This story appears in the August 2009 issue of National Geographic magazine. Update: Our new Yellowstone National Park stories may ... from a stretch of the Rocky Mountains: mountains.

This immense state is home to approximately 64 well-preserved state and national parks, with one U.S. national park ... of the Yellowstone River and surrounded by the pristine Absaroka Mountains ...

Here are my top U.S. national parks. Home to Old Faithful Geyser and Old Faithful Inn, Yellowstone ... park in the U.S. You can drive along ridge after ridge of the Appalachian Mountains and ...