Celebrating the National Parks of the USA

The world's first national park, established 1872

On August 25th the US National Park Service will be 100 years old so, having celebrated UK national parks last month, here are some pictures to celebrate US national parks.

The Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park

Crater Lake National Park

Rocky Mountain National Park

Paiota Falls,Atsina Falls & Cathedral Peak, Glacier National Park

Charlotte Dome, Kings Canyon National Park

Boiling Springs Lake, Lassen Volcanic National Park

Mount Rainier, Mount Rainier National Park

Lone Star Geyser, Yellowstone National Park

Big Beaver Creek, North Cascades National Park

The High Divide, Olympic National Park

Tuolumne River, Yosemite National Park

Celebrating National Parks

Loch Morlich & the Northern Corries, Cairngorms National Park

This is National Parks Week so in celebration of our parks, which I think are a great achievement despite the many problems, here are photographs of four I've visited in recent years, including of course the one in which I live.

Sunset over the western Lake District National Park

Derwentwater, Lake District National Park

Looking down to Cwm Idwal, Snowdonia National Park

Snowdon, Snowdonia National Park

Loch Lomond, Loch Lomond & the Trossachs National Park

Ben Lomond, Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park

The Lairig Ghru, Cairngorms National Park