A British diplomat once called national parks the best idea America ever had. See for yourself.

U.S. National Parks Features

Quiz: Weird and Wild Animals of the National Parks

How much do you know about the star-nosed mole found in Acadia National Park? What about hagfish or kangaroo rats? Test your knowledge with this quiz.

America's Ultimate Parks 2009

Adventure magazine presents their picks for the nine best parks in the country. Get tips on what to do and where to stay, and see which parks made the list.

Threatened Sanctuaries

National parks have an aura of sacred permanence as places that society has chosen to set aside and protect forevermore. But how long is forevermore?

Free National Park Weekends

To stimulate summer vacations at national parks, the U.S. National Park Service is waiving fees at 147 destinations on three weekends this summer.

All National Parks

Acadia National Park	Arches National Park	Badlands National Park	Big Bend National Park	Biscayne National Park
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park	Bryce Canyon National Park	Canyonlands National Park	Capitol Reef National Park	Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Channel Islands National Park	Congaree National Park	Crater Lake National Park	Cuyahoga Valley National Park	Death Valley National Park
Denali National Park	Dry Tortugas National Park	Everglades National Park	Gates of the Arctic National Park	Glacier Bay National Park
Glacier National Park	Grand Canyon National Park	Grand Teton National Park	Great Basin National Park	Great Sand Dunes National Park
Great Smoky Mountains National Park	Guadalupe Mountains National Park	Haleakalā National Park	Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park	Hot Springs National Park
Isle Royale National Park	Joshua Tree National Park	Katmai National Park	Kenai Fjords National Park	Kobuk Valley National Park
Lake Clark National Park	Lassen Volcanic National Park	Mammoth Cave National Park	Mesa Verde National Park	Mount Rainier National Park
National Park of American Samoa	North Cascades National Park	Olympic National Park	Petrified Forest National Park	Redwood National Park
Rocky Mountain National Park	Saguaro National Park	Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks	Shenandoah National Park	Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Virgin Islands National Park	Voyageurs National Park	Wind Cave National Park	Wrangell-St. Elias National Park	Yellowstone National Park
Yosemite National Park	Zion National Park

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