Everywhere: Themes: National Parks

Where nature provides a spectacular view, countries around the world have established national parks to preserve the beauty. From Canada to Costa Rica and Mongolia to Madagascar, we invite you to take us on a tour of the world's best national parks.

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Raven at Glacier Point

Photo by Mark Finnemore, 30 May 2008

A raven at Glacier Point in Yosemite, with the upper Yosemite Falls in the background
Rock Stacking

Photo by Karl Polverino, 29 May 2008

Dome Rock in the Sequoia National Forest California
Great Smoky Mountains National Park, a great place for a family retreat

Article by Heather Jacobsen, 29 May 2008

Great Smoky Mountains National Park, a great place for a family retreat
Bridal Veil Falls

Photo by Julia Withers, 11 November 2007

Yosemite National Park, CA
The Great American Roadtrip

Article by Niko Vujevic, 10 March 2008

Two Aussies + a Canuck in a red VW Golf driving from Chicago to Vancouver in seven days.
My Oasis

Photo by Eduardo Cervantes, 28 May 2008

A hike through Joshua Tree National Park never disappoints, the clouds after a big storm shades you from the hot sun and the scenery, well, you gotta see it to believe it.
middle of the road...you see the darndest things...

Photo by Diana Lemieux, 28 May 2008

Death Valley, CA August 2007 I think it was only about 120 degrees...that's all.
Holkham Beach, Norfolk, UK

Photo by Roger Murray, 28 May 2008

The Vikings sailed up a creek through the saltmarshes during the first millennium and built a fort at a place they called Holkham ('ship town' in Danish) -now more often visited by Anglo-Saxons on horseback.
shadowed by the woods

Photo by Evan Sue-Ping, 28 May 2008

My first look at a Redwood Forest came on a drive up the California coast.
The Amazing Masaai Mara National Park

Article by David Rocaberti, 28 May 2008

The Massai Mara National Park is a virgin area where the thin line between living or dying is just too easy to cross.