Arches National Park
Utah
Arches contains the world's largest concentration of natural stone arches, with more than 2,000 cataloged formations sculpted by millions of years of erosion.
Big Bend National Park
Texas
Big Bend encompasses the largest protected area of Chihuahuan Desert in the United States, where the Rio Grande carves dramatic canyons through ancient mountains.
Bryce Canyon National Park
Utah
Bryce Canyon's crimson-colored hoodoos rise like a forest of stone spires, creating one of the most otherworldly landscapes on Earth.
Canyonlands National Park
Utah
Canyonlands preserves a wilderness of rock at the heart of the Colorado Plateau, where countless canyons and mesas carved by the Colorado River create a rugged, remote landscape.
Capitol Reef National Park
Utah
Capitol Reef protects the spectacular Waterpocket Fold, a 100-mile wrinkle in the Earth's crust, along with historic orchards where visitors can pick fresh fruit.
Carlsbad Caverns National Park
New Mexico
Carlsbad Caverns features over 100 caves including the spectacular Big Room, plus nightly summer bat flights of hundreds of thousands of bats.
Death Valley National Park
California
Death Valley is a land of extremes: the hottest, driest, and lowest national park, where ancient salt flats, towering sand dunes, and colorful badlands reveal millions of years of geologic history.
Grand Canyon National Park
Arizona
One of the world's most awe-inspiring landscapes, the Grand Canyon exposes 2 billion years of Earth's geological history in its layered bands of colorful rock.
Guadalupe Mountains National Park
Texas
Guadalupe Mountains rise dramatically from the West Texas desert, home to the state's highest peak and the fossilized remains of an ancient reef.
Joshua Tree National Park
California
Where the Mojave and Colorado deserts meet, Joshua Tree's twisted trees and giant boulder piles create a surreal landscape beloved by rock climbers, stargazers, and desert seekers.
Mesa Verde National Park
Colorado
Mesa Verde preserves over 5,000 archaeological sites including 600 cliff dwellings, offering an unparalleled glimpse into the lives of Ancestral Puebloans.
Petrified Forest National Park
Arizona
Petrified Forest contains the world's largest concentration of petrified wood, scattered across a colorful badlands landscape from the age of dinosaurs.
Saguaro National Park
Arizona
Saguaro protects the iconic giant cactus of the Sonoran Desert, where these towering sentinels can live 200 years and grow 50 feet tall.
White Sands National Park
New Mexico
White Sands protects the world's largest gypsum dune field, where endless waves of brilliant white sand create a surreal, otherworldly landscape.
Zion National Park
Utah
Zion's massive sandstone cliffs of cream, pink, and red rise into a brilliant blue sky, creating one of America's most dramatic canyon landscapes.