The great American road trip
A dozen parks, one long drive.
Terra Terra Collections The great American road trip
Plan the route, then hold it: the parks every American road trip is built around, as printable terrain from USGS laser-scan elevation data.
12 stops · read them in order, or jump to the one you want
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Yosemite Valley, California
El Capitan, Half Dome, Bridalveil and Yosemite Falls in one granite valley.
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Yellowstone: Old Faithful and the caldera
Geysers and hot springs above a supervolcano, in the first national park.
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Glacier National Park, Montana
Going-to-the-Sun Road crossing the Continental Divide.
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Canyonlands, Utah
Mesa Arch and the maze of canyons cut by the Green and Colorado rivers.
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Cadillac Mountain, Acadia
Granite mountains meeting the Atlantic on Mount Desert Island.
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Mount Olympus, Washington
Glaciers and rain forest in Olympic National Park.
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Badwater, Death Valley
The lowest point in North America (below sea level).
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Crater Lake, Oregon
The deepest lake in the US fills a collapsed volcano.
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Clingmans Dome, Tennessee
The roof of the Great Smoky Mountains, on the Appalachian Trail.
