National State Parks Places Enjoying Outdoors Parts Areas

National and state parks are good places to spend time outdoors. These parks are more common in the United States and Mexico than in other parts of the world, and are large areas of land protected and preserved by the federal government (called "national parks") and state governments (called "state parks") because of their natural beauty, importance in history, or importance to the environment. Both national and state parks are usually located in undeveloped places where there are no people, businesses, buildings, or cars. These areas often have "rare," or not often found, animals, plants, and other parts of nature. Money to maintain them come from the national and state taxes, and from "admission fees," or money people pay to enter.

National and state parks are popular "tourist attractions," or places where visitors go. At these parks, you can look at the scenery, hike and camp, and do other things like go horseback riding and mountain climbing. Some of the most famous national parks in the U.S. are Yosemite National Park in California, Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona, Yellowstone National Park in the states of Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho, and Zion National Park in Utah.