Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park has a lot to boast about. Nestled in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, it is home to the tallest mountain in the contiguous United States
At the heart of Yosemite National Park, Yosemite Valley cuts 3,500ft deep into the earth and is walled by massive granite summits like El Capitan and Half Dome.
With over 700 miles of hiking trails and 65 backcountry campgrounds, Glacier National Park offers stupendous backpacking, from vast, glacier carved valleys to rugged peaks.
It is located in Arizona and is about a three-and-a-half hour drive from Phoenix, four-and-a-half from Las Vegas.
Hundreds of miles of hiking trails provide access to backcountry camping areas, and the Teton Crest Trail is undeniably the best backpacking experience here
Just 45 minutes from Seattle, Mount Rainier dominates the surrounding landscape with its hulking 14,410ft of elevation
Denali National Park preserves North America’s highest mountain in addition to an astonishing six million acres of surrounding wilderness in Alaska’s interior.
Isle Royale is an island in the middle of the enormous Lake Superior that you can only reach by boat or small plane and is only open from April to October.