Top Ten National Parks in USA

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Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona offers spectacular beauty. The Canyon itself is the star attraction as it offers a spectacular landscape and travelers can hike down the canyons. 

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Best time to visit: March to May and September to November

Yosemite National Park in California is the second most popular national park in USA. One can choose hiking, camping, and even go for rock climbing in Yosemite National Park.

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Best time to visit: May and September

Zion National Park offers a great experience which has blue waters as well as red sands soil. Located in Utah it is also one of the oldest and most visited national parks that exhibits stunning rock monoliths and eroded canyon walls cut by the Virgin River.

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Best time to visit: April and November

Located between North Carolina and Tennessee the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is popular for its abundance of forests and wildlife.

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Best time to visit: June to August

Located in South Western Virginia New River Gorge National Park Preserve has an iconic steel arch bridge, which was used to be once the longest in the world. Rich in cultural and natural history, the park offers an abundance of scenic and recreational opportunities.

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Best time to visit: Round the year

Located northwest of the state of Wyoming Yellowstone National Park is home to canyons, alpine rivers, lush forests, hot springs gushing geysers, and animal species like bears, wolves, bison, elk, and antelope.

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Best time to visit: April, September and October

Located in Montana Glacier National Park is home to mountains, glaciers, waterfalls, lakes, and a wonderful variety of thriving plant and animal life. 

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Best time to visit: Early July and Late September

Located only 75 miles off Washington DC Shenandoah National Park has cascading waterfalls, spectacular vistas, fields of wildflowers, and quiet wooded hollows. It is home to deer, songbirds, black bears, and many more wildlife.

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Best time to visit: March to May and September to November

Acadia National Park in Maine is home to more than 20 mountains that rose from the sea. It is also the first national park created from private lands gifted to the government.

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Best time to visit: Late September to mid-October

Mount Rainier National Park is located close to west-central Washington state. It is the fifth national park of USA and it is also an active volcano that last erupted about 1,000 years ago.

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Best time to visit: July to August

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