It gained national park status in 1962, expanding protections for its vibrant badlands, petrified wood, and archaeological sites. The Painted Desert holds great scientific, cultural, and ...

Explore Arizona’s Painted Desert: colorful badlands, easy hikes, cultural gems, and top visiting tips for a one‑of‑a‑kind ...

The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum is not your typical museum. It’s part zoo, botanical garden, art gallery, and natural history museum. Section: Let's Go Places in Arizona ...

Grand Canyon National Park: Still the best view on Earth. The Grand Canyon offers rafting, long and short hikes and grueling adventures. Saguaro National Park: An overlooked gem in the Sonoran ...

Alaska has regions of “polar desert” with little snowfall, and Kobuk Valley National Park includes a desert above the Arctic Circle with remarkable shifting sand dunes. The park’s three dune fields ...

Joshua Tree has “few facilities” and covers 800,000 acres of desert land, the national park’s website says. Elevation greatly varies in the park, ranging from 536 feet to 5,814 feet, ...

National Park Dedicated in Colorado Desert The nation's newest national park is opening in Colorado. The Great Sand Dunes is an American Sahara left behind by 12,000 years of southwesterly winds ...