In 1872 United States established Yellowstone National Park, the first national park in the world. Since then U.S. National Park Service expanded their collection to 58 parks in 29 states and some exotic locations as Virgin Islands and American Samoa.
The parks range from arctic territories of Gates of the Arctic to tropical waters of Dry Tortugas, from soaring peaks of Denali and Grand Tetons to lowlands of Death Valley, from pure awesomeness of Grand Canyon and Arches to humble, hardly noticeable beauty of Cuyahoga Valley.
As we travel to different places in US, we always try to visit all the national parks around. He have never been disappointed—each park offers something to admire, sometimes something little and neat like Mesa Verde, sometimes something hardly comprehendible like Grand Canyon.
There is tremendous amount of information about US national parks—Internet, TV, books, magazines. However, it is surprising that many people know only a few most popular ones: Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, Smoky Mountains, Yosemite… Most parks remain forgotten or not known though. We decided to place all 58 national parks on the map to provide an easy and quick way to visually learn about national parks without being overloaded with details.
For more information about each park visit U.S. National Park Service website—most our descriptions come from there, as well as Wikipedia and excellent Utah.com.
