Worldwide Parks and Recreation Areas with Hiking

The nearly vertical monolith known as Devils Tower rises 1,267 feet above the meandering Belle Fourche River. Once hidden below the earth's surface, erosion has stripped away the softer rock layers revealing Devils Tower. read more...

Phone: (307) 467-5283   Price Range: $5 - $10   Open Season: N/A   Camping: Yes  
Nearest Popular City: Devils Tower   Nearest Lake/River: N/A   Park Type: National Monument   Activities: Birding, Hiking, Cross Country Skiing, Wildlife Watching, Rock Climbing, Camping, Interpretive Programs, Star Gazing   Details Provided By: Devils Tower

Comprised of five in a chain of eight southern California islands near Los Angeles, Channel Islands National Park is home to a wide variety of nationally and internationally significant natural and cultural resources. Over 2,000 species of plants and animals can be found within the park. However only four mammals are endemic to the islands. One hundred and forty-five of these species are unique to the islands and found nowhere else in the world. read more...

Phone: 805-658-5730   Price Range: $0 - $735   Open Season: N/A   Camping: Yes  
Nearest Popular City: Ventura   Nearest Lake/River: N/A   Park Type: National Park   Activities: Birding, Boating and Watercraft, Fishing, Hiking, Backpacking, Swimming, Wildlife Watching, Kayaking, Nature Walks, Star Gazing   Details Provided By: Channel Islands

By establishing Gates of the Arctic National Park & Preserve (GAAR) in Alaska's Brooks Range, Congress has reserved a vast and essentially untouched area of superlative natural beauty and exceptional scientific value - a maze of glaciated valleys and gaunt, rugged mountains covered with boreal forest and arctic tundra vegetation, cut by wild rivers, and inhabited by far-ranging populations of caribou, Dall sheep, wolves, and bears (barren-ground grizzlies and black bears). read more...

Phone: 907-692-5494   Price Range: N/A   Open Season: N/A   Camping: Yes  
Nearest Popular City: Bettles   Nearest Lake/River: N/A   Park Type: National Park, National Preserve   Activities: Birding, Boating and Watercraft, Fishing, Hiking, Hunting and Shooting, Backpacking, Cross Country Skiing, Downhill Skiing, Wildlife Watching, Rock Climbing, Camping, Snowshoeing   Details Provided By: Gates of the Arctic National Park