Graham Averill

At these creekside, shorefront, and mountaintop spots, the views are so gorgeous that you may never want to go to sleep.

Just you, the squirrels, and your shortcomings.

Just you, the squirrels, and your shortcomings.

Get on a high ledge, a crumbly cliff, or a knife-edge ridge and your body will recognize the feeling before your brain catches on.

Glacier National Park, Montana

Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona

Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee

Joshua Tree National Park, California

Yellowstone National Park, Montana

North Cascades National Park, Washington

Channel Islands National Park, California

Canyonlands National Park, Utah

Olympic National Park, Washington

Mount Rainier National Park, Washington

Yosemite National Park, California

Badlands National Park, South Dakota

Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska

Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park, California

Sawtooth Wilderness, Idaho

Alpine Lakes Wilderness, Washington

Sequoia National Park, California

Mt. Assiniboine Provincial Park, British Columbia

Baxter State Park, Maine

Mt. Sneffels Wilderness, Colorado

Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness, Montana

St. Regis Canoe Area, Northern Adirondacks, New York

Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock Wilderness, Tennessee/North Carolina

Pasayten Wilderness, Washington

High Unitas Wilderness, Utah

Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, Minnesota