12 of the best views in America

View of the Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah. Bryce Canyon is a small national park in southwestern Utah and is famous for its worldly unique geology, consisting of a series of horseshoe-shaped amphitheaters carved from the eastern edge of the Paunsaugunt Plateau in southern Utah.

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Sept. 9, 2015 3:41 PM PT

The best views in America feature national parks, rocky coastlines and breathtaking discoveries found on easy walks, rugged hikes and scenic drives across the nation, according to Travel and Leisure.

Experience the charming views from the Portland Head Lighthouse in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. The lighthouse was first lit in 1791.

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An aerial view of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California.

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Wizard Island is the tip of another volcanic peak inside the caldera that is now Crater Lake in Crater Lake National Park in Oregon.

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A hiker sets off on the Castle Trail in the Badlands.

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The Grand Tetons in the Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming. Grand Teton National Park is located in northwestern Wyoming. Approximately 310,000 acres in size, the park includes the major peaks of the 40-mile long Teton Range as well as most of the northern sections of the valley known as Jackson Hole.

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