Images from Denali, Arches, Bryce Canyon, and Rocky Mountain National Parks.
The National Park Service is 100 years old as of today. The NPS was established August 25, 1916 to manage the national parks that were already in existence plus any parks to be created. Go out and celebrate by taking pictures. Plan a trip this year to one of our national parks. Take your camera and create images at some of the most spectacular locations in North America.
In addition to the natural wonders in our most famous national parks, the 400 plus units of the NPS include historic sites and national monuments all across the country. There is probably a unit of the NPS near you that you haven’t visited.
There is so much to see and do. Pick one or more National Parks or other NPS sites and go explore. Here are some of my favorites. (I slipped in one state park just because!)
Arches, Utah
Double Arch at Night
Balanced Rock
Big Bend, Texas
Sunset, “The Window”, Chisos Basin
Boquillas Canyon, Rio Grande River
Bryce Canyon, Utah
Sunrise at the Bryce Canyon Amphitheater
Bryce Canyon at Dusk
Canyonlands, Utah
Grand View Point
Capitol Reef, Utah
Capitol Reef
Dead Horse Point, Utah
Dead Horse Point
Denali, Alaska
Denali and Wonder Lake
Northern Lights
Grand Staircase Escalante, Utah
Grand Staircase-Escalante
Great Sand Dunes, Colorado
Deer, Great Sand Dunes
Mount Rainier, Washington
Last Light on Mt. Rainier
Olympic, Washington
Ruby Beach
Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado
Bear Lake, Hallett Peak, and Flattop Mountain in the Moonlight
Storm Clouds Rolling In. Hallett Peak and Flattop Mountain
White Sands, New Mexico
White Sands
Yucca, Moon, Venus
Yosemite, California
Last Light on El Capitan
Stars Over El Capitan
Zion, Utah
Petrified Sand Dunes
Zion
Links
100 Years: Let’s celebrate! – NPS official web site
National Park Service Centennial – National Park Foundation
National Park Centennial Tour – Follow along on the Backpacker.com road trip