Destinations Photo Contest Spotlight: See some of your best photos of national parks
Our Destinations Travel Photo Contest hosted some wonderful photos taken by travelers such as YOU! From wildlife to waterfalls, sunsets to mountains, peaceful farms to bustling big cities, we saw it all!
Take a look at just a small sampling of some of the great pictures of scenes from national parks that we've gotten, and that are among our editors' many favorites. (Captions are written by the photographers.)
To see all of the 2017 entries, click here!
To see all of the 2016 entries, click here!
Blame It On The Tetons
Grand Teton National Park (photo: @DMajeski)
This made my day!
This was taken on a sunset boat tour while vacationing in South Florida. The dolphins chased our boat out in the 10,000 islands of Everglades National Park. (photo: @Deen)
Glacier
Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska (photo: @Cody)
Cool Colorado Calm
Snowshoeing in Rocky Mountain National Park (photo: @Kjomck)
Lazy Days
This is one of Holly's (bear 435) cubs. I caught this pic of her cub as they came up from behind us, on the main trail at Katmai National Park, and my family and I were forced to go on the platform. Just a few feet below me this cub decided to lay down for a nap until her mom started to call for her. (photo: @MariLynn)
Cold Canoes
A visit to the elevated, cool environment at Banff National Park, Canada, was visually enhanced by a collection of colorful, red canoes stacked upon the rental dock at Lake Louise. (photo: @Lithocat)
Coffee With A View
Morning sunrise at Grand Teton National Park. (photo: @DMajeski)
Grizzly Bear encounter in Denali National Park, AK
Our tour bus stopped at Photochrome Pass in Denali National Park, so we could take photos. Suddenly, our bus driver is urgently saying, "everyone on the bus...any bus...NOW!" Apparently a grizzly bear was spotted in the area. Moments later our bear friend came to visit us a mere 20 feet away and stopped to pose at the Photochrome Pass marker. The tour driver estimated the grizzly to be around 5 years old. (photo: @rgmatson)
Lakeside Sunset
Glacier National Park (photo@JESmith)
Virgin River Narrows -- Floating Rock
Floating Rock in the Virgin River Narrows, Zion National Park, Utah (photo: @BryanK)
Wawona Covered Bridge
Late Fall, Yosemite National Park (photo: @Cathryn)
Good night, Serengeti
Nightfall in June in the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, Africa (photo: @Rupert)
PicasaMoraine Lake Banff National Park Canada
The photo was taken at Moraine Lake located in Banff National Park in Canada. (photo: @SteveO)
Morning Quiet
Distance gives solitude and space. It tests patience, endurance and faith. It proves the real worth of someone as it scales the value of a person. In the end, we discover that the distance between our dreams and reality is faith. Mesa Arch at sunrise. Canyonlands National Park -- Island In The Sky. (photo: @JeffK)
Wheeler Peak
Great Basin National Park (Baker, Nev.) is a gem. One of the most underestimated national parks in my opinion. I highly suggest a sunrise hike up Wheeler Peak and a tour of Lehman caves in the afternoon. (photo: @LeahR)
Wind Scalped Sands Waves
The winds shape the sands create patterns of waves, Death Valley National Park (photo: @Meng)
Prarie Sunflower Lightning
The dark thunderclouds deftly contrast the vibrant field of golden Prairie Sunflower as a bolt of lighting strikes, at the herald of the imminent rains to come in Canyonlands National Park, Utah. (photo: @RyanW)
Crater Lake National Park
Crater Lake National Park, OR (photo: @Tgwood)
Jasper National Park, Alberta Canada
This photo was taken at Jasper Lake Lodge, where we had a delightful dinner, and we saw several caribou wandering around the premises. This was a relaxing place for a vacation, with gorgeous sights everywhere you look. (photo: @AdeleHMN)
Beautiful Adventure
Dunraven Trail, Rocky Mountain National Park, CO in July 2016. A bunch of first-time back country hikers out looking to conquer a mountain. A beautiful adventure for some "flat-landers" from Iowa. (photo: Schneck95)
Channel Islands National Park
Awesome hidden gem in the Pacific Ocean that is over million years old. Many people cannot see unless you take a boat about an hour off the coast of Oxnard, CA (photo: @Autism)
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