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National Parks

National Parks

Visits to National Parks and Monuments
06
Oct
Stairs climbing through a rough limestone chamber inside Wind Cave National Park.

Wind Cave National Park

Boxwork, bison, and a breathing cave made this one of the more surprising national parks I’ve visited
7 min read
30
Sep
George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln carved into the granite face of Mount Rushmore in South Dakota.

Mount Rushmore National Memorial

An extraordinary achievement carved into a landscape with a much older and complicated history
7 min read
11
Aug
Wetlands and winding water channels stretching across North Park beneath distant mountains at Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge.

Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge

An unexpected roadside stop in North Park led to a look at open wetlands, wildlife, and the landscape being protected beneath the Continental Divide
4 min read
04
Jul
Delicate Arch rising above red sandstone with the snow-covered La Sal Mountains in the distance at Arches National Park, Utah.

A Field Guide to America’s Public Lands

America’s public lands may share a map, but they do not share the same purpose.
16 min read
01
Jul
Yellowstone River winding through the steep colorful walls of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone.

Yellowstone National Park | The Galleries

A visual journey through Yellowstone’s wildlife, water, high country, living ground, and the light that kept changing everything.
7 min read
28
Jun
Lamar Valley at sunset with bison scattered across the valley floor beneath distant mountains.

Yellowstone National Park | Beyond the Boardwalks

Yellowstone’s icons lived up to their reputation, but the moments beyond the boardwalks are what stayed with us.
11 min read
26
Jun
Horse-drawn wagon tours crossing the sagebrush near Tower-Roosevelt in Yellowstone National Park

Yellowstone National Park | Learning the Landscape

Yellowstone didn't make sense when we arrived. It slowly came into focus as we learned how its lakes, rivers, valleys, and mountains all fit together.
11 min read
14
May
Jurassic National Monument

Jurassic National Monument

A quiet monument built around one of the strangest Jurassic fossil quarries in the West
4 min read
10
May
Canyonlands National Park | Island In The Sky

Canyonlands National Park | Island In The Sky

A peek into the Island in the Sky district, where rims, benches, rivers, roads, and rock layers stack into one massive desert landscape
9 min read
09
May
Arches National Park

Arches National Park

Arches is crowded, famous, and photographed constantly. It is also still better in person than it has any right to be
9 min read