Where can you see the Western Wood Pewee?
Some of the best places to see the Western Wood Pewee in the wild include Darién National Park (Panama), Crater Lake National Park (United States) and Lassen Volcanic National Park (United States) — among 136 wildlife hotspots across 10 countries, including the United States, Costa Rica, Canada and Colombia. Every hotspot below shows real sighting data and the best seasons to visit.
Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge
Alaska, United States
+391 birds+58 mammals
Where the North Pacific collides with Alaska's rugged coastline, a sprawling archipelago of islands, rocky outcrops, and coastal headlands forms one of North America's most remote…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYAntisana National Park
Quijos, Ecuador
+432 birds+21 mammals
Where the eastern Andean slopes descend into the Amazon basin, Antisana National Park sprawls across roughly 2,500 square kilometers of some of South America's most dramatic…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKArches National Park
Grand County, United States
+185 birds+20 mammals
Where rust-red sandstone fins rise abruptly from high desert scrubland, Arches National Park spans 548 square kilometers of one of North America's most sculptural landscapes. The…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKArenal Volcano National Park
Peñas Blancas, Costa Rica
+551 birds+21 mammals
Straddling the border between Alajuela and Guanacaste in northwestern Costa Rica, this national park rises dramatically around one of Central America's most active volcanic systems. The…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBadlands National Park
Wall, United States
+200 birds+14 mammals
Eroded badlands rise in jagged formations across northwestern South Dakota, where the White River has carved deep canyons through layers of sedimentary rock spanning millions of…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBahuaja Sonene National Park
San Pedro de Putina Punco, Peru
+602 birds+8 mammals
Where the Madre de Dios and Heath rivers converge in southeastern Peru rises one of South America's most biodiverse wilderness regions: a vast protected realm of…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBanff National Park
Improvement District No. 9, Canada
+264 birds+33 mammals
Where the Canadian Rockies thrust skyward in a cathedral of limestone and ice, Banff National Park preserves a wilderness of astounding vertical drama. Glacier-carved valleys cradle…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBarbilla National Park
Chirripó, Costa Rica
+226 birds
Where the Caribbean slope of Costa Rica's eastern cordillera plunges into perpetual moisture, Barbilla National Park rises as one of Central America's most water-rich ecosystems. Fed…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBarra del Colorado National Wildlife Refuge
Tortuguero, Costa Rica
+462 birds+36 mammals
Where the Caribbean's restless waters meet the Limón Province coastline, Barra del Colorado National Wildlife Sanctuary unfolds across a landscape of extraordinary ecological complexity. This equatorial…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYBaru Volcano National Park
Cerro Punta, Panama
+402 birds+6 mammals
Where the land rises sharply toward the Caribbean's western spine, Baru Volcano National Park sprawls across roughly 220 square kilometres of southwestern Panama, anchored by the…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBear River Migratory Bird Refuge
Box Elder County, United States
+254 birds+9 mammals
Where the Bear River winds through the semi-arid basin country of northwestern Utah, a sprawling wildlife sanctuary transforms the high desert into a haven for migratory…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYBig Bend National Park
Brewster County, United States
+345 birds+34 mammals
Where the Chisos Mountains rise abruptly from the Sonoran Desert floor, Big Bend National Park spans over 7,300 square kilometers of one of North America's most…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge
Chaves County, United States
+284 birds+10 mammals
Across the high desert floor of southeastern New Mexico, where elevation and aridity shape every living thing, shallow alkaline lakes and marshes form an unexpected oasis…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYBlack Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
Montrose County, United States
+169 birds+13 mammals
Where the Gunnison River has carved one of North America's steepest and most dramatic canyons, ancient metamorphic rock walls plunge nearly 2,000 feet in places, creating…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge
Socorro County, United States
+345 birds+17 mammals
Where the Rio Grande emerges from its desert canyon in central New Mexico, a narrow ribbon of riparian woodland defies the arid landscape that surrounds it.…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYBraulio Carrillo National Park
Las Horquetas, Costa Rica
+547 birds+18 mammals
Where the Caribbean slope descends from the central volcanic cordillera toward the humid lowlands of Heredia, Braulio Carrillo National Park preserves one of Costa Rica's most…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBryce Canyon National Park
