Album: Northeast Scenic Views

NPS-wide

Scenic views from parks in Main, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania.

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Sometimes there's nothing more inspiring than taking in a view, like this one on Little Stony Man Cliffs.

What a View!

A bridge crosses the Potomac River along the Great Allegheny Passage

Bridge by Great Allegheny Passage

Rocky Maine coast on left with bright blue ocean on right. Coast line seen in the distance covered in large evergreen trees.

Rocky Ocean Drive Coast

Acadia National Park, Maine. Acadia became the first national park established east of the Mississippi. Located on the coast of Maine, Acadia encompasses 47,633 acres of granite-domed mountains, woodlands, lakes and ponds, and ocean shoreline. Such diverse types of habitat make Acadia a haven for wildlife and plants.

Acadia National Park, Maine

Acadia National Park, Maine. Acadia became the first national park established east of the Mississippi. Located on the coast of Maine, Acadia encompasses 47,633 acres of granite-domed mountains, woodlands, lakes and ponds, and ocean shoreline. Such diverse types of habitat make Acadia a haven for wildlife and plants.

Acadia National Park, Maine

Three adults and one young child raise both arms above their heads

Reach for the sky at Katahdin

An island at low tide.

Saint Croix Island at low tide

Saint Croix Island from the shoreline of the Saint Croix River

Saint Croix Island International Historic Site

Landscape, Appalachian National Scenic Trail, 2013.. Taken along the trail at the Tennessee and North Carolina border.

Landscape, Appalachian National Scenic Trail, 2013.

Gardens, Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park, 2015..

Gardens, Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park, 2015.

Stone jetty, Cape Cod National Seashore, 2015.. Groins and jetties are shore-perpendicular structures built along a shoreline to hold sand in place. Groins are smaller structures built to trap sand and stabilize a sandy beach, typically made of steel, timber or stone. Jetties are large structures typcally used to stabilize inlet channels. Both structures interrupt longshore sand transport and accrete sand on their updrift side while erosion occurs on their downdrift side.

Stone jetty, Cape Cod National Seashore, 2015.

Sunny beach, Cape Cod National Seashore, 2015..

Sunny beach, Cape Cod National Seashore, 2015.

The sun setting over the city skyline as viewed from Boston Harbor

Sunset over Boston

At over 150-feet tall, the North Drumlin offers exceptional views of neighboring islands, including Long and Moon Islands.

Spectacle and Long Islands

Ellis Island Canopy from South Side

Ellis Island Canopy from South Side

Statue of liberty end of winters day from Ellis

Liberty sunset

Wall of Honor at Ellis Island buried in snow with Baggage and Dormitory Building in background.

Snow at Ellis Island

Mirrored surface of Delaware River at Bushkill, Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, 2015..

Mirrored surface of Delaware River at Bushkill, Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, 2015.

Foggy morning, Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, 2015..

Foggy morning, Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, 2015.

Story seas crash onto the beach, Fire Island National Seashore, 2015..

Story seas crash onto the beach, Fire Island National Seashore, 2015.

Windswept beach, Fire Island National Seashore, 2015.. The wind creates a pattern in the garnet (red), magnetite (black) and quartz (white) sand along the upper beach.

Windswept beach, Fire Island National Seashore, 2015.

Assateague Island National Seashore in Maryland and Virginia. At the Assateague Island National Seashore in Maryland and Virginia, wild horses roam freely along the white sand beaches.

Assateague Island National Seashore in Maryland and Virginia

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View of the town of Thurmont Md from the Thurmont Vista Overlook

Thurmont Vista Summer View

Hog Rock Springtime View

Hog Rock Springtime View

Sun reflecting off a straight line of waterway, with a spur of the canal or creek off to the right, surrounded by tall grasses.

Stewart's Canal

Tall brown grasses and a red-leafed tree in the foreground, with a stream and treeline behind

Eastern Shore Wetlands

Sun shining on the back of four barn-like structures joined together as the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Visitor Center.

Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Visitor Center--back view

Red brick house

First Ladies National Historic Site

Overall Run Viewpoint

Overall Run Viewpoint

Spectacular views of the Shenandoah Valley are plentiful from many overlooks in the park.

Shenandoah Valley View

Hawksbill Mountain is the highest peak in Shenandoah National Park.

Taking in the Vew from Hawksbill Mountain

Two cannons side-by-side at the crest of a grassy hill, in front of bare trees, a house, and blue sky.

Replica cannons at Allstadt Farm

Two bridges stretch across the Potomac River towards a tree-covered hillside on the opposite side.

View over the Potomac River

View from Endless Wall

View from Endless Wall cliffs, with river below

girl on woof deck overlooking river

Falls Overlook

view of whitewater river passing through forested gorge

Sweets Falls

view of river and gorge

Gauley River View

view of river and gorge from above

Gauley River view

Families of Flight 93 visit the base of the Tower of Voices. The tower stands on a small mound of earth in the distance.

Families of Flight 93 visit the base of the Tower of Voices.

The gray, window-filled tower of voices is set between two pine trees against a sunset with deep blue, light purple, and pink clouds.

Sunset at the Tower of Voices

Bright yellow flowers among green grasses with the gray, window-filled tower of voices on the horizon. The backdrop is a blue sky.

Tower on the Landscape

A statue of a Civil War general wearing a hat and sword and seated atop a horse with its front left leg lifted, mounted on a rectangular stone base.

Major General Winfield S. Hancock Equestrian Statue

Lightning and rainbow, Gettysburg National Military Park, 2014..

Lightning and rainbow, Gettysburg National Military Park, 2014.

National Cemetery, Gettysburg National Military Park, 2014..

National Cemetery, Gettysburg National Military Park, 2014.

Battlefield landscape, Gettysburg National Military Park, 2014..

Battlefield landscape, Gettysburg National Military Park, 2014.

Sunrise at Valley Forge, Valley Forge National Historical Park, 2015..

Sunrise at Valley Forge, Valley Forge National Historical Park, 2015.

A bright sun hits the Potomac just right

Sun Hitting Potomac

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