Great Sand Dunes National Park Travel Guide: Great Sand Dunes is a science fiction set that forgot to pack the spaceships. A sea of 700-foot dunes leans into the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, with a seasonal creek that turns the base into a beach. Step onto the first ridge and the scale clicks. Board down the faces, chase ripples in the evening wind, then lie back and watch the Milky Way drift like a slow river.

Big Bend National Park Travel Guide: Few parks can match the remote and vast allure of Big Bend National Park. Nestled along the majestic Rio Grande, this 800,000-acre expanse of desert, canyons, and mountains beckons with a solitude that's a rare find in most national parks.

Everglades National Park Travel Guide: Imagine a landscape that resembles less a postcard and more a living, breathing ecosystem. The Everglades isn't about jaw-dropping peaks or desert arches—it's about water, sawgrass, alligators, and some of the rarest wildlife in North America. Covering 1.5 million acres, this UNESCO World Heritage Site is nicknamed the "River of Grass" for its slow-moving sheet of freshwater that flows from Lake Okeechobee down to Florida Bay.

Mammoth Cave National Park Travel Guide: Step underground into the world's longest known cave system—over 400 miles mapped and counting. Mammoth Cave is both mysterious and awe-inspiring, with labyrinthine passageways, towering chambers, and a history stretching back thousands of years. The cave system was formed over millions of years and has been used by humans for over 6,000 years. Above ground, rolling hills, rivers, and forests add to the adventure.

Great Basin National Park - Travel Guide: Sandwiched between Salt Lake City and Las Vegas are ancient bristlecone pines, marble caves, and some of the darkest skies in America await here.

Theodore Roosevelt National Park - Travel Guide: Prairie grasslands, painted badlands, and roaming bison create a breathtaking landscape at Theodore Roosevelt National Park, where the wild spirit of America still lives. It's named for the president whose time ranching here inspired his conservation ethic. With far fewer visitors than Yellowstone or Badlands, this park is a hidden gem of the northern plains.

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Located in Arizona, Grand Canyon National Park encompasses 277 miles (446 km) of the Colorado River and adjacent uplands. The park is home t