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American Samoa National Park

The only U.S. national park south of the equator, spread across three Samoan islands with rainforest-covered ridges, coral reefs, and

Towering red sandstone cliffs along the Virgin River, home to iconic hikes like Angels Landing and The Narrows.

The world’s first national park, famous for Old Faithful and thousands of other geothermal features, plus abundant wildlife including wolves,

Towering granite cliffs like El Capitan and Half Dome, waterfalls, and giant sequoia groves make Yosemite Valley one of the

The largest national park in the U.S. — bigger than Switzerland — with massive glaciers, volcanic peaks, and the historic

A water-based park along the Canadian border, best explored by boat or canoe across its interconnected lakes, with some of

Rolling white gypsum dunes stretching to the horizon in the Tularosa Basin — popular for sledding down the dunes at

Covering most of St. John, this park protects white-sand beaches, coral reefs, and Danish colonial ruins in the Caribbean.

Badlands scenery in three separate units where Theodore Roosevelt once ranched, with free-roaming bison, wild horses, and prairie dog towns.

Rolling Blue Ridge Mountain scenery along the 105-mile Skyline Drive, with waterfalls, wildlife, and fall foliage a short drive from