US National Parks at a glance
Tap through to the live Land-tour Atlas for every place’s card: how ships or tours use it, who goes and when.
Tour start cityOvernight stopDay highlightClassic route
Tours run April–November · best May–June and September–October
- Janfew or none
- Febfew or none
- Marfew or none
- Aprsailing
- Maypeak
- Junpeak
- Julsailing
- Augsailing
- Seppeak
- Octpeak
- Novsailing
- Decfew or none
The parks don't share a season: Yellowstone and Glacier are summer parks, and Going-to-the-Sun Road is usually fully open only from early July. Zion is regularly over 100°F in summer, with flash-flood risk July to September, so Utah tours are best in spring and fall.
Every US National Parks place we map
10 land-tour stops, grouped as the itineraries use them. Places with a full Seabound guide link straight to it.
Day highlights 1
Overnight stops 5
Tour start cities 4
The classic routes
The routes the tour companies sell most often here, drawn on the map above.
Phoenix → Grand Canyon South Rim → Monument Valley → Moab → Capitol Reef → Bryce Canyon National Park → Zion National Park → Las Vegas · 9 days
Run by Cosmos
Jackson → Yellowstone National Park → Bryce Canyon National Park → Zion National Park → Grand Canyon South Rim → Las Vegas · 9 days
Run by Trafalgar
Rapid City → Yellowstone National Park → Jackson → Salt Lake City · 8-10 days
Las Vegas → Bryce Canyon National Park → Moab → Capitol Reef → Zion National Park → Las Vegas · 9 days
Run by G Adventures, Intrepid
Whitefish → Glacier National Park · 6 days
Run by Road Scholar
Tour companies that go here
The number is how many places on this map each one uses.
US National Parks map questions
How many land-tour stops are on the US National Parks map?
10: 1 day highlights, 5 overnight stops, 4 tour start cities. Each one opens a card on our interactive map.
When is the US National Parks season?
Tours run April–November · best May–June and September–October. The parks don't share a season: Yellowstone and Glacier are summer parks, and Going-to-the-Sun Road is usually fully open only from early July. Zion is regularly over 100°F in summer, with flash-flood risk July to September, so Utah tours are best in spring and fall.
Who runs tours in US National Parks?
Trafalgar, Cosmos, G Adventures, Collette, Tauck, Intrepid, plus 3 more use places on this map.
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