143 parks for Front-Country Hiking
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National Military Park
Chickamauga & Chattanooga National Military Park
Georgia, Tennessee
In 1863, Union and Confederate forces fought for control of Chattanooga - a gateway to the Confederacy. The Confederates were victorious at nearby Chickamauga in Sep…
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National Recreation Area
Chickasaw National Recreation Area
Oklahoma
Springs, streams, lakes - whatever its form, water is the attraction at Chickasaw National Recreation Area.
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National Monument
Colorado National Monument
Colorado
Colorado National Monument preserves one of the grand landscapes of the American West. But this treasure is much more than a monument. Towering monoliths exist withi…
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National Park
Congaree National Park
South Carolina
Astonishing biodiversity exists in Congaree National Park, the largest intact expanse of old growth bottomland hardwood forest remaining in the southeastern United S…
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National Park
Crater Lake National Park
Oregon
Crater Lake inspires awe. Native Americans witnessed its formation 7,700 years ago, when a violent eruption triggered the collapse of a tall peak. Scientists marvel…
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National Recreation Area
Curecanti National Recreation Area
Colorado
Three reservoirs and surrounding lands make up this recreation area in western Colorado. It is a landscape of tradeoffs; natural and human made features exist togeth…
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National Park
Death Valley National Park
California, Nevada
In this below-sea-level basin, steady drought and record summer heat make Death Valley a land of extremes. Yet, each extreme has a striking contrast. Towering peaks…
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National Park & Preserve
Denali National Park & Preserve
Alaska
Denali is six million acres of wild land, bisected by one ribbon of road. Travelers along it see the relatively low-elevation taiga forest give way to high alpine tu…
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National Monument
Devils Postpile National Monument
California
Established in 1911 by presidential proclamation, Devils Postpile National Monument protects and preserves the Devils Postpile formation, the 101-foot high Rainbow F…
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National Monument
Devils Tower National Monument
Wyoming
The Tower is an astounding geologic feature that protrudes out of the prairie surrounding the Black Hills. It is considered sacred by Northern Plains Indians and ind…
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National Monument
Dinosaur National Monument
Colorado, Utah
150 million years ago, dinosaurs roamed here. Their fossils are still embedded in the rocks. Today, mountains, desert, and rivers flowing in canyons support a variet…
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National Historical Reserve
Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve
Washington
This stunning landscape on the Salish Sea, with its rich farmland and promising seaport, lured the earliest American pioneers north of the Columbia River to Ebey’s L…
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National Monument
Effigy Mounds National Monument
Iowa
The mounds preserved here are considered sacred by many Americans, especially the Monument's 20 culturally associated American Indian tribes. A visit offers opportun…
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National Monument
El Morro National Monument
New Mexico
Imagine the refreshment of finding water after days of dusty travel. A reliable waterhole hidden at the base of a sandstone bluff made El Morro (the headland) a popu…
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National Park
Everglades National Park
Florida
Established in 1947 as the first national park created for its biodiversity, Everglades National Park protects 1.5 million acres of wetland, forest, and marine habit…
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National Historical Park
First State National Historical Park
Delaware, Pennsylvania
Famous as the First State to ratify the Constitution, Delaware was born out of a conflict among three world powers for dominance of the Delaware Valley. From this be…
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National Memorial
Flight 93 National Memorial
Pennsylvania
On Tuesday morning, September 11, 2001, the U.S. came under attack when four commercial airliners were hijacked and used to strike targets on the ground. Nearly 3,00…
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National Monument
Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
Colorado
Beneath a grassy mountain valley in central Colorado lies one of the richest and most diverse fossil deposits in the world. Petrified redwood stumps up to 14 feet wi…
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National Historic Site
Fort Bowie National Historic Site
Arizona
For nearly 25 years, Fort Bowie stood at the crossroads of the Chiricahua Apache's fight to defend their ancestral homeland and the U.S. Army's westward expansion. T…
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National Historic Site
Fort Davis National Historic Site
Texas
Fort Davis is one of the best surviving examples of an Indian Wars' frontier military post in the Southwest. From 1854 to 1891, Fort Davis was strategically located…
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National Battlefield
Fort Necessity National Battlefield
Pennsylvania
The battle at Fort Necessity in the summer of 1754 was the opening action of the French and Indian War. This war was a clash of British, French and American Indian c…
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National Monument
Fort Stanwix National Monument
New York
For centuries, the Oneida Carrying Place, a six-mile portage connecting the Mohawk River and Wood Creek, served as a vital link for those traveling by water from the…
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National Military Park
Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park
Virginia
Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Wilderness, and Spotsylvania, this is America's battleground, where the Civil War roared to its bloody climax. No place more vividl…
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National Historic Site
Friendship Hill National Historic Site
Pennsylvania
Albert Gallatin is best remembered for his thirteen year tenure as Secretary of the Treasury during the Jefferson and Madison administrations. In that time he reduce…
