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National Parks Traveler Checklist: Mount Rainier National Park

As you drive toward, or fly over, Washington state, you can’t help but turn your eyes toward “The Mountain.” Known as Tahoma (or Tacoma) by the Northwest Native tribes and “an icon in the Washington landscape,” this “episodically active” volcano and most-glaciated peak in the contiguous U.S. lends its name to Mount Rainier National Park, which offers visitors plenty of activities surrounding this centerpiece mountain. The Traveler’s Checklist can help you plan your trip to make the most of your time exploring this park.

National Parks Traveler Checklist: Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park

During your visit to Hawaii’s Big Island, why not spend a little time at Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park, where you can hike through a rain forest and over a solidified lava lake, drive past golden pahoehoe lava flows, and view up-close the goddess Pele’s home. This Traveler’s Checklist will help you plan for your visit to make the most of your time in the park.

National Parks Traveler Checklist: Crater Lake National Park

Considered the deepest lake in the U.S., with impossibly blue water from which a cinder cone rises, Crater Lake National Park is aptly described by the National Park Service as “deep water in a sleeping volcano.” If you are thinking of traveling to this awe-inspiring park in Oregon, the Traveler’s Checklist will help you plan your trip and make the most of your visit.

National Parks Traveler Checklist: Petrified Forest National Park

Imagine walking along a trail scattered with sections of silicified logs splashed brilliant shades of red, orange, yellow, white, and purple. Imagine being surrounded by mesas of candy-striped blue, purple, and beige sediment layers. Imagine gazing out upon a red-, orange-, and yellow-painted badlands right next to an interstate highway. This fossil feast of color for the eyes is what you’ll see when you visit Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona, located just off of Interstate 40. The Traveler’s Checklist can help you plan your trip and make the most of your time exploring the park.

National Parks Traveler Checklist: Mesa Verde National Park

Mesa Verde National Park is one of those park units focusing upon the architecture, culture, and landscape of the Ancestral Puebloans who inhabited this area for over 700 years (600 – 1300 CE). There’s plenty to do, see, and learn at Mesa Verde, and this Traveler’s Checklist can help you make the most of your time exploring this park.

National Parks Traveler Checklist: Glacier National Park

Glacier National Park, known as the “Crown Jewel of The Continent,” is a Montana paradise of turquoise waters, pristine forests, alpine meadows, and rugged mountains. During a visit to this park, you can hike, drive 50 miles along one of America’s most scenic highways, explore park history while visiting the park’s lodges, and so much more. This Traveler’s Checklist can help you make the most of your time exploring Glacier.

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