143 parks for Front-Country Hiking
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National Monument
Scotts Bluff National Monument
Nebraska
Towering 800 feet above the North Platte River, Scotts Bluff has served as a landmark for peoples from Native Americans to emigrants on the Oregon, California and Mo…
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National Parks
Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks
California
Huge mountains, rugged foothills, deep canyons, vast caverns, and the world’s largest trees exemplify the diversity of landscapes, life, and beauty here. Explore the…
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National Historic Trail
Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail
District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia
The Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail is a collection of sites impacted by the War of 1812. These local, historic sites tell the story of the Chesapeake C…
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National Preserve
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
Kansas
Tallgrass prairie once covered 170 million acres of North America, but within a generation most of it had been transformed into farms, cities, and towns. Today less…
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National Park
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
North Dakota
When Theodore Roosevelt came to Dakota Territory to hunt bison in 1883, he was a skinny, young, spectacled dude from New York. He could not have imagined how his adv…
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National Monument
Tonto National Monument
Arizona
Located within the northern range of the Sonoran Desert lie two cliff dwellings that were occupied from 1300-1450 CE (common era). They represent a vibrant culture c…
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National Monument
Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument
Nevada
Over the last ~570,000 years, water has transformed the Upper Las Vegas Valley. Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument is an urban park that preserves the unique…
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National Historical Park
Tumacácori National Historical Park
Arizona
Tumacácori sits at a cultural crossroads in the Santa Cruz River valley. Here O’odham, Yaqui, and Apache people met and mingled with European Jesuit and Franciscan m…
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National Preserve
Valles Caldera National Preserve
New Mexico
About 1.2 million years ago, a spectacular volcanic eruption created a 14-mile-wide circular depression in the earth now known as Valles Caldera. The preserve is kno…
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National Military Park
Vicksburg National Military Park
Louisiana, Mississippi
To Confederate President Jefferson Davis, Vicksburg was the "nailhead that holds the South's two halves together." President Abraham Lincoln remarked "Vicksburg is t…
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National Park
Virgin Islands National Park
U.S. Virgin Islands
Go beyond Virgin Islands National Park's stunning white-sand beaches. Hike to historic plantation sites to learn about a challenging past when sugar and enslaved lab…
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National Park
Voyageurs National Park
Minnesota
Voyageurs National Park spans 218,000 acres of lakes, forests, and streams in northern Minnesota. Established in 1975, the park is named after the French-Canadian Vo…
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National Monument
Walnut Canyon National Monument
Arizona
Since time immemorial, Indigenous Peoples have lived and traveled throughout Walnut Canyon’s dynamic landscape. Vibrant communities built their homes in the cliffs a…
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National Historic Site
Washita Battlefield National Historic Site
Oklahoma
On November 27, 1868, Lt. Colonel George Armstrong Custer led the 7th US Cavalry on a surprise dawn attack on a Cheyenne village led by Peace Chief Black Kettle. The…
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National Recreation Area
Whiskeytown National Recreation Area
California
Whiskeytown Lake’s crystal-clear waters are iconic, but this 42,000-acre National Recreation Area offers much more. Explore waterfalls, hike rugged trails, uncover G…
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National Historic Site
Whitman Mission National Historic Site
Washington
One moment can change the fate of many nations. After thousands of years of habitation by the Cayuse Nation, life in the Columbia River Plateau begins to change rapi…
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National Battlefield
Wilson's Creek National Battlefield
Missouri
Wilson's Creek was the first major Civil War battle fought west of the Mississippi River, and where the first Union general was killed in action. The costly Southern…
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National Park
Wind Cave National Park
South Dakota
Wind Cave National Park protects two very different worlds - one deep within the earth, the other a sunlit world of many resources. Bison, elk, and other wildlife ro…
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National Park & Preserve
Wrangell - St Elias National Park & Preserve
Alaska
Wrangell-St. Elias is a vast national park that rises from the ocean all the way up to 18,008 ft. At 13.2 million acres, the park is the same size as Yellowstone Nat…
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National Monument
Wupatki National Monument
Arizona
Nestled between the Painted Desert and ponderosa highlands of northern Arizona, Wupatki National Monument is an unlikely landscape for a thriving community. The earl…
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Part of Colonial National Historical Park
Yorktown Battlefield Part of Colonial National Historical Park
Virginia
Discover what it took for the United States to be independent as you explore the site of the last major battle of the Revolutionary War. Here at Yorktown, in the fal…
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National Park
Zion National Park
Utah
Follow the paths where people have walked for thousands of years. Gaze up at massive sandstone cliffs of cream, pink, and red that soar into a brilliant blue sky. Ex…
