Happy Birthday National Parks!

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Grand Canyon, AZ


Mount Ranier, WA


St. Mary’s Lake,
Glacier National Park, MT


Bass Harbor Head Light
Acadia National Park, ME


Mt. Rushmore, SD (National Monument)


Badlands, SD


Pikes Peak, gathering storm, CO
National Historic Landmark


Devils Tower, WY


Indian Cliff Dwellings
Bandelier National Monument, NM

It’s the 100-year anniversary of the National Park Service. As Ken Burns has noted – and filmed – it sure does seem to be “America’s Best Idea.”

Some of the parks pictured here are technically “national landmarks” or such, but still. Visit them all!

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