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Nature & landscapes in North America
3,954 nature & landscapes in North America, spread across 34 countries. The best known is Niagara Falls in United States. The 96 best known are below; the rest are on the map.
- In North America
- 3,954
- Countries
- 34
- Share of world
- 15%
- Little known
- 2,787 of 3,954
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1.Niagara Falls
Nature · Iconic
Three waterfalls that straddle the international border between Canada and the United States
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2.Yellowstone National Park
Nature · 19th century · Iconic
First national park in the world, located in Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho in the United States
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3.Grand Canyon
Nature · Iconic
Steep-sided canyon carved by the Colorado River in Arizona, United States
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6.Wake Island
Nature · Iconic
Coral atoll in the North Pacific Ocean administered by the US and also claimed by the Marshall Islands
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13.Mount Rushmore
Nature · Iconic
Mountain in South Dakota featuring a sculpture of four US presidents
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14.Baker Island
Nature · 20th century · Iconic
Uninhabited Pacific atoll administered by the United States of America
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23.Howland Island
Nature · 20th century · Iconic
Coral island in the central Pacific Ocean; unincorporated, unorganized territory of the United States of America
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25.Palmyra Atoll
Nature · 20th century · Iconic
Uninhabited Pacific atoll and unorganized incorporated U.S. territory
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26.Death Valley
Nature · Iconic
Desert basin in Inyo and San Bernadino counties in California, United States
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39.Everglades National Park
Nature · 20th century · Iconic
One-and-a-half million acres in Florida (US) managed by the National Park Service
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50.Grand Canyon National Park
Nature · 20th century · Renowned
National park in Coconino and Mohave counties in Arizona, United States
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51.San Francisco Bay
Nature · Renowned
Bay of the Pacific Ocean on the California coast of the United States
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56.Coco Island
Nature · 20th century · Renowned
Island in the Pacific Ocean administered by Costa Rica
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57.Bryce Canyon National Park
Nature · 20th century · Renowned
National park in Garfield and Kane counties in Utah, United States
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63.Monument Valley
Nature · Renowned
Basin of the Colorado Plateau on the Arizona–Utah border in the western United States
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64.Chesapeake Bay
Nature · Renowned
Estuary in the U.S. states of Maryland, Delaware, District of Columbia, and Virginia
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66.Zion National Park
Nature · 20th century · Renowned
National park in Washington, Iron, and Kane counties in Utah, United States
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67.Glacier National Park
Nature · 20th century · Renowned
National park in Flathead and Glacier counties in Montana, United States
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71.Chicxulub crater
Nature · 660000th century BC · Renowned
Prehistoric impact crater buried underneath the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico
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72.Death Valley National Park
Nature · 20th century · Renowned
National park in California and Nevada in the United States
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74.Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park
Nature · 20th century · Renowned
National park of the United States
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75.Olympic National Park
Nature · 20th century · Renowned
National park on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State, USA
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76.Denali National Park and Preserve
Nature · 20th century · Renowned
National park and preserve in Alaska, USA
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80.Crater Lake
Nature · Renowned
Caldera lake in south-central Oregon and main feature of Crater Lake National Park
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81.Grand Teton National Park
Nature · 20th century · Renowned
United States National Park in northwestern Wyoming
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85.Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Nature · 20th century · Renowned
United States National Park in the Guadalupe Mountains in southeastern New Mexico
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86.Jasper National Park
Nature · 20th century · Renowned
National park in the Canadian Rockies in Alberta, Canada
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87.Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Nature · 20th century · Renowned
U.S. national park in Tennessee and North Carolina
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88.Arches National Park
Nature · 20th century · Renowned
National park in Grand County, Utah, United States
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92.Lake Managua
Nature · Renowned
Also known as Lake Xolotlán, is a large freshwater lake in the Nicaraguan Depression near Managua and several volcanoes
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95.