Trekking and Camping

North America offers a golden opportunity to tourists to discover and outdoor opportunities spread out in the country. The US has got some 64 designated national parks. These parks are home to more than 60% of the nation's endangered species, and represent some of the best remaining habitat for the country's wildlife heritage. They are also seen as "touchstones of shared history and culture." These parks along with other trek routes are worth trying out.

Other than the verdant national there are vast windswept dry lands, the vast expanses of the Grand Canyon and the high and rough stretches of Rocky Mountains provide an ideal platform for adventure enthusiasts tourists to explore another part of United States.

If all these don't excite you, then there are certain other type of trails and pathways that are loaded with history. For e.g., you can walk the trails once used by native Indians and the white settlers while they were on their way into the wild-west territory from the eastern seaboard. These trails, which saw the hooves of the horses and the wheels of the wagons, are now home to trekkers and campers who want to get their slice of the American wilderness and the native terrain. Some of the National Parks such as the Yellowstone National Park and Yosemite National Park are further locations where the tourists can explore their way through the territory in the form of the foot soldiers of the wild.

Few Popular Treks
Yellowstone National Park Trek: At this park you can view wildlife, try backcountry hiking, camping, horseback riding or join in a ranger-led nature walk. Geysers, hot springs, a grand canyon, forests, wilderness, wildlife and even a large lake can all be found inside the park.

Yosemite National Park Trek: The Sierra crest and the Pacific Crest Trail run through Yosemite, with peaks of red metamorphic rock, such as Mount Dana and Mount Gibbs, and granite peaks, such as Mount Conness.

The Badlands National Park Trek, located in southwestern South Dakota, covers 64,000 sq km and consists of 244,000 acres of buttes, pinnacles and spires blended with the mixed grass prairie.

The Grand Canyon Trek: The Grand Canyon is more than a great abyss carved through the rocks of the Colorado plateau. It is a pleasure ground for those who love the many moods and gifts of nature. The National Park covers more than 1.2 million acres and the vast majority of the park is inaccessible due to the predominance of cliffs, and inhospitable to all but desert plants and animals. The Colorado River bisects the canyon and hikers can cross the river only at Phantom Ranch.

Death Valley National Park Trek: The Park is located east of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Inyo County, California, with a small extension and exclave (Devil's Hole) in Nevada. The park covers 5,219 mi² (13,518 km²), encompassing Saline Valley, a large part of Panamint Valley, almost all of Death Valley, and parts of several mountain ranges.

The Bridger Teton National Forest Trek: This national forest is still one of the largest and wildest in the US. Most of Wyoming's' tallest mountains are located here and six of the largest seven glaciers in the contiguous 48 states are also here. The Bridger Wilderness area has over 1,300 lakes and over 1,000 are known to have trout.