#51Canada · Nature · North America
Banff
Turquoise lakes, high passes, and a national park town that still feels like a trailhead.
8.0/10 · 3 ratings
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#52United States · Nature · North America
Shenandoah National Park
Skyline Drive, 105 miles of Blue Ridge overlooks.
8.0/10 · 3 ratings
#53United States · Nature · North America
Indiana Dunes National Park
Lake Michigan beaches in the shadow of the steel mills.
8.0/10 · 3 ratings
#54United States · Nature · North America
Badlands National Park
Striped buttes, mixed-grass prairie, and fossil beds in one glance.
8.0/10 · 3 ratings
#55United States · Nature · North America
New River Gorge National Park
The newest national park: a whitewater gorge and a famous bridge.
8.0/10 · 3 ratings
#56
United States · Nature · North America
Mammoth Cave National Park
The world's longest known cave system.
8.0/10 · 3 ratings
#57United States · Nature · North America
Mesa Verde National Park
Ancestral Pueblo cliff dwellings on a green mesa.
8.0/10 · 3 ratings
#58United States · Nature · North America
Glacier Bay National Park
Tidewater glaciers and a bay you usually see from a ship or a kayak.
8.0/10 · 3 ratings
#59United States · Nature · North America
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
A dark, steep slice of rock that photographs like a secret.
8.0/10 · 3 ratings
#60United States · Nature · North America
Katmai National Park
Brown bears fishing Brooks Falls, and a volcanic valley.
8.0/10 · 3 ratings
#61United States · Nature · Oceania
National Park of American Samoa
The only U.S. national park south of the equator.
8.0/10 · 3 ratings
#62United States · Nature · North America
Lake Clark National Park
Tundra, volcanoes, and bears, a short flight from Anchorage.
8.0/10 · 3 ratings
#63United States · Nature · North America
Gates of the Arctic National Park
No roads, no trails, no visitor center inside the park.
8.0/10 · 3 ratings
#64United States · Nature · North America
Joshua Tree National Park
Two deserts, one twisted tree, and a climber's playground.
7.8/10 · 4 ratings
#65United States · Nature · North America
Sequoia National Park
The General Sherman Tree and a grove that resets your sense of scale.
7.8/10 · 4 ratings
#66United States · Nature · North America
Kings Canyon National Park
A deep Sierra canyon next door to Sequoia.
7.8/10 · 4 ratings
#67United States · Nature · North America
North Cascades National Park
The American Alps, with fewer people than the name deserves.
7.8/10 · 4 ratings