Channel Islands National Park
California
Channel Islands are California's Galapagos, where isolation has created a unique ecosystem with endemic species, pristine waters, and some of the world's largest sea caves.
Crater Lake National Park
Oregon
Crater Lake's impossibly blue waters fill the caldera of an ancient volcano, creating the deepest lake in America and one of the most stunning natural wonders in the world.
Kings Canyon National Park
California
Kings Canyon carves one of the deepest canyons in North America beneath granite cliffs, while massive sequoias stand guard in Grant Grove.
Lassen Volcanic National Park
California
Lassen Volcanic protects the southernmost active volcano in the Cascades, where all four types of volcanoes exist alongside boiling springs and fumaroles.
Mount Rainier National Park
Washington
Mount Rainier's glacier-clad peak dominates the Pacific Northwest skyline, rising 14,411 feet above subalpine meadows carpeted with wildflowers.
North Cascades National Park
Washington
North Cascades is America's Alps, a rugged wilderness of jagged peaks, over 300 glaciers, and turquoise lakes that remains one of the least-visited national parks.
Olympic National Park
Washington
Olympic encompasses three dramatically different ecosystems—glacier-capped peaks, old-growth temperate rainforests, and over 70 miles of wild Pacific coastline—all in one park.
Pinnacles National Park
California
Pinnacles protects the dramatic rock spires and talus caves of an ancient volcano, now a key release site for endangered California Condors.
Redwood National and State Parks
California
Redwood protects nearly half of all remaining old-growth coast redwoods, including the tallest trees on Earth rising over 350 feet into the fog-shrouded sky.
Sequoia National Park
California
Sequoia is home to the General Sherman Tree, the largest living thing on Earth, along with groves of ancient giants that tower over 250 feet tall.
Yosemite National Park
California
Yosemite Valley is a natural cathedral of granite cliffs, thundering waterfalls, and ancient giant sequoias that inspired the American conservation movement.