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The Congaree National Park Visitor Center boardwalk

Congaree National Park Wilderness

Hardwood forests, Southeastern woodpeckers and floodplains

Clouds form over mountains on Admiralty Island

Kootznoowoo Wilderness

Brown bears, coastal forests, rocky spires

Charon Gardens Wilderness Area, Oklahoma

Charon’s Garden Wilderness Area, Wichita Mountains

Rock-climbing, bison and granite canyons

Young American White Pelicans at Chase Lake National Wildlife Refuge, or Chase Lake Wilderness

Chase Lake Wilderness

More than 30,000 white pelicans and an isolated alkali lake

Wildcat Falls at Slickrock Creek, Joyce-Kilmer Slickrock Wilderness

Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock Wilderness

Old-growth forest, 60 miles of trail, herbaceous plants

Whitewater Canyon, Gila Wilderness

Gila Wilderness

High mesas, juniper woodland, hot springs

Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, New Jersey

Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge

Extensive wetlands, cattail marshes and rare bog turtles

Grapevine Canyon in Nevada, Death Valley Wilderness

Death Valley Wilderness

Vast fields of shimmering sand dunes, nocturnal creatures and extreme temperatures

A bison roaming Fort Niobrara Wilderness

Fort Niobrara Wilderness

Rolling sand hills, roaming bison, prairie and wooded valleys

The Gates of the Mountains in Helena National Forest

Gates of the Mountains Wilderness

The Lewis and Clark Trail, gray limestone and big horn sheep

Trail junction in Hercules Glades Wilderness, Missouri

Hercules Glades Wilderness

Open grassland, forested knobs and dogwood trees

Cypress knobs in Black Creek Wilderness, Mississippi

Black Creek Wilderness

Floodplains, red maples and white sand riverbanks

Morning on Burnt Lake in Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness

Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness

1,175 lakes, Paleo-Indian culture and gray wolves

Monomoy Point Light at a distance, Monomoy Wilderness

Monomoy Wilderness

Migratory birds, shifting sand dunes and hundreds of gray seals

Bearce Lake in Moosehorn Wilderness, Maine

Moosehorn (Baring Unit) Wilderness

Migratory birds, wooded lakes and rolling hills

Royal Tern (Sterna maxima) nesting colony on Chandeleur Island, Breton Wilderness

Breton Wilderness

Thousands of seabirds, geologically young island formations and saltwater marshes

Kisatchie Hills at sunset

Kisatchie Hills Wilderness

Flat-topped mesas, steep cliffs and feral hogs

A rock climber in Clifty Wilderness

Clifty Wilderness

Hemlock thickets, sandstone arches and scenic river vistas

The shoreline of Lake Monroe, which borders the Charles C. Deam Wilderness Area to the west

Charles C. Deam Wilderness Area

Geode-laden streams and Karst topography

Garden of the Gods Wilderness captured at sunset

Garden of the Gods Wilderness

Carved ridges, bird-watching, massive sandstone formations

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