Here are seven of the best national parks the United States has to offer. Four of them are listed as UNESCO World Heritage sites.
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Yellowstone National Park
the “mother park,” the country’s and world’s first national park. Occupying the northwest corner of Wyoming and slivers of eastern Idaho and southern Montana
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Grand Teton National Park
It is one of America’s most breathtakingly scenic places and the subject of countless photographs.
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Grand Canyon National Park
The Grand Canyon winds for 277 miles (446) km across northwestern Arizona in an intricately carved chasm of imposing peaks
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Rocky Mountain National Park
It is home to dozens of peaks over 12,000 feet (3,650 meters) in elevation, capped by Longs Peak at 14,259 feet (4,346 meters).
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Mount Rainier National Park
Mount Rainier is a mountaineering mecca, with thousands of climbers ascending to its 14,410-foot (4,392-meter) summit annually.
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Olympic National Park
A small unit of the park on the west coast of the peninsula contains scenic beaches and islets.
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Mammoth Cave National Park
The cave is inhabited by several unique animal species, including cave crickets, eyeless fish, and eyeless crayfish.
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