Tropic, United States
+202 birds+20 mammals
Hoodoos rise like a forest of stone pillars from an amphitheater carved into Utah's high plateau, where the Paunsaugunt elevates the landscape to over 9,000 feet…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge
United States
+155 birds+6 mammals
Across southwestern Arizona's harshest terrain, where the Colorado River marks the border with Mexico, lies a sanctuary shaped entirely by heat and aridity. Cabeza Prieta National…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYCahuita National Park
Talamanca, Costa Rica
+359 birds+15 mammals
Where the Caribbean shoreline dissolves into mangrove creeks and coral gardens, Cahuita's mosaic of habitats unfolds across the Limón coast. The park's signature feature—a living coral…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCaño Negro National Wildlife Refuge
Caño Negro District, Costa Rica
+486 birds+16 mammals
Where the San Juan River's seasonal floodplain opens into expansive wetlands, Caño Negro Wildlife Sanctuary sprawls across one of Central America's most productive freshwater ecosystems. This…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYCanyonlands National Park
Wayne County, United States
+186 birds+15 mammals
Where the Colorado River has carved an intricate labyrinth through the high desert plateau of southeastern Utah, Canyonlands National Park sprawls across nearly 3,030 square kilometres…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCapitol Reef National Park
Garfield County, United States
+196 birds+22 mammals
Wrinkled ridges of crimson and gold sandstone rise from the floor of south-central Utah, their weathered faces carved by the Fremont River into one of the…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCarara National Park
Tárcoles, Costa Rica
+397 birds+19 mammals
Where the Pacific coastal plain meets transitional forest, Carara National Park straddles one of Central America's most dynamic ecological boundaries. The park's landscape encompasses lowland deciduous…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCarlsbad Caverns National Park
Eddy County, United States
+309 birds+18 mammals
Beneath the Chihuahuan Desert floor of southern New Mexico lies one of North America's most spectacular subterranean landscapes. Carlsbad Caverns National Park encompasses over 518 square…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKChagres National Park
Caimitillo, Panama
+486 birds+19 mammals
Where the Chagres River carves through the humid tropics of central Panama, a vast montane and lowland forest sprawls across more than 2,300 square kilometers, anchoring…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKChannel Islands National Park
Santa Barbara County, United States
+330 birds+15 mammals
A chain of eight volcanic islands rises from the cold Pacific waters off the California coast, their rugged sea cliffs and windswept terrain shaped by millions…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCharles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge
Murray Place, United States
+37 birds
Across the high plains of north-central Montana, where grasslands roll toward the Missouri River breaks, sprawls a semi-arid sanctuary shaped by millennia of wind, water, and…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYChirripó National Park
Rivas, Costa Rica
+274 birds+6 mammals
Where the volcanic spine of Costa Rica's Central Cordillera reaches its apex, Chirripó National Park encompasses a landscape that shifts dramatically with elevation, from montane cloud…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCoiba National Park
Montijo, Panama
+260 birds+10 mammals
An archipelago of volcanic and sedimentary islands rises from the Pacific waters off Panama's southwestern coast, its densest rainforest canopy unbroken for millennia. Coiba National Park…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCorcovado National Park
Puerto Jiménez, Costa Rica
+444 birds+48 mammals
Where the Osa Peninsula juts into the Pacific, rainforest descends almost to the tide line, and Corcovado National Park protects one of Central America's most intact…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCordillera Azul National Park
Pampa Hermosa, Peru
+322 birds+1 mammals
Where the eastern Andes descend into the western Amazon basin, Cordillera Azul National Park sprawls across nearly 38,000 square kilometres of some of Peru's most pristine…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCrater Lake National Park
Klamath County, United States
+174 birds+13 mammals
At 1,949 metres above sea level, a volcanic caldera of impossible clarity holds one of North America's deepest and most pristine alpine lakes, ringed by pumice-and-ash…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCurú National Wildlife Refuge
Paquera, Costa Rica
+249 birds+8 mammals
Where the Pacific coast of Puntarenas dissolves into dry deciduous forest and mangrove fringe, Curú Wildlife Sanctuary holds one of Costa Rica's most ecologically vital yet…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYDarién National Park
Tucutí, Panama
+534 birds+13 mammals
