| Region | Location | Characteristics |
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| Grand Cañon | Arizona | The Grand Cañon. |
| Mount Evans | Near Denver, Colorado | Magnificent peak, primeval forests, lakes, and alpine flora. |
| Mount Baker (the Indian Kulshan) | Northwestern Washington | Extinct or sleeping volcano; thirty square miles of glaciers, forests, and wild flowers. |
| Sawtooth Mountains | Central Idaho | Precipitous mountains, alpine lakes, heavy forests, flowery meadows, clear streams. |
| Ozark Mountains | Northern Arkansas | Rare river and mountain landscapes. |
| Mount McGregor | Northeastern Iowa | Rare combination of river, hill, forest, bluff, and plains. |
| Pajarito Cliff Cities | Pajarito Plateau, near Santa Fé, New Mexico. | Many vast prehistoric ruins of wonderful Indian civilization. |
| Mount Mitchell | Western North Carolina | Highest peak east of the Rockies, 6711 feet high; quiet scenery of the South Appalachians. |
| Pike’s Peak | Central Colorado | The most frequently climbed 14,000-foot peak in the world; excellent view-point, rising abruptly from the plains. |
| Dunes | Northern Indiana | Lake Shore; extraordinary aggregation of plants from warm, cold, wet and dry zones. |
| San Juan | Southwestern Colorado | Magnificent mountains, individual in form and color, with large scene-commanding plateaus. |
| Grand Mesa | Western Colorado | Lake-dotted plateau that towers near splendid horizons. |
| Bighorn Mountains | Northern Wyoming | A towering, rocky, scenic alpine-island area in the sea of plains. |
| Niagara Falls | International Park between Canada, and New York near Buffalo | Stupendous waterfall; might well become an international park. |
| Mount Shasta | Northern California | Highest peak in northern California; alpine flowers; lava deposits; scenery. |
| Mount Hood | Northern Oregon, near Columbia River | Volcanic peak; icefields and forests. |
| Roosevelt Project | Arizona | Enormous dam; vast reservoirs; desert areas; cactus park; historic ground. |
| Cañon de Chelly | Arizona | Towering monolithic rocks; high vertical colored cañons; cliff dwellings. |
| Sierra Madre | Near Los Angeles, California | Sierra Madre mountains; rare plant life; commands unusual scenes. |