The U.S. National Park Service preserves 58 national parks, 390 parks, historic sites, memorials, and recreation areas that attract nearly 300 million visitors every year. Our U.S. national parks are repositories of the nation’s biological diversity and contain some of the last ecosystem remnants that are found nowhere else in the world. Explore US Parks Online

Shenandoah National Park is a beautiful, historic national treasure which includes the 105-mile long Skyline Drive, a National Scenic Byway. The Park covers the crest of Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains for over seventy-five miles. The Appalachian Trail roughly parallels the Skyline Drive and 101 miles of this trail run through the Park. (more…)

The state of Minnesota has just one national park:

Voyageurs National Park

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Voyageurs National Park is ideal for exploring by canoe. Minnesota’s only national park commemorates a key stretch of waterway canoed by 18th century French-Canadian voyageurs who transported goods and furs along the international border lakes.

Voyageurs National Park includes nearly 84,000 acres of water on 30 lakes. It is also known for its extensive snowmobile trails and resident wolf packs. Paddle or boat to remote shoreline campsites, fish some of the best waters in the US, and observe diverse wildlife species in this national park.