Sightseeing/Overlooks -

Zion National Park

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

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

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

Two districts flanking Tucson protect dense forests of the towering saguaro cactus, the enduring symbol of the American Southwest.

Home to General Sherman, the largest tree on Earth by volume, and vast groves of giant sequoias in the southern

Alpine tundra above 12,000 feet, Trail Ridge Road (the highest continuous paved road in the U.S.), and abundant elk make

Colorful badlands strewn with 200-million-year-old fossilized logs, plus Painted Desert overlooks along a single scenic drive.

Jagged, glacier-covered peaks and turquoise alpine lakes earn this park the nickname ‘the American Alps’ — one of the least-visited