Labor Day weekend is when U.S. national-park searches jump. These 15 licensed photos cover Yosemite, the Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, Utah’s red rock, Glacier, the Tetons, the Smokies, and Denali — not the beach posts. Credit sits under each photo.
1. Half Dome, Yosemite
The granite face over Yosemite Valley. California’s most searched park photo after any holiday weekend.
Photo: Thomas Wolf / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0
2. Grand Canyon South Rim
Mather Point looking into the layered canyon. The park most people mean when they search “Grand Canyon.”
Photo: G. Lamar / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 2.0
3. Lower Falls, Yellowstone
The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, not Arizona. Steam, pine, and a 308-foot drop.
Photo: Rhododendrites / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0
4. Angels Landing view, Zion
The Virgin River canyon from the famous ridge. Utah’s most booked park after Labor Day.
Photo: Diliff / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0
5. Delicate Arch, Arches
Sunset at the free-standing sandstone arch. Moab’s postcard, still the search thumbnail.
Photo: Palacemusic / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0
6. Inspiration Point, Bryce Canyon
Hoodoos in orange amphitheaters. A different Utah than Zion — closer and colder at night.
Photo: King of Hearts / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0
7. Green River Overlook, Canyonlands
Ekker Butte and the river cut. The Island in the Sky district above Moab.
Photo: au_ears / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 2.0
8. Hidden Lake, Glacier
A mountain goat above the lake. Montana’s Going-to-the-Sun season is still open in early September.
Photo: Robert M. Russell / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0
9. Mormon Row barns, Grand Teton
Barns against the Teton range. Wyoming’s most copied landscape photo after Yellowstone.
Photo: Jon Sullivan / Wikimedia Commons / Public domain
10. Glacier Gorge from Bear Lake
Rocky Mountain National Park in September. Trail Ridge Road and alpine lakes near Denver.
Photo: Daniel Mayer / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0
11. Mount LeConte, Great Smoky Mountains
Cliff Tops looking over Tennessee ridges. America’s most-visited park, still a Labor Day drive.
Photo: AppalachianCentrist / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0
12. Ruby Beach, Olympic
Sea stacks and driftwood on the Washington coast. A Pacific park that is not California.
Photo: Adbar / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0
13. Crater Lake
Oregon’s caldera in winter light. The water stays that blue even when the rim has snow.
Photo: WolfmanSF / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0
14. Badlands, South Dakota
Eroded buttes and prairie. A plains park between Yellowstone and the Midwest drive.
Photo: Martin Kraft / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0
15. Denali from Wonder Lake
North America’s highest peak over the tundra. Alaska for travelers who skipped the Lower 48 loop.
Photo: Denali National Park and Preserve / Wikimedia Commons / Public domain
All 15 photos are from Wikimedia Commons. If you republish, keep the photographer credit and license link under each image.
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