http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Olympic_National_ParkFind stories, videos, and photos about Olympic National Park from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:41:59 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com//cnn/2008/TRAVEL/09/26/northwest.adventure/tztop.northwest.jpghttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Olympic_National_Park14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Olympic National Park from CNN.com.http://www.cnn.com/2008/TRAVEL/09/26/northwest.adventure/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/TRAVEL/09/26/northwest.adventure/index.html#cnnSTCTextTaking a road trip by yourself can be good for the soul. The freedom and beauty of the open road on a recent trip in the Pacific Northwest and California brought me back to what is really important in life.Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:46:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/DESTINATIONS/04/24/isle.royale/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/DESTINATIONS/04/24/isle.royale/index.htmlBy national park standards, Isle Royale's tourist tally of 23,000 is small. In June, July or August, you'll likely find manageable "crowds," as well as great weather. North of Michigan's Upper Peninsula lies this lesser-known getaway -- a favorite of backpackers, kayakers and world-weary jet-setters who seek unspoiled splendor.Mon, 24 Apr 2006 16:38:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/DESTINATIONS/04/24/olympic.national.park/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/DESTINATIONS/04/24/olympic.national.park/index.htmlUnder blue skies in mild summer temperatures you reap the benefits of months of rain and dampness -- lush moss gardens, towering cedar groves, warm beaches crazy wildflowers. Olympic National Park also offers the variety-pack of life zones: wilderness beaches wild with salt spray, rocky headlands and scattered sea stacks; temperate rain forests with more shades of green than a Crayola factory; high mountain spines at Hurricane Ridge; and even glaciers in the high alpine zone.Mon, 24 Apr 2006 15:35:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/DESTINATIONS/04/24/south.dakota.parks/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/DESTINATIONS/04/24/south.dakota.parks/index.htmlThis remote, relatively unknown region hides a fascinating, unique landscape. In "Travels with Charley," novelist John Steinbeck says of the area: "It was so beautiful that I stopped near a thicket of dwarfed and wind-warped cedars and junipers, and once stopped I was caught, trapped in color and dazzled by the clarity of the light."Mon, 24 Apr 2006 14:48:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/DESTINATIONS/04/24/glacier.park/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/DESTINATIONS/04/24/glacier.park/index.htmlYellowstone got the hot springs, geysers, bison, more central location and crowds. That left Glacier -- tucked into Montana's temperate, remote northwest corner and spilling into Canada -- with majestic mountains, sapphire rivers and long, valley-filling lakes. In early summer, the vivid green bases of the mountains erupt in flowers every color of the rainbow.Mon, 24 Apr 2006 13:45:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/DESTINATIONS/04/24/national.parks/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/DESTINATIONS/04/24/national.parks/index.htmlExperience the northern tier of jaw-dropping national parks this summer. Spend days in the sunshine and cool nights in a cottage rental.Mon, 24 Apr 2006 13:15:00 EDT