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Katmai National Park

Famous for Brooks Falls, where brown bears gather each summer to catch salmon leaping upstream — accessible only by floatplane.

Two desert ecosystems meet here, dotted with the park’s namesake spiky yucca trees and giant rock formations popular with climbers.

A remote wilderness island in Lake Superior reachable only by ferry or seaplane, known for backcountry hiking and one of

Rolling sand dunes and beaches along Lake Michigan’s southern shore, with surprising botanical diversity for how close it sits to

The smallest and one of the oldest national parks, centered on a row of historic bathhouses fed by naturally occurring

Active volcanic landscape on the Big Island, home to Kīlauea, with steaming craters, lava fields, and native rainforest along the

A dormant volcanic summit on Maui rising above the clouds, famous for sunrise viewing over its massive crater, plus a

Home to Guadalupe Peak, the highest point in Texas, and McKittrick Canyon’s fall foliage — a rugged, lightly visited park

The most-visited national park in the U.S., with misty forested ridges, over 800 miles of trails, and historic Appalachian settler

The tallest sand dunes in North America, rising against the backdrop of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains — popular for