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Arizona’s Petrified Forest National Park in Photos

One of the less-known national parks in the USA, Arizona’s Petrified Forest National Park allows you to stand where ancient forests fell and hike where dinosaurs once roamed. It’s one of the best places in the country—if not the world—to see fossils from the Late Triassic.

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7 Things to Do in Crater Lake National Park, Oregon

Awe-inspiring, unique, bedazzling and perfect. These are just a few words that have been used to describe Crater Lake National Park in southern Oregon. By all accounts and standards, it’s one of the most enticing national parks in America. And unsurprisingly, there are plenty of things to do in Crater Lake National Park.

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Utah’s Arches National Park in Photos

Home to the world’s densest concentration of rock arches, Arches National Park is one of the most photogenic national parks in America. During my three-day visit, I, naturally, spend a good chunk of time playing with my camera. This post contains a selection of my personal favorite Arches National Park photos.

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Best USA Island National Parks for Summer Vacations

In total, there are seven national parks in the USA that lie partially or entirely on islands. All but two of them lie in a (sub)tropical region, making them without question the best national parks for summer vacations. The other two, just because of their northerly location, are also best visited in summer.

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Arizona’s Saguaro National Park In Photos

The very symbols of the American Wild West, huge numbers of saguaros dot the Sonoran Desert in southern Arizona. These tall, branching cacti dominate and characterize the region. Near the ever-expanding urban sprawl of Tucson, this unique landscape, and its flora and fauna, is protected in Saguaro National Park.

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Long-Distance Hikes in the USA Shorter Than 1,000 Miles

The definition of a thru-hike is the end-to-end completion of a long-distance hike in one hiking season. For most people, it will be impossible to thru-hike any of the three major long-distance hikes in the US. What is possible, however, —with some willpower, planning and cooperative employers—is hiking these nine awesome thru-hikes under 1,000 miles.

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11 American State Parks That Beat Some of the National Parks

Although it’s the national parks that get all the spotlight, it’s often the state parks where families, friends and couples go for weekend outings. Whether it’s for a Saturday hike, a Sunday picnic or an overnight camping trip, the state parks in America might just be more closely interwoven with people’s everyday life than their national cousins.

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California’s Death Valley National Park In Photos

Caroline and I spent four days and three nights in Death Valley, exploring the park in depth and hitting a few of its greatest hiking trails. The photos in this blog post portray the sheer majesty of Death Valley’s epic landscapes, as well as some of its smaller, less obvious features.

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10 Adventures in 10 National Monuments of the West

From the calm waters of the Missouri River to the lush Pacific Northwest forests of the Cascade and Siskiyou ranges, national monuments in the West feature a wide variety of ecosystems, wildlife and landscapes. If you’re looking for new adventures in 2018, consider adding these beautiful public protected lands to your list.

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9 Awesome Gateway Towns for National Park Adventures

They embody everything that’s great about nature in America, but national parks aren’t necessarily impossibly remote or difficult to get around in. Often, it’s the contrary, in fact. Although they are the epitome of natural beauty and wildness, most of them are surprisingly accessible.

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Observation Point Trail – Zion National Park’s Most Scenic Hike

Hiking in Zion National Park is the one and only way to explore this epic national park in Utah. And although there are a number of superb hiking trails in Zion, from easy walks on flat paved walkways to thigh-crunching climbs, there is one that stands out from the rest—the Observation Point Trail.

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