These 18 Unreal National Parks Need to Go on Your Bucket List ASAP

The beautiful park filled with stunning rock formations is also filled with wildlife. You might see bison, prairie dogs, or bighorn sheep while exploring the area. They also offer an awesome night sky program where you can take in the beautiful starry skies with telescopes that the park happily provides.

This is the hottest, driest, and lowest national park in the country, but that's what makes it such a fascinating area to visit. It's a great place for hiking, camping, mountain biking, and birding.

The views of these one-mile-deep canyons in Arizona will totally take your breath away. The most popular place to enjoy the area is at the South Rim — you can find trip accommodations just a short drive from the park.

Choose an Arches hiking trail or float along the Green River. Just make sure to see the incredible, colorful rock formations that gave this park its name.

This national park has the world's largest concentration of geysers. If you appreciate wildlife, Yellowstone is filled with bison, grizzly bears, and wolves — it has one of the last intact ecosystems in this type of terrain. Visit in the Spring to enjoy the gorgeous nature in bloom or visit in the Winter if you're looking for some peace and quiet.

The beauty of Yosemite National Park is its vast variety of natural features. You can explore the massive meadows, tall Seqouia trees, and impressive Sierra mountains. It's easy to book lodging or camping reservations when planning your visit.

What's most beautiful about Glacier is its huge lakes surrounded by snow-capped mountains. If you crave adventure, you can go zip-lining, rafting, cross-country skiing, or Jeep exploring. It's hard to run out of activities in this area.

One of the most popular national parks on the East Coast is Acadia. It's home to one of tallest mountains on the US Atlantic coast and many hikers enjoy climbing the granite peaks.

If you're going to Rocky Mountain National Park, make sure to bike or drive down Trail Ridge Road, the highest continuous paved road in the country. There are also over 300 miles worth of hiking trails to try out.

Feast your eyes on the tallest trees in the world. You can also explore the prairies, rivers, and wildlife that fill this majestic park.

The lush land that makes up Olympic National Park includes hot springs and pools of water. You can also tour the rainforest.

Zion is awesome because it offers guided canyoneering, rock climbing, mountain biking, and hiking. In the Summer, the Virgin River also a great place to go river tubing.

Denali is Alaska's most popular land attraction. The quiets lands have glacial rivers running through them and the tundra is an incredible terrain to explore.

Check out Mount Rainier itself, an active volcano. The park is also home to over 150 waterfalls that can be seen on many of the area's hiking trails.

Everyone comes to Bryce Canyon to see the Hoodoos — pillars of rock left standing from the forces of erosion. A great way to explore the canyon is to go horseback riding.

Everglades National Park is a unique place to see endangered species like the manatee, crocodile, and Florida panther. Make sure to check out the Shark Valley Tram Tour, a popular way to explore the wetlands.

Known for the bluish haze that settles over the mountains, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park sits between North Carolina and Tennessee. The most beautiful time to visit is Fall, when all the leaves change color.

Two of the world's most famous volcanoes, Kilauea and Mauna Loa, sit within this park. You can go on different hiking trails that will take you through lava tubes and over lava flows.