Where the spine of Central America crumbles into wetland and rainforest, Darién National Park sprawls across more than 20,000 square kilometres of some of the tropics'…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKDeath Valley National Park
Inyo County, United States
+339 birds+25 mammals
Across nearly 3.5 million acres of southeastern California's Inyo County, vast salt flats meet sculpted badlands and alluvial fans in a landscape so extreme it defines…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKDenali National Park
Denali Borough, United States
+144 birds+18 mammals
Across nearly 31,000 square kilometres of interior Alaska, subarctic boreal forest gives way to alpine tundra, where the raw architecture of mountains—including the continent's tallest peak—shapes…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKDon Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge
Fremont, United States
+286 birds+20 mammals
Where the San Francisco Bay's shallow margins dissolve into tidal salt marshes and mudflats, this wildlife sanctuary preserves one of California's most ecologically vital estuarine systems.…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYEl Tamá National Park
Toledo, Colombia
+435 birds
Where the Andes descend toward the Caribbean coastal lowlands of northern Colombia, El Tamá National Park sprawls across nearly 3,800 square kilometres of montane forest, cloud…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKEl Vizcaíno
Laguna San Ignacio, Mexico
+317 birds+29 mammals
Where the Baja California peninsula thins into a tapestry of salt lagoons and coastal desert, one of Mexico's most biodiverse reserves sprawls across half a million…
VIEW BIOSPHERE RESERVEFarallon National Wildlife Refuge
San Francisco, United States
+384 birds+16 mammals
Windswept granite peaks rising abruptly from the Pacific, the Farallon Islands form a wildlife sanctuary of extraordinary seabird abundance and ecological significance just twenty-seven miles west…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYGandoca-Manzanillo National Wildlife Refuge
Manzanillo, Costa Rica
+394 birds+18 mammals
Where the Caribbean coastal plain surrenders to water-logged forest and mangrove tangles, Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Sanctuary shelters one of Costa Rica's most biodiverse lowland wetland ecosystems. The…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYGeneral de División Omar Torrijos Herrera National Park
La Pintada, Panama
+401 birds+2 mammals
Across the highlands of central Panama, where the continental divide funnels moisture-laden trade winds into steep river valleys, the terrain rises and falls in a landscape…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGlacier Bay National Park
Unorganized Borough, United States
+221 birds+15 mammals
Tidewater glaciers calving into fjords of impossible blue, where temperate rainforest rises steeply from the water's edge and alpine peaks pierce the clouds—this is the ecological…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGlacier National Park
Glacier, Canada
+162 birds+12 mammals
Where granite peaks pierce the clouds above the Columbia River valley, Glacier National Park protects one of the most dramatic mountain wilderness areas in western Canada.…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGlacier National Park
United States
+246 birds+39 mammals
Where jagged peaks pierce a subarctic sky and glacial valleys carve through ancient rock, Glacier National Park spans the spine of the Northern Rockies along Montana's…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGrand Canyon National Park
United States
+277 birds+35 mammals
A mile-deep chasm of rust-red rock and purple shadow cuts through the high desert plateau of northern Arizona, revealing nearly two billion years of geological history…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGrand Teton National Park
Teton County, United States
+247 birds+38 mammals
Where the Teton Range tears skyward in a dramatic escarpment above the Snake River valley, nearly 2,550 square kilometers of montane wilderness unfolds across Teton County,…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGreat Basin National Park
White Pine County, United States
+170 birds+19 mammals
Where the Great Basin's high desert plateaus rise above 10,000 feet, ancient bristlecone pines endure on moonscape ridges of limestone and quartzite, creating one of North…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGreat Sand Dunes National Park
Saguache County, United States
+193 birds+14 mammals
Where the Colorado high plains collide with one of North America's most extraordinary geological anomalies, nearly 600 square kilometres of windswept sand rise abruptly from the…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGuácharos Cave National Natural Park
Acevedo, Colombia
+359 birds
High in the Andean foothills of southern Huila, where mist-laden slopes rise above 1,600 metres, lies a landscape carved by underground rivers and crowned by karst…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGuadalupe Mountains National Park
Culberson County, United States
+262 birds+14 mammals
