The 25 Coolest National Parks in America

One of the greatest collections of art nature ever made is right in your backyard.

Not Available Lead
Complex Original

Image via Complex Original

Not Available Lead

The National Parks System was founded in 1916, and we are all richer for it. With life in this country seeming smaller and more indoors everyday, trees and wild animals sometimes seem like things that exist in countries people leave America to take vacations to.

America the Beautiful, however, is a nickname well earned, and these 25 amazing national parks prove why this magnificent country is still a destination for nature lovers the world over.

RELATED: The 50 Coolest Places in New York City Right Now
RELATED: What Bar Bathroom Graffiti Can Tell You About Washington D.C.

Hot Springs

Not Available Interstitial

Theodore Roosevelt

Not Available Interstitial

Crater Lake

Not Available Interstitial

Wind Cave

Not Available Interstitial

Big Bend

Not Available Interstitial

Shenandoah

Not Available Interstitial

Arches

Not Available Interstitial

Mount Rainier

Not Available Interstitial

Great Smoky Mountains

Not Available Interstitial

Joshua Tree

Not Available Interstitial

Glacier

Not Available Interstitial

Mesa Verde

Not Available Interstitial

Olympic

Not Available Interstitial

Petrified Forest

Not Available Interstitial

Rocky Mountain

Not Available Interstitial

Acadia

Not Available Interstitial

Sequoia

Not Available Interstitial

Zion

Not Available Interstitial

Everglades

Not Available Interstitial

Denali

Not Available Interstitial

Death Valley

Not Available Interstitial

Yosemite

Not Available Interstitial

Grand Canyon

Not Available Interstitial

Hawai'i Volcanoes

Not Available Interstitial

Yellowstone

Not Available Interstitial

Latest in Pop Culture