LIFE Explores: America’s National Parks – Grand Teton Cover

Celebrate America’s beauty through remarkable images of lush valley floors, mountain meadows, alpine lakes, rising peaks and so much more. America’s national parks are more popular than ever, drawing record numbers of visitors every year. This special issue is a celebration of these parks, representing the best of the geographic and biological diversity of the far-flung U.S. park system. Packed with extraordinary photographs (as well as intriguing data and detailed descriptions), these pages serve not only as a guide to the parks’ individual charms, but also as an appreciation of their unmatched—and fragile—natural splendor.