Where fossil-laden limestone ridges thrust skyward above the Chihuahuan Desert floor, Guadalupe Mountains National Park reveals a landscape sculpted by ancient seas and relentless aridity. These…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGuanacaste National Park
Santa Elena, Costa Rica
+461 birds+17 mammals
Where the Pacific slopes of northwestern Costa Rica rise toward the Continental Divide, dry tropical forest gives way to cloud-laden peaks and misty ridges—a landscape that…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGulf Islands National Park Reserve
Southern Gulf Islands Electoral Area, Canada
+268 birds+26 mammals
Scattered across the Salish Sea in British Columbia's southwestern corner, this national park reserve stitches together a fragmented archipelago of forested islands and rocky outcrops where…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGwaii Haanas National Park Reserve and Haida Heritage Site
Area E (Moresby Island), Canada
+98 birds+8 mammals
Where temperate rainforest meets the Pacific's edge, the islands of southern Haida Gwaii rise as one of North America's most pristine coastal wilderness areas. Spanning approximately…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKHavasu National Wildlife Refuge
Lake Havasu City, United States
+291 birds+8 mammals
Where the Colorado River widens into a vast reservoir in the Sonoran Desert, Havasu National Wildlife Sanctuary protects one of the most critical wetland ecosystems in…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYImperial National Wildlife Refuge
La Paz County, United States
+222 birds+4 mammals
Where the Colorado River carves through the Sonoran Desert in southwestern Arizona, Imperial National Wildlife Sanctuary unfolds across a landscape shaped by water and aridity. The…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYJasper National Park
Improvement District No. 12, Canada
+235 birds+34 mammals
Where the Canadian Rockies rise in dramatic succession across western Alberta, Jasper National Park spans over 11,000 square kilometres of subalpine and alpine terrain, glaciated valleys,…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKJoshua Tree National Park
Riverside County, United States
+221 birds+23 mammals
Across 5,610 square kilometers of Riverside County's high desert, a landscape of geological drama unfolds where granite monoliths pierce through bajadas of creosote scrub and Joshua…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKKenai Fjords National Park
Kenai Peninsula Borough, United States
+164 birds+19 mammals
Granite peaks and tidewater glaciers dominate Alaska's Kenai Peninsula, where nearly 7,900 square kilometers of pristine coastal wilderness descend from the Harding Icefield toward the Gulf…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKKenai National Wildlife Refuge
United States
+152 birds+16 mammals
Across Alaska's Kenai Peninsula, where glacial valleys descend toward the Cook Inlet and the Gulf of Alaska, lies one of North America's most expansive subarctic wildlife…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYKings Canyon National Park
Fresno County, United States
+186 birds+20 mammals
Where granite peaks fracture the Sierra Nevada skyline and the Kings River has carved one of North America's most dramatic canyons, a landscape of extreme relief…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKKlamath Marsh National Wildlife Refuge
Klamath County, United States
+219 birds+7 mammals
Where the volcanic plateau of south-central Oregon slopes into a broad, shallow basin lies one of the Pacific Northwest's most underappreciated wetland sanctuaries. Klamath Marsh National…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYKluane National Park and Reserve
Canada
+171 birds+17 mammals
Where granite peaks thrust through boreal forest to touch the sky, Kluane National Park and Reserve sprawls across southwestern Yukon as one of North America's most…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKKofa National Wildlife Refuge
Yuma County, United States
+142 birds+10 mammals
Desert mountains rise in sculptured ridges across northwestern Arizona, where the Colorado River's distant influence fades into some of the most austere terrain in the American…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYKootenay National Park
Area G (Forster Creek/Mount Assiniboine), Canada
+181 birds+23 mammals
Where the spine of the Canadian Rockies rises above 3,000 metres, the high alpine realm around Forster Creek and Mount Assiniboine reveals one of the continent's…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKKoyukuk National Wildlife Refuge
United States
+105 birds+2 mammals
Boreal wetlands and spruce forests define this vast sanctuary in central Alaska's Unorganized Borough, where slow rivers wind through a landscape shaped by subarctic climate extremes.…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYLa Amistad International Park
Crorina, Costa Rica
+532 birds+20 mammals
Where the Caribbean slopes of Costa Rica's Talamanca Mountains rise steeply inland from Limón, the boundary between two nations dissolves into an unbroken expanse of rainforest.…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKLaguna del Tigre National Park
Petén, Guatemala
+399 birds+29 mammals
