16 Quotes by Stefanie Payne

Glacier National Park in Montana is steadfastly considered to be one of the most beautiful places in the country.

Big Bend National Park is intensely wild and extraordinarily beautiful – tucked away at the end of a couple of roads in southwest Texas.

It is a spectacular illusion – a deeply three-dimensional scene flattened onto an earthly canvas.

A lake so vibrant in color that it looks like a fine art painting.

It looks a bit like the inside of a cave that has been turned inside out and warmed by the sun.

If you have ever wanted to visit somewhere completely wild – away from services, roads, people, and all signs of humanity – head to Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve, one of Earth's last true wilderness places.

We never fell ill, not once during one year in the U.S. national parks--perhaps proof of the therapeutic properties of our natural world.

Across the lansdcape, steam vents hiss gaseous breath from deep inside the planet, creating an environment that feels like it hangs in the balance between our world and another.

Capitol Reed is filled with geology that takes shape, color, and dimension to a level beyond comprehension.