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A Day In The Park: White Sands National Park

Picture 275 square miles (712 square kilometers) of sparkly, sugar-white, undulating sand dunes perfect for hiking, sledding, photography, or simply reflecting on a unique environment that is brilliantly bright, stark, and desolate to the general view, yet teeming with plant, animal, and insect life exclusive to the Chihuahuan Desert and White Sands National Park, in New Mexico.

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By Rebecca Latson - August 11th, 2025

A Day In The Park: Pinnacles National Park

Caves, condors, high peaks, woodlands, and meadows. Pinnacles National Park in California, named after the eroded remnants formed from volcanic eruptions over 20 million years ago, offers visitors a contrasting variety of environments to explore.

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By Rebecca Latson - August 4th, 2025

A Day In The Park: Kobuk Valley National Park

Located way up north, along Noatak National Preserve’s southern border and within spitting distance of Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve, Kobuk Valley National Park in Alaska is a land of sand dunes, rivers, forests, and mountains. It’s also where 250,000 caribou pass twice a year on an annual migration between their summer and winter grounds.

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By Rebecca Latson - July 28th, 2025

A Day In The Park: Zion National Park

Visit Zion National Park in Utah and your gaze is immediately lifted upward to the pink, buff, and orange sandstone canyon walls on either side of the road. Listed in a National Geographic article as the 3rd most popular national park for 2024, Zion regularly attracts over 4 million visitors annually, and with good reason.

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By Rebecca Latson - July 14th, 2025

A Day In The Park: Rocky Mountain National Park

A visit to Rocky Mountain National Park may have you singing Rocky Mountain High once you have experienced the splendid scenery of rugged mountains, alpine lakes, and montane meadows, viewed the spectacular sight of elk sparring for the right to control the harem, and heard the echoing sound of those same elk bugling during the mating season.

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By Rebecca Latson - July 7th, 2025

A Day In The Park: Virgin Islands National Park

Virgin Islands National Park is a unit of the National Park System focusing on bright, sandy beaches and warm, turquoise-tinted waters in which thrive fantastical coral reefs and tropical fish in saturated rainbow colors. There’s sunning, swimming, snorkeling, hiking, and history to be experienced at this national park in the Caribbean.

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By Rebecca Latson - June 30th, 2025

A Day In The Park: Theodore Roosevelt National Park

The stark, barren Dakota Territory badlands which are now a part of Theodore Roosevelt National Park served as a healing balm for a grieving husband and son and the focal point from which developed future president Theodore Roosevelt’s ideas regarding conservation and preservation of landscapes and wildlife throughout the nation.

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By Rebecca Latson - June 23rd, 2025

A Day In The Park: North Cascades National Park Complex

North Cascades National Park Complex in Washington State is a three-for-one deal you shouldn’t miss. North Cascades National Park, Ross Lake National Recreation Area, and Lake Chelan National Recreation Area offer 700,000 acres of rugged mountain country, deep forests, glacially-fed rivers, streams, and lakes, and unique history.

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By Rebecca Latson - June 16th, 2025

A Day In The Park: Lake Clark National Park And Preserve

Home to the Dena’ina for thousands of years, Lake Clark National Park and Preserve in Alaska is a 4-million-acre landscape born of fire and sculpted by glacial ice. Host to world-class bear viewing thanks to the over 350,000 sockeye salmon who return to Lake Clark to spawn, this national park I rich in history as well as cultural and natural resources.

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By Rebecca Latson - June 9th, 2025

A Day In The Park: Saguaro National Park

Split into east and west districts, with Tucson, Arizona, smack dab in the middle, Saguaro National Park is home to the nation's largest cacti. Travel to this national park and you will not only see plenty of saguaro, but also cholla, prickly pear, pincushion, and barrel cacti. Visit in spring and there’s a good chance of brilliantly-saturated blooms on those same cacti.

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By Rebecca Latson - June 2nd, 2025

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