Hocking Hills State Park
Sandstone gorges, recess caves and waterfalls under hemlocks in southeast Ohio, on short trails that draw millions of visitors a year.
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Bow Valley Provincial Park
Alberta’s most visited provincial park: easy trails, river campgrounds and Barrier Lake where the Bow River leaves the Rockies, under an hour from Calgary.
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Killbear Provincial Park
Pink granite, sand beaches and windswept pines on more than 7 miles (12 km) of Georgian Bay shore, at one of Ontario’s most visited parks.
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Mueller State Park
Aspen groves, spring-fed meadows and granite outcrops on the west side of Pikes Peak, with 44 miles (71 km) of trails and elk bugling in the fall.
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Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve
A volcanic caldera 6 miles (10 km) wide on the Alaska Peninsula, one of the least-visited parks in the country, reached only by air.
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Gold Butte National Monument
Red sandstone, rock art and remote desert near Mesquite, Nevada, reached by long dirt roads with no services.
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Sonoran Desert National Monument
Saguaro forests and remote desert ranges southwest of Phoenix, with four wilderness trails and historic pioneer routes.
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Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument
Lewis and Clark’s Missouri River through the White Cliffs of central Montana, best seen on a multi-day canoe float.
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Mojave Trails National Monument
Old Route 66, Amboy Crater and 1.6 million acres (6,470 km²) of Mojave Desert between Joshua Tree and Mojave National Preserve.
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San Gabriel Mountains National Monument
The high country and canyons behind Los Angeles, from riverside picnics to the Bridge to Nowhere and Mount Baldy.
