Geologic Tour

 

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

 

Enjoy a Grand Tour of Park Geology

Find Your Park—Witness Grand

GEOLOGIC WONDERS

Find Your Park—Delve Into Park

LANDFORMS

Find Your Park—Investigate Regional

LANDSCAPES

Find Your Park—See the Power of

TECTONIC PLATES

Find Your Park—Travel Through

GEOLOGIC TIME

Find Your Park—Discover Your

GEOHERITAGE

 

Geologic Resource Themes

FIND YOUR PARK—SEEK THE UNIQUE

ARCHES, BUTTES & ROCK FORMATIONS

Find Your Park—Get Immersed in

CAVES & KARST

Find Your Park—Explore the Shore

COASTAL GEOLOGY

Find Your Park—Dig Into Prehistory

FOSSILS & PALEONTOLOGY

FIND YOUR PARK—SEE WHAT'S BREWING

GEOTHERMAL PROCESSES & FEATURES

FIND YOUR PARK—SLIDE ON OVER TO

GLACIERS

FIND YOUR PARK—GO WITH THE FLOW

VOLCANOES, CRATERS & LAVA FLOWS

 

Go on a Geologic Adventure

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.

See the Highest, Deepest, and Widest

Explore the superlative geoheritage sites.

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

Park-specific Geology Information

Park Maps

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