Where the Petén lowlands dissolve into wetland and forest, Laguna del Tigre National Park protects one of Guatemala's most ecologically vital landscapes. This sprawling reserve encompasses…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKLagunas de Montebello National Park
Laguna de Montebello, Mexico
+360 birds+2 mammals
Where turquoise lagoons pierce the limestone plateau of southeastern Chiapas, the Lagunas de Montebello National Park unfolds across roughly 174 square kilometers of spectral water and…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKLake Clark National Park
United States
+158 birds+11 mammals
Where subarctic tundra meets volcanic terrain and pristine waterways, Lake Clark National Park unfolds across southwestern Alaska as a landscape carved by ice age glaciers and…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKLassen Volcanic National Park
Shasta County, United States
+239 birds+18 mammals
Volcanic peaks and geothermal upheaval have sculpted 545 square kilometers of Northern California into a landscape where fire and water engage in perpetual dialogue. Lassen Peak…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKLos Quetzales National Park
Copey, Costa Rica
+232 birds+3 mammals
Cloud forest sweeps across the upper slopes of the Central Valley watershed, where elevation and persistent moisture forge an ecosystem unlike any other in Costa Rica.…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKMalheur National Wildlife Refuge
Harney County, United States
+309 birds+24 mammals
Across the high desert plateau of southeastern Oregon, where sagebrush scrubland stretches toward distant ridgelines under an enormous sky, lies a sanctuary shaped by water in…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYManu National Park
Manu, Peru
+892 birds+26 mammals
Across the eastern slopes of the Peruvian Andes, tropical rainforest descends into the Amazon basin with a complexity that few terrestrial ecosystems match. Manu National Park…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKManuel Antonio National Park
Quepos, Costa Rica
+426 birds+22 mammals
Where tropical rainforest descends steeply to a rocky Pacific coastline, Manuel Antonio National Park distills Central American biodiversity into one of Costa Rica's most compressed and…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKMesa Verde National Park
Montezuma County, United States
+166 birds+10 mammals
Across the high desert plateau of southwestern Colorado, where sandstone mesas rise abruptly from piñon-juniper scrubland, Mesa Verde National Park preserves one of North America's most…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKMonte Roraima National Park
Brazil
+226 birds+1 mammals
Where the tepuis rise from the Amazon basin like islands in a sea of forest, Monte Roraima National Park sprawls across 3,714 square kilometres of one…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKMount Rainier National Park
Pierce County, United States
+187 birds+25 mammals
A volcanic colossus dominates the Cascade Range in western Washington, its 4,392-meter summit crowned year-round with glacial ice that cascades down toward temperate rainforest and subalpine…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKMount Revelstoke National Park
Area B (Shelter Bay/Mica Creek), Canada
+155 birds+8 mammals
Where the Columbia River carves through the western ranges of British Columbia, Shelter Bay and Mica Creek mark the entrance to a wilderness where subalpine meadows…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKNahanni National Park
Dehcho Region, Canada
+151 birds+11 mammals
Where the South Nahanni River carves through the Mackenzie Mountains, a landscape of extraordinary wildness unfolds across more than 61,000 square kilometres of boreal forest, alpine…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKNational Elk Refuge
Jackson, United States
+230 birds+27 mammals
Where the sagebrush flats of northwestern Wyoming rise toward the Gros Ventre Mountains, winter transforms the landscape into a realm of survival and spectacle. The National…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYNatural Farallones de Cali National Park
Buenaventura, Colombia
+733 birds+27 mammals
Where the Pacific coastal plain meets the western slopes of the Andes, Farallones de Cali National Park sprawls across nearly 3,500 square kilometers of dramatic topography…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKNatural Munchique National Park
El Tambo, Colombia
+194 birds
Where the Western Cordillera rises steeply from the Pacific plains of southwestern Colombia, Natural Munchique National Park sprawls across 1,078 square kilometers of montane forest that…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKNatural Sierra de la Macarena National Park
Vista Hermosa, Colombia
+566 birds+15 mammals
Across nearly 20,000 square kilometres of Colombia's Meta Department, the terrain rises from lowland savanna into Andean foothills through a mosaic of gallery forests, palm-fringed wetlands,…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKNatural Sumapaz National Park
Cubarral, Colombia
+368 birds+1 mammals
Where the Andes descend toward the Amazon basin, the high páramo grasslands of Sumapaz National Park sprawl across more than five thousand square kilometers of Meta…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKNatural Uramba Bahía Málaga National Park
Buenaventura, Colombia
+308 birds+15 mammals
Where the Pacific coastal rainforest descends to mangrove estuaries and rocky headlands, Uramba Bahía Málaga National Park unfolds across nearly 1,000 square kilometres of Colombia's Valle…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKNatural Utría National Park
Alto Baudó (Pie de Pató), Colombia
+372 birds+11 mammals
Where the Chocó's coastal mountains plunge toward the Pacific, Utría National Park preserves one of Colombia's most biodiverse and least-visited wilderness expanses. Sprawling across 1,287 square…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKNorth Cascades National Park
Whatcom County, United States
+120 birds+18 mammals
Jagged peaks rise abruptly from the western foothills of Washington's Cascade Range, where glaciers cling to elevations above 10,000 feet and meltwater feeds a landscape of…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKOlympic National Park
Jefferson County, United States
+263 birds+35 mammals
Where temperate rainforest meets alpine wilderness, Olympic National Park sprawls across nearly 11,000 square kilometers of the Pacific Northwest's most pristine landscape. The park's three distinct…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKPalo Verde National Park
Bagaces, Costa Rica
+318 birds+24 mammals
Dry forest spreads across Palo Verde's low-lying terrain in northwestern Guanacaste, where seasonal rivers and lagoons etch through deciduous woodland that sheds its canopy each winter.…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKParque Internacional la Amistad
Teribe, Panama
+325 birds+11 mammals
Where the continental divide rises between the Caribbean and Pacific watersheds, a wilderness of extraordinary biological richness unfolds across the Talamanca Range and into lowland rainforest—a…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKParque Nacional Benito Juárez
San Andrés Huayápam, Mexico
+128 birds+4 mammals
High in the Sierra Madre del Sur of Oaxaca, where cloud forest mingles with pine woodland and the terrain climbs steeply through ravines carved by mountain…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKParque Nacional Cerro de la Estrella
Mexico
+126 birds+4 mammals
Where volcanic peaks rise sharply above Mexico City's sprawling metropolis, Parque Nacional Cerro de la Estrella offers a rare glimpse of high-altitude terrain within one of…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKParque Nacional Grutas de Cacahuamilpa
Pilcaya, Mexico
+97 birds+12 mammals
Where limestone ridges rise abruptly from the tropical deciduous forests of central Guerrero, the Grutas de Cacahuamilpa National Park shelters one of Mexico's most extensive cave…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKPetrified Forest National Park
Apache County, United States
+206 birds+23 mammals
Across the high desert plateau of northeastern Arizona, where the climate swings between scorching summer days and frost-laden winters, badlands of raw earth and timber-turned-to-stone dominate…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKPiedras Blancas National Park
Golfito, Costa Rica
+386 birds+24 mammals
Where the Golfo Dulce meets the southwestern Pacific coast of Costa Rica, Piedras Blancas National Park protects a dramatic transition zone where lowland rainforest descends toward…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKPinnacles National Park
San Benito County, United States
+197 birds+33 mammals
Jagged volcanic spires thrust from chaparral-covered ridges across 222 square kilometers of central California's inner Coast Ranges, their pale stone crowns catching the afternoon light like…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKPodocarpus National Park
Zamora, Ecuador
+496 birds+6 mammals
Where the Andes descend toward the Amazon basin, Podocarpus National Park sprawls across nearly 2,800 square kilometres of the most biodiverse terrain in Ecuador's southern highlands.…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKPortobelo National Park
Portobelo, Panama
+366 birds+9 mammals
Where the Caribbean's turquoise waters meet the Darién's verdant shore, Portobelo National Park sprawls across 570 square kilometers of coastal forest, mangrove wetland, and coral-fringed islands…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKPuracé National Natural Park
Puracé, Colombia
+327 birds+2 mammals
Where the Andes thrust upward across southwestern Colombia, Puracé National Natural Park spans nearly 2,631 square kilometers of some of South America's most dramatic montane terrain.…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKRed Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge
Beaverhead County, United States
+216 birds+10 mammals
Where the Greater Yellowstone ecosystem's northern reaches meet the high plateaus of southwestern Montana, a network of glacial lakes and wetlands sustains one of the continent's…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYRedwood National Park
Humboldt County, United States
+343 birds+43 mammals
Where the Pacific fog rolls deep into northern California's coastal valleys, some of the tallest trees on Earth rise from a landscape shaped by tectonic forces…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKRincón de la Vieja National Park
Liberia, Costa Rica
+451 birds+30 mammals
Where volcanic slopes rise abruptly from the Guanacaste lowlands, Rincón de la Vieja National Park sprawls across a landscape shaped by geothermal drama and seasonal extremes.…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKRocky Mountain National Park
Larimer County, United States
+259 birds+33 mammals
Where granite peaks rise above 12,000 feet and alpine tundra gives way to subalpine forest, Rocky Mountain National Park spans the Continental Divide across nearly 1,600…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKSacramento National Wildlife Refuge
Glenn County, United States
+247 birds+13 mammals
Across the flat expanse of Glenn County's Sacramento Valley, shallow pools and seasonal marshes create one of California's most vital wetland sanctuaries—a landscape shaped by water…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYSaguaro National Park
Rincon Valley, United States
+354 birds+40 mammals
Where the Sonoran Desert meets sky-island mountains, two geographically separated districts of Saguaro National Park sprawl across nearly two thousand square kilometers of Arizona's most iconic…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKSalton Sea National Wildlife Refuge
Imperial County, United States
+289 birds+4 mammals
Across the floor of California's inland desert, where summer temperatures soar and rainfall is measured in tenths of inches, lies an improbable oasis of shallow water…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYSan Luis National Wildlife Refuge
Merced County, United States
+219 birds+14 mammals
Across the floor of California's San Joaquin Valley, where semi-arid grasslands meet shallow seasonal wetlands, San Luis National Wildlife Sanctuary preserves a critical mosaic of habitats…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYSangay National Park
Cebadas, Ecuador
+320 birds+10 mammals
High in Ecuador's Andean spine, where the Western Cordillera rises to touch perpetual snow, a landscape of volcanic drama and ecological intensity unfolds across Sangay National…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKSanta Rosa National Park
Santa Elena, Costa Rica
+359 birds+30 mammals
Where Pacific-facing slopes descend from volcanic uplands toward the Guanacaste lowlands, Santa Rosa National Park unfolds across a mosaic of tropical dry forest, gallery woodland, and…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKSeedskadee National Wildlife Refuge
Sweetwater County, United States
+209 birds+8 mammals
Where the Green River carves through the high-desert basin of southwestern Wyoming, Seedskadee National Wildlife Sanctuary preserves one of the West's most vital riparian corridors. The…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYSequoia National Park
Tulare County, United States
+187 birds+27 mammals
Granite peaks rising above 3,600 meters dominate the southern Sierra Nevada, where Sequoia National Park sprawls across one of North America's most vertically compressed wilderness zones.…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKSierra del Lacandón National Park
Petén, Guatemala
+348 birds+7 mammals
Where the Petén rainforest rises into limestone ridges and deep ravines, Sierra del Lacandón National Park protects one of Central America's most intact tropical wilderness zones.…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKSoberanía National Park
Cristóbal, Panama
+495 birds+34 mammals
Rainforest and riverine woodland blanket the rolling terrain of this 714-square-kilometre national park in Colón Province, where the Caribbean watershed feeds a maze of streams and…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKSumaco Napo-Galeras National Park
Loreto, Ecuador
+563 birds+4 mammals
Where Ecuador's Amazon transitions into cloud forest, a massive shield volcano rises from the emerald lowlands of Orellana Province, anchoring one of the continent's most biodiverse…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKTapantí Macizo de la Muerte National Park
Orosi, Costa Rica
+503 birds+18 mammals
Where montane cloud forest rises steeply from the Orosi Valley, Tapantí Macizo de la Muerte National Park enfolds a landscape of perpetual moisture and emerald complexity.…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKTikal National Park
Tikal, Guatemala
+399 birds+16 mammals
Dense rainforest canopy rises above the limestone plateau of Petén, where archaeological wonder and ecological richness merge seamlessly across one of Central America's most biodiverse landscapes.…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKTingo Maria National Park
Mariano Dámaso Beraún, Peru
+423 birds
Where the eastern slopes of the Peruvian Andes descend toward the Amazon basin, the landscape fractures into a maze of limestone ridges, humid gorges, and cloud-wrapped…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKTombstone Territorial Park
Dawson City, Canada
+150 birds+17 mammals
Where granite peaks pierce the Yukon sky and tundra stretches endlessly toward the Arctic horizon, the Tombstone Range commands attention with uncompromising beauty. This subarctic wilderness…
