Geologic Tour

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Visitors enjoy the view from Observation Point in Zion National Park, Utah. NPS photo by Christopher Gezon.

 

Enjoy a Grand Tour of Park Geology

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  Find Your Park—Witness Grand

  GEOLOGIC WONDERS

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  Find Your Park—Delve Into Park

  LANDFORMS

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  Find Your Park—Investigate Regional

  LANDSCAPES

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  Find Your Park—See the Power of

  TECTONIC PLATES

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  Find Your Park—Travel Through

  GEOLOGIC TIME

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  Find Your Park—Discover Your

  GEOHERITAGE

 

Geologic Resource Themes

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  FIND YOUR PARK—SEEK THE UNIQUE

  ARCHES, BUTTES & ROCK FORMATIONS

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  Find Your Park—Get Immersed in

  CAVES & KARST

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  Find Your Park—Explore the Shore

  COASTAL GEOLOGY

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  Find Your Park—Dig Into Prehistory

  FOSSILS & PALEONTOLOGY

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  FIND YOUR PARK—SEE WHAT'S BREWING

  GEOTHERMAL PROCESSES & FEATURES

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  FIND YOUR PARK—SLIDE ON OVER TO

  GLACIERS

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  FIND YOUR PARK—GO WITH THE FLOW

  VOLCANOES, CRATERS & LAVA FLOWS

 

Go on a Geologic Adventure

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  Connect with America's Scenic Byways

  America's Scenic Byways offer wonderful opportunities to travel to the parks and see a variety of geologic landforms.

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  See the Highest, Deepest, and Widest

  Explore the superlative geoheritage sites.

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  Visit America's National Geologic Trail

  Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail—see evidence of the largest and most powerful floods that have ever occurred on Earth.

 

Check out Park Geology In-depth

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  Park-specific Geology Information

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  Park Maps

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  NPS Geodiversity Atlas

  Check out the largest collection of NPS geoscience information ever compiled.

 

A family celebrates together at the Windows in Arches National Park, Utah.

Share the Experience photo by Beth Loehfelm (subject to copyright).

Get Active for Geology

Exploring geologic sites is a wonderful way to get outdoors and exercise.

 

Related Programs

 

Healthy Parks Healthy People US

 

Let's Move Outside

 

No Child Left Inside Day

 

National Trails Day

 

National Get Outdoors Day

 

Leave No Trace