The Pacific Crest Trail crosses a total of 7 national parks in the U.S. on its 4,279km path through California, Oregon and Washington. Book a sponsorship for a national park and also support the Pacific Crest Trail Association (PCTA), an international association that has been working to protect and maintain the Pacific Crest Trail since 1977.
Central California
- Sequoia National Park
- Kings Canyon National Park
Sequoia National Park and Kings Canyon National Park are two national parks in California's Sierra Nevada in the western United States. The two parks are immediately adjacent to each other and are among the most famous national parks in the United States. The landscape of the two neighboring parks has a great diversity because of the extremely different altitudes from 1,351 ft to over 13,123 ft. Huge mountains, deep canyons and tall trees form the most diverse habitats for animals and plants. The main attraction are the impressive giant sequoias, also called Sequoia Trees, which can reach a height of more than 262 ft and a diameter of more than 36 ft.
- Yosemite National Park
Yosemite National Park is a national park in California, about 186 miles east of San Francisco. In terms of area, it covers 10,108 square miles along the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada. Yosemite National Park attracts four million visitors annually, most of whom visit only the central part of the park, Yosemite Valley. It is the third oldest national park in the United States and in the world. In 1984 it was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its impressive granite cliffs, waterfalls and clear streams, groves of giant sequoias and biodiversity.
Northern California
- Lassen Volcanic National Park
Lassen Volcanic National Park is a United States national park located in Northern California, about 124 miles from Sacramento. A distinctive feature of the park is its volcanic landscape around Lassen Peak, which was last active between 1914 and 1921 and is the southernmost volcano in the Cascade Range. In the area around Lassen Peak, the earth is still volcanically active, as evidenced by mud pots, hot springs, and fumaroles. Lassen is one of the few areas in the world where four forms of volcanoes occur simultaneously: Shield volcanoes, ash cones, lava domes, and stratovolcanoes.
Oregon
- Crater Lake National Park
Crater Lake National Park is located in the US state of Oregon. It includes the area of the volcano Mount Mazama and the 1948 meter deep crater lake Crater Lake in its caldera. The highest point is the 8,930 ft high peak of Mount Scott in the east of the park. Crater Lake is the central object of Crater Lake National Park and is characterized by its unusual deep blue color. The lake was formed by filling the caldera with rainwater. As an endorheic lake, there is no exchange of water; the height of the water level is established by the balance of precipitation and evaporation. It is the deepest lake in the United States and the second deepest in North America. The water quality is the best in North America.
Washington
- Mount Rainier National Park
Mount Rainier National Park is located in the U.S. state of Washington in Pierce County and Lewis County. It was established on March 2, 1899, and covers an area of 3,126 square miles around Mount Rainier, a 14,409-ft volcano and the highest mountain in the Cascade Range. The mountain rises from the surrounding area, which has an average elevation of 1,640 ft.
- North Cascades National Park
North Cascades National Park, located in the north of Washington State on the border with Canada, covers more than 6,692 square miles in the high mountains of the namesake Cascade Range, a mountain range of volcanic origin. Tourist and other infrastructure exists only in the National Recreation Areas, the National Park is not developed. Therefore, it is the least visited national park in the United States outside Alaska.