VIEW NATURE RESERVETortuguero National Park
Roxana, Costa Rica
+420 birds+23 mammals
Canals and lagoons thread through a labyrinth of lowland rainforest where the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica meets the wetland frontier. This is terrain shaped by…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKTule Lake National Wildlife Refuge
Siskiyou County, United States
+255 birds+9 mammals
Across the high volcanic plateau of northeastern California, where summer heat scorches the alkali flats and winter winds sweep unobstructed through open water and marsh, Tule…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYTutuaca
Tosanachi, Mexico
+147 birds+13 mammals
Where copper canyons plunge deeper than the Grand Canyon itself, Mexico's remote Sierra Madre Occidental unfolds in dramatic vertical relief. Tutuaca anchors this wilderness realm, a…
VIEW PROTECTED LANDSCAPEUpper Klamath National Wildlife Refuge
Klamath County, United States
+217 birds
Where shallow marshes and open water meet the high desert of south-central Oregon, the Upper Klamath National Wildlife Sanctuary creates a landscape of startling contrasts. Fed…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYVolcán Poás National Park
Toro Amarillo, Costa Rica
+237 birds+4 mammals
Where volcanic slopes rise sharply from the Central Valley floor, Volcán Poás National Park protects one of Costa Rica's most active and accessible volcanic systems. The…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKVolcán Tenorio National Park
Guatuso, Costa Rica
+480 birds+12 mammals
Where volcanic slopes rise through Costa Rica's northwestern borderlands, Volcán Tenorio National Park sprawls across terrain shaped by ancient lava flows and mineral-rich springs. The park's…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKWaterton Lakes National Park
Improvement District No. 04, Canada
+252 birds+31 mammals
Where the Continental Divide plunges toward the prairies of Alberta, glacier-carved valleys and emerald lakes pierce a landscape where montane forest meets alpine tundra. Waterton Lakes…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKWhite Sands National Park
Otero County, United States
+178 birds+6 mammals
Across the Tularosa Basin in south-central New Mexico sprawls an otherworldly landscape of gypsum dunes—the largest gypsum field on Earth and a stark desert playground shaped…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKWind Cave National Park
Custer County, United States
+175 birds+13 mammals
Beneath the rolling prairie of the Black Hills, a network of passages carved through limestone creates one of North America's most extensive cave systems. Wind Cave…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKWood Buffalo National Park
Improvement District No. 24, Canada
+187 birds+10 mammals
Across nearly 75,000 square kilometres of boreal forest, wetland and grassland in northern Alberta, the landscape unfolds in a mosaic of spruce and pine woodland interspersed…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKWrangell-Saint Elias National Park
Unorganized Borough, United States
+155 birds+13 mammals
Where granite peaks thrust above 5,400 metres and vast fields of glacial ice dominate the landscape, Wrangell-Saint Elias encompasses one of North America's most extreme wilderness…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKYanachaga–chemillén National Park
Palcazu, Peru
+639 birds+6 mammals
Where the eastern slopes of Peru's central cordillera plunge into cloud forest, Yanachaga–Chemillén National Park protects nearly three thousand square kilometres of montane wilderness that few…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKYasuní National Park
Aguarico, Ecuador
+601 birds+43 mammals
Where the western Amazon basin converges with Ecuador's Orellana Province, lowland rainforest reaches toward the horizon in an unbroken canopy of staggering botanical density. Yasuní National…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKYellowstone National Park
Park County, United States
+253 birds+43 mammals
Across nearly 11,400 square kilometres of the Rocky Mountain plateau, geothermal fury and pristine wilderness converge in one of Earth's most dynamic landscapes. Hot springs, geysers…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKYoho National Park
Area A (Kicking Horse/Kinbasket Lake), Canada
+207 birds+19 mammals
Where the Canadian Rockies meet the Columbia River watershed, a vast wilderness of 2,211 square kilometres unfolds across Yoho National Park in British Columbia. The landscape…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKYosemite National Park
Mariposa County, United States
+224 birds+28 mammals
Granite cliffs soar nearly a kilometer above the valley floor in this expanse of high Sierra wilderness, where glacial U-shaped valleys sculpt a landscape of dramatic…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKZion National Park
Washington County, United States
+244 birds+30 mammals
Towering sandstone cliffs in shades of crimson, rust, and cream rise abruptly from the Virgin River's winding canyon floor, their sculpted faces bearing witness to millions…
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