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Visiting America’s national parks should mean more than beautiful photos and rushed memories. You want to notice what most travelers miss, and to carry something meaningful home with you.

The National Parks Inspiration Guide and America's Holy Ground help you experience all 63 national parks plus the nation’s capital in a deeper, more reflective way. America's Sacred Sites takes you to national park sites in each of the 50 states. Through guided prompts, personal reflections, and color photography, each book helps you move beyond sightseeing into moments of awareness, gratitude, and connection.

Instead of racing through beauty, notice the ancient rock beneath your feet, the living history in the land, and the stories carried in trees, waters, and wildlife. Whether you are hiking through Yosemite, finding quiet in the Everglades, or watching sunrise at Acadia, pause, reflect, and find your place in the story of these treasured spaces.

Step away from travel as consumption. Step into travel as meaning, mindfulness, and belonging.

 

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Meet
Brad & Bruce

Brad Lyons and Bruce Barkhauer

We aren't backwoods hermits - we're normal folks just like you who love national parks. We just happened to figure out a way to take it to the next level!

Front-page photos

A camera is perched to photogaph a rocky stream and a towering bluff

Curious where the photo at the top of the page is from? Here's a complete list of photos and their sources.

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The annual balloon fiesta brightens the skies over White Sands National Park (NPS photo)
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As much as we love national parks, we're not being the best stewards of the natural gift entrusted to us, and they've become embroiled in divisive politics. Here is an excerpt from the introduction "The National Parks Inspiration Guide" about five threats facing national parks.

https://americasholyground.com/our-endangered-parks/
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An appeals court has reversed a previous order that had required the National Park Service to restore certain displays and signs that had been removed from national park sites.

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Lanterns illuminate the passage in Great Onyx Cave, Mammoth Cave National Park (NPS photo)
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Colorado, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Utah, and Virginia are gaining a combined 162 miles of new National Park Service-supported trails for hiking and paddling.