Parks, protected areas, trails, and the quiet corners that anchor an adventure.
14 places
Liguria
A rugged stretch of the Italian Riviera coastline, protected as a national park, linking five centuries-old fishing villages by cliffside trails.
100 m (328 ft)
Southern Oregon
The deepest lake in the United States, filling the caldera of the collapsed volcano Mount Mazama with strikingly blue water.
1,883 m (6,178 ft)
Eastern California & Nevada
The hottest and driest place in North America, containing Badwater Basin — the lowest point on the continent at 86 metres below sea level.
-86 m (-282 ft)
Northern Arizona
A mile-deep canyon carved by the Colorado River over millions of years, exposing nearly two billion years of geologic history.
2,135 m (7,005 ft)
San Bernardino & Riverside Counties, California
A vast desert park in southern California spanning the transition zone between the Mojave and Colorado Deserts, known for its namesake trees and rock formations.
936 m (3,071 ft)
Southern Highlands, Iceland
A celebrated multi-day hiking route through the Icelandic highlands, crossing rhyolite mountains, hot springs, glaciers, and black-sand deserts.
600 m (1,969 ft)
Fiordland, South Island
The Glade Wharf start of New Zealand’s Milford Track, a famed Great Walk through Fiordland rainforest, alpine passes, and waterfalls.
190 m (623 ft)
Coos County, New Hampshire
A mountain pass and popular trailhead hub on the eastern side of the Presidential Range.
615 m (2,018 ft)
Northern California coast
Protected old-growth coastal forest home to the tallest trees on Earth, the coast redwoods, on the northern California coast.
North Africa
The largest hot desert on Earth, stretching across North Africa with vast dune seas, rocky plateaus, and oases.
400 m (1,312 ft)
Northern Territory
A massive sandstone monolith rising from the arid heart of the Australian Outback, sacred to the Anangu people and a UNESCO World Heritage site.
863 m (2,831 ft)
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
A dramatic river canyon in south-eastern France known for its turquoise water and limestone walls popular with climbers.
700 m (2,297 ft)
Sierra Nevada, California
A Sierra Nevada park famed for its granite cliffs, giant sequoias, and waterfalls, including El Capitan and Half Dome.
1,209 m (3,967 ft)
Hunan
A subtropical forest park in China renowned for its thousands of towering quartzite-sandstone pillars rising through the mist.
1,000 m (3,281 ft)