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Zion National Park in southern Utah is one of the most beautiful parks in the American system.

Zion National Park in southern Utah is one of the most beautiful parks in the American system.

Zion National Park in southern Utah is one of the most beautiful parks in the American system.

Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming and Montana and Idaho features dramatic canyons, alpine rivers, lush forests, hot springs and gushing geysers, including its most famous, Old Faithful. It's also home to hundreds of animal species, including bears, wolves, bison, elk and antelope.

The Farmington is the largest tributary to the Connecticut River and is an important habitat for wildlife, such as otters and bald eagles, and the Farmington River Valley is currently the only place in Connecticut with nesting bald eagles.

The Housatonic Wild & Scenic River designation stretches from the Massachusetts-Connecticut boundary to the Boardman Bridge in New Milford, Connecticut, for a total of approximately 40.3 miles. The Housatonic River is highlighted for its recreation and scenic values including canoeing, kayaking, fishing, and hiking the Appalachian Trail.

The wildlife, the remoteness, the mountains, the geysers, the lake. It's the original National Park, and it still has wolves!

The wildlife, the remoteness, the mountains, the geysers, the lake. It's the original National Park, and it still has wolves!

The wildlife, the remoteness, the mountains, the geysers, the lake. It's the original National Park, and it still has wolves!

The wildlife, the remoteness, the mountains, the geysers, the lake. It's the original National Park, and it still has wolves!

Yosemite is one of the crown jewels of the National Park system. Show your love and passion for Yosemite!

Yosemite is one of the crown jewels of the National Park system. Show your love and passion for Yosemite!

Yosemite is one of the crown jewels of the National Park system. Show your love and passion for Yosemite!

Yosemite is one of the crown jewels of the National Park system. Show your love and passion for Yosemite!

Yosemite is one of the crown jewels of the National Park system. Show your love and passion for Yosemite!

When you were young you would run away if things got bad, as an adult you can just go bikepacking. It's the same thing, just more expensive!

The Needles Highway or South Dakota Highway 87 is a 38-mile-long state highway in the southwestern part of South Dakota through pine and spruce forests, meadows surrounded by birch and aspen, and rugged granite mountains.

You're not the best cyclist in the world but you're not horrible either. You're kinda okay.

Mt. Rushmore South Dakota features the 60-foot-tall heads of four United States presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln,[5] chosen to represent the nation's birth, growth, development, and preservation

Harris Lake is located in Harris Lake County Park, a 680-acre park located in the western part of Wake County on the Shearon Harris Reservoir.

The Great Sacandaga Lake is an undiscovered Mecca for boating, water sports, snowmobiling, skiing, fishing and all kinds of recreation!

Gorgeous Fontana Lake is the largest lake in Western North Carolina, surrounded by the Great Smoky Mountains and near beautiful Asheville. The 480-ft. tall Fontana Dam is the highest dam east of the Rockies (the equivalent of a 50-story skyscraper).

Falls Lake North Carolina lies just northeast of Raleigh and Durham and is known for fishing, boating and swimming, as well as walking and mountain biking as part of the state’s Mountains-to-Sea Trail.

The Icefields Parkway in Alberta Canada is one of the most scenic roads in the world. Glacier viewpoints, lakes, hikes and the Columbia Icefield.

The Icefields Parkway in Alberta Canada is one of the most scenic roads in the world. Glacier viewpoints, lakes, hikes and the Columbia Icefield.

The Beartooth Highway is a road in the western United States on a section of U.S. Route 212 in Montana and Wyoming between Red Lodge and the Northeast entrance of Yellowstone National Park.

Skyline Drive in Virginia goes 105 miles over the high peaks in Shenandoah National Park and is one of the most iconic drives in America.

The World Wildlife Fund has named Cape Cod Massachusetts one of the top 10 whale-watching spots in the world. Many local companies claim a 99% whale-spotting success with seeing minke, fin, and humpback whales.

Whales can be seen throughout Alaska's coastal waters—from the Gulf of Alaska in the south, to the eastern Bering Sea and northern Beaufort Sea. You can find humpback whales, gray whales, orcas, minke whales, and beluga whales.

From Bar Harbor Maine you can take a puffin and whale watching cruises along the coast of Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park. In addition to seeing a variety of whale species, you will be able to view seals, bald eagles, porpoises, dolphins, falcons and the most notable birds in the area - North Atlantic Puffins.

Baja, California is a top destination for whale watching from January to April. The Sea of Cortez is home to many species of whales, including blue, humpback, orca, and fin, with the blue, humpback, and orca being the most commonly seen.

Mountain biking in St. George Utah is pretty dreamy: sunny days, good trails and a town full of good places to eat after you've been riding all day long. Trails are diverse and give riders spectacular views of sandstone cliffs and desert sky.

Salida Colorado is one of those special places left in the world and the 30+ miles of local trails adjacent to downtown, Salida, Colorado, has you covered. And either way, you ride, you end up near an award-winning brewery, epic pizzerias, coffee shops to pick you up for another round and stellar bike shops to keep your gear moving.

With its stunning scenery and diverse trails, Breckenridge Colorado offers an exhilarating experience for riders of all skill levels.

Brevard, North Carolina, is renowned for its expansive network of gnarly singletrack hidden beneath the towering canopy of Pisgah National Forest.

Fremont Canyon in Wyoming is best known as a trad climbing area, but there are a good number of sport climbing routes here as well. All told, the canyon has several hundred routes, sport and trad.