The national parks of the United States are the country's greatest roadside attractions. A national parks road trip through the West is a bucket-list journey: the Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, Yosemite, Zion, the Badlands, and the long open miles between them.
America lets you take that road trip online. Drive on a real map, stop at each park, and read its history, hear the local radio, and see what the weather is doing right now.
Start your tripThe simulator covers the natural wonders of the entire country: the Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, Yosemite, Zion, Bryce Canyon, the Badlands, the Great Smoky Mountains, Arches, Canyonlands, and hundreds of lesser-known monuments and natural sites.
Each place carries an encyclopedia article inside the trip, so you arrive with context: how the canyon formed, what makes the geysers run, why this desert blooms.
Plan a western national parks loop, then drive it in the simulator to scout the route: the distances, the towns between parks, the feel of each region. The map is real, and so are the roads.
When you have a route you like, note the stops and use them to plan the real trip.
Beyond the famous parks, the trip reveals the country's other natural wonders: the Mississippi River, the Badlands, Monument Valley, the Cascade volcanoes, the Florida Everglades, the coast of Maine. Every part of the country has something worth stopping for.
The simulator covers natural wonders across the whole country, including the Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, Yosemite, Zion, the Badlands, and the Great Smoky Mountains, among many others.
Yes. Drive the route online, scout the parks and towns along the way, and use what you learn to plan the real journey.
Yes. America is free, runs in your browser, and needs no download or account.
Yes. Every park and notable place opens an encyclopedia article about its history and geology inside the trip.