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Your national park experience can be a holy experience, too!

More than 400 national parks, historic sites, lakeshores, rivers, battlefields, and trails across the United States and its territories are protected by the National Park Service - "America's best idea." America's Holy Ground and America's Sacred Sites take you to more than 100 of these beloved sites, known for their inspiring natural beauty, unmatched diversity, historical preservation, and personal inspiration - but unlike a tour book, they will help you see God and the sacred everywhere you go.

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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.

America's Holy Ground & Sacred Sites: 112 Faithful Reflections for America
America's Holy Ground & Sacred Sites: 112 Faithful Reflections for America3 days ago
Meltwater from Grinnell, Gem, and Salamander Glaciers feeds the teal lakes of Grinnell Valley in the Many Glacier area of Glacier National Park. (NPS/Tim Rains)
America's Holy Ground & Sacred Sites: 112 Faithful Reflections for America
America's Holy Ground & Sacred Sites: 112 Faithful Reflections for America1 week ago
As the nation celebrates the legacy of President Jimmy Carter, here’s a fact I’ve not seen: Carter signed off on the Congressionally approved creation of 11 national parks, more than any other president:
* Theodore Roosevelt (November 1978)
* Badlands (November 1978)
* Channel Islands (March 1980)
* Biscayne (June 1980)
* Wrangell-St. Elias (December 1980)
* Lake Clark (December 1980)
* Kobuk Valley (December 1980)
* Kenai Fjords (December 1980)
* Katmai (December 1980)
* Glacier Bay (December 1980)
* Gates of the Arctic (December 1980)
Those Alaska parks were all in one day, but that’s still an impressive list!
How many national parks did other presidents create during their terms?
8: FDR
7: Wilson
5: Clinton
4: Trump
3: Johnson, Nixon
2: Kennedy, Reagan, G.W. Bush
1: Eisenhower, Ford, G.H.W. Bush and probably Coolidge since Hot Springs became a national park on the final day of his administration.
America's Holy Ground & Sacred Sites: 112 Faithful Reflections for America
America's Holy Ground & Sacred Sites: 112 Faithful Reflections for America1 week ago
Dripstone inside one of Great Basin National Park's caves. Part of the park was protected as Lehman Caves National Monument in 1922. (NPS photo)
America's Holy Ground & Sacred Sites: 112 Faithful Reflections for America
America's Holy Ground & Sacred Sites: 112 Faithful Reflections for America2 weeks ago
Kilik River, Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve (NPS photo)
America's Holy Ground & Sacred Sites: 112 Faithful Reflections for America
America's Holy Ground & Sacred Sites: 112 Faithful Reflections for America3 weeks ago
Alabama's Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail spans the 54 miles traveled by civil rights pioneers in March 1965 to gather the world’s attention on the injustices inflicted on African Americans, particularly in the South. Later that year, the Voting Rights Act began to address those injustices and imbalances, but decades later, racism and the fight to end its ugly scourge continue. There are still those who deny equality to some. Progress has been made, but more is needed.
America's Holy Ground & Sacred Sites: 112 Faithful Reflections for America
America's Holy Ground & Sacred Sites: 112 Faithful Reflections for America3 weeks ago
Isle au Haut in Acadia National Park (National Park Service/Jane Gamble)