These names represent more than just scenic beauty.

They represent american ideals at their best.

The preservation of life and liberty, The pursuit of happiness.

For all.

For some, it's an opportunity to experience primordial beauty to grasp if only for a minute, a sense of the sublime.

For others, it's a place to enjoy life at its fullest to feel the rush of adventure, to overcome a personal challenge and for still others it may be a place to seek refuge or to heal, to connect with a deeper pulse that runs through our planet.

These national parks are our greatest treasure in Yosemite Valley.

The national park systems crown jewel, massive granite rock formations tower thousands of feet over the merced river.

Wild Creeks plummet from the cliff tops and presiding over it all stands the iconic and mighty sentinels of rock, el capitan half tone the royal arches, the three brothers and cathedral rocks going to the Sun Road offers steely nerved motorists the drive of their life chiseled out of the mountainside and punctuated by some of the surest and most vertiginous drop offs in the US.

This vista laden strip offers drivers access to the most astounding sights in the rockies of all the places to watch the sunset in the world.

Few can measure up to the Grand canyon.

Lipton point is one of the finest spots to do it in Yellowstone.

If you don't see a moose or bison or a herd of elk or a bear, you probably have your eyes closed on par with the Galapagos, the Serengeti and brazil's Pantanal.

Yellowstone is one of the world's premier wildlife watching destinations from the rim of southern Utah's bryce amphitheater.

You can look down upon thousands of bizarre ancient rock spires as they tower out of the so called Silent City.

High season runs june through september waterfalls in Yosemite and great smoky Mountains are at their peak in the spring travel costs in the U.

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National parks can range from less than $100 a day if you enjoy a campsite and self catering to over $250 a day for a four star hotel and a meal and a high end restaurant in a gateway.

Town cars are the most convenient way to travel between the park's many parks have excellent shuttle systems.

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The moment you roll up into the entrance of the national park, you feel it, you're entering a special place.

Maybe it's the mountain air or the smell of the trees.