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Lassen Volcanic National Park

All four types of volcano found on Earth exist within this one park, alongside boiling mud pots, steam vents, and

Remarkably preserved Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwellings built into canyon walls, including Cliff Palace, the largest in North America.

Home to some of the deepest canyons in the U.S. and giant sequoia groves, managed jointly with neighboring Sequoia National

Remote Arctic dunes and the Kobuk River, home to the twice-yearly caribou migration — one of the least-visited parks in

Volcanoes, glaciers, salmon-filled rivers, and prime bear-viewing at Silver Salmon Creek — reachable only by small plane from Anchorage.

Tidewater glaciers, fjords, and abundant marine wildlife just outside Seward, one of the more accessible Alaska parks thanks to boat

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

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

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

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