Visit these national parks to walk in the footsteps of your favorite movie or TV show. Here are some of the most famous examples (when you're ready to plan your trip, learn more about park entrance passes):
- Acadia National Park (Pet Sematary)
- Alcatraz Island (The Rock)
- Arches National Park (City Slickers II, Thelma and Louise, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, The Greatest Story Ever Told)
- Badlands National Park (Dances with Wolves)
- Big Bend National Park (Barbarosa)
- Canyon de Chelly National Monument (The Lone Ranger (movie, 2013))
- Canyonlands National Park (Thelma and Louise, The Greatest Story Ever Told)
- Carlsbad Caverns National Park (Journey to the Center of the Earth)
- Colorado National Monument (American Flyers)
- Crater Lake National Park (Wild)
- Death Valley National Park (Star Wars, The Doors, Star Wars: Return of the Jedi)
- Denali National Park (The River Wild, Into the Wild)
- Devils Tower National Monument (Close Encounters of the Third Kind)
- Fort Smith National Historic Site (True Grit, Hang 'Em High)
- Gettysburg National Military Park (Gettysburg)
- Glacier National Park (The Shining, The River Wild, Continental Divide, Forrest Gump)
- Glen Canyon National Recreation Area (Planet of the Apes (1967), Broken Arrow)
- Golden Gate National Recreation Area (Escape from Alcatraz, The Presidio)
- Grand Canyon National Park (Into the Wild, Transformers, National Lampoons Vacation, Brady Bunch (TV), The Harvey Girls)
- Grand Teton National Park (Rocky IV, Shane, The Big Sky)
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park (Blaze)
- Hawaii Volcanoes National Park (Black Widow)
- Independence National Historical Park (Blow Out)
- National Mall and Memorial Parks (Parks and Recreation (TV), Forrest Gump, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, No Way Out, Wedding Crashers, White House Down, Independence Day)
- Mount Rushmore National Memorial (North by Northwest, National Treasure: Book of Secrets)
- Point Reyes National Seashore (The Fog)
- Redwoods National and State Parks (E.T. Extra Terrestrial, Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, The Lost World, Jurassic Park)
- Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area (mutliple)
- Statue of Liberty National Monument (Splash, The Brother From Another Planet, Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins)
- White Sands National Monument (Hang 'Em High, Young Guns II, Transformers, Book of Eli)
- Wright Brothers National Memorial (Brainstorm)
- Yellowstone National Park (Star Trek (1979); Yellowstone)
- Yosemite National Park (Monty Python and the Holy Grail, The Caine Mutiny, Maverick, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier)
- Zion National Park (Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid)
Last updated: October 7, 2020