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BISCAYNE NATIONAL PARK serves as a popular playground for boat owners in the Miami metropolitan area, and for good reason: The beautiful blue waters of Biscayne Bay, within sight of the city skyline, offer a wealth of opportunities for cruising, fishing, and picnicking along the shore.

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MESA VERDE IS THE FIRST NATIONAL PARK to preserve not only natural wonders but also the works and spellbinding heritage of an ancient people, the ancestral Puebloan, who found shelter, food, and spiritual inspiration here. The eroded tableland of Mesa Verde National Park takes in more than 5,000 archaeological sites, including cliff dwellings (the park hallmark) that date back more than a millennium. It is the richest archaeological cache in the American Southwest.

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UNDULATING SWEEPS OF SAND —the tallest sand dunes in North America— rise precipitously and improbably from the rolling grasslands of the San Luis Valley in mountainous south-central Colorado. Craggy spires of the Sangre de Cristo range soar directly behind the dunes, reaching skyward more than 13,000 feet. A coalescence of grass, sand, water, forest, and rock forms the visually striking ecosystem that is Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve.

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TO HEAR ROARING RAPIDS while peering down 2,000 feet into an abyss of dark rock is a weak-in-the-knees experience. From the canyon rim, early settlers claimed you could see “halfway to hell.” Maybe not, but at Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park you will see two billion years of Earth history on a scale that puts human life into humble perspective.

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PINNACLES IS A GEOLOGICAL PLAYGROUND— a rumpled volcanic landscape of protruding lava spires, massive rocky bastions, and crenellated cliffs interlaced with dense, woody chaparral and woodlands of oak and pine. Located in west-central California, in the Gabilan Range (part of the Coast Range), Pinnacles National Park offers more than 30 miles of hiking trails and an impressive roster of fauna (there are more than 500 species of moths in the park alone).

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WITH ITS INTRIGUING MIX of history, geology, and nature, Hot Springs holds a unique place among America’s national parks. It wraps around a modern urban area set within a valley of the rugged Ouachita Mountains. The park and city, both named Hot Springs, developed side by side and remain intimately linked.

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COLORS—BOTH BOLD AND SUBTLE —abound at Petrified Forest National Park. The petrified logs themselves are a kaleidoscope of hues ranging from crimson to sapphire, mustard to charcoal, coral to pistachio—and every shade in between. The Painted Desert section of the park—a stretch of rolling badlands—is a palette of pinks, grays, rusts, ochers, whites, and browns that shifts with changes in sunlight and shadow.

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DESIGNATED A NATIONAL MONUMENT IN 1933, White Sands was elevated to national park status in 2019. This designation was a fitting honor for a landscape that’s not just visually spectacular but globally unique in its geology: The “white sands” here comprise the world’s largest expanse of gypsum dunes.