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Our Great National Parks

Our Great National Parks

From Yellowstone to Yosemite, Zion to Shenandoah, our national parks were founded on one principle: They belong to all of us. Award-winning filmmaker Ken Burns explores the parks' hidden history.

By Ken Burns

Great Basin National Park

Great Basin National Park

Travel the loneliest road in America to find one of the least visited national parks in the U.S. to see some of the oldest living plants on Earth.

in Off the Beaten Path

Trail Ridge Road

Trail Ridge Road

Travel the highest continuous paved road in the nation for stunning vistas and wildlife spotting.

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Denali National Park and Preserve

View wildlife in one of the nation's most magnificant national parks.

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Yosemite and Beyond

Yosemite and Beyond

Bejeweled with cliffs, domes, meadows, lakes, and waterfalls -- the legacy of bygone glaciers -- Yosemite National Park offers visitors a degree of beauty and variety that is truly mesmerizing.

in The Most Scenic Drives in America

Buffalo Bill Historical Center

Buffalo Bill Historical Center

One of the highlights of this center is state-of-the-art Draper Museum which leads visitors down an interactive trail through the sights, sounds, and sensations of the West's natural world.

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Rocky Mountain Ramble

Rocky Mountain Ramble

This drive traverses a northern Colorado landscape once trod only by hooves, paws, Indian moccasins, and trappers' boots.

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Petrified Forest Arizona

Petrified Forest Arizona

The park's geological story began over 200 million years ago, when pinelike trees were carried by waterways here and buried in the silt of a huge floodplain.

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Salmon-Bitterroot Country

Salmon-Bitterroot Country

High in the Rocky Mountains of Idaho and Montana, this winding drive tours sharp-edged peaks and swift rivers.

in The Most Scenic Drives in America

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