Top 5 of the Best National Parks in the USA

Summer time is perfect for a road trip to the best National Parks in the world. Here's our recommendations for the best national parks to visit.

1.  Yellowstone National Park 

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Known as the first national park, Yellowstone features dramatic canyons, alpine rivers, lush forests, hot springs and gushing geysers, including its most famous, Old Faithful. There is proven artifacts that humans have been in Yellowstone for 11,000 years. 

2. Yosemite National Park

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Yosemite was the subject of  famed photographer Ansel Adams. Ansel featured Yosemite's beautiful mountains. With its ancient sequoias and Bridalveil Fall and the granite cliffs of El Capitan and Half Dome it's definitely a sight to see. 

3. Arches National Park

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Located in Eastern Utah Arches National Park features beautiful Sandstone towers and arches. The park lies above a salt bed which is how these sandstone features form. There is also prehistoric proof of human existence drawn on rocks. 

4. Mesa Verde National Park

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With the best preserved Ancestral Puebloan archeological sites Mesa Verde National Park has to be part of the list. You'll have the opportunity to witness adobe brick homes built by the Puebloan people who are said to be of a Native American ancestry. 

5. Zion National Park 

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Zion was Utah's first National Park which features beautiful hiking trails. The canyons are heavenly and are great for hiking and rock climbing. Zion is Hebrew for place of peace and relaxation. Shaped by erosion and tectonic plates it's every photographers dream.