Great Basin National Park is a United States national park located in White Pine County, east-central Nevada, near the Utah border. The park was established in 1986, 40 years ago. Most visitors enter the park through Nevada State Route 488, which connects to U.S.
Grand Teton National Park is a national park in northwestern Wyoming, United States. It covers about 310,000 acres (130,000 hectares; 1,300 square kilometers). The park includes the major mountains of the 40-mile-long (64 kilometers) Teton Range and most of the northern part of Jackson Hole, a valley.
Grand Canyon National Park is a national park in the United States located in northwestern Arizona. It is the 15th place to be named a national park. The park’s main feature is the Grand Canyon, a deep gorge formed by the Colorado River, which is often called one of the Wonders of the World.
Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve is a national park in the United States located in Southeast Alaska, west of Juneau. President Calvin Coolidge declared the area around Glacier Bay a national monument under the Antiquities Act on February 26, 1925. After President Jimmy Carter expanded the monument in 1978, the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) increased the monument by 523,000 acres (817.2 square miles; 2,116.5 square kilometers) on December 2, 1980.
Glacier National Park is a national park in the United States located in northwestern Montana, near the Canada–United States border. The park covers more than 1 million acres (4,100 km²) and includes parts of two mountain ranges (sub-ranges of the Rocky Mountains), more than 130 named lakes, over 1,000 plant species, and hundreds of animal species. This large, untouched ecosystem is called the “Crown of the Continent Ecosystem,” a protected area covering 16,000 mi² (41,000 km²).
Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve is a national park in the United States that protects parts of the Central Brooks Range in northern Alaska. It is the northernmost national park in the United States, located entirely north of the Arctic Circle. The total area of the park and preserve is the second largest in the U.S., covering 8,472,506 acres (13,238 square miles; 34,287 square kilometers).
Everglades National Park is a United States national park that protects the southern twenty percent of the original Everglades in Florida. The park is the biggest tropical wilderness area in the United States and the largest wilderness area east of the Mississippi River. About one million people visit the park each year.
Dry Tortugas National Park is a United States national park located about 68 miles (109 km) west of Key West in the Gulf of Mexico. The park protects Fort Jefferson and the Dry Tortugas islands, which are the westernmost and most remote of the Florida Keys. The group of islands has coral reefs that are among the least disturbed in the Florida Keys.
Denali National Park and Preserve, which was previously called Mount McKinley National Park, is a United States national park and preserve located in Interior Alaska. It is centered on Denali, the tallest mountain in North America. The park and its connected preserve cover 6,045,153 acres, which is larger than the state of New Hampshire.
Death Valley National Park is a national park in the United States that lies between California and Nevada, to the east of the Sierra Nevada mountains. The park includes Death Valley, the northern part of Panamint Valley, the southern part of Eureka Valley, and most of Saline Valley. The park is located where the dry Great Basin and Mojave deserts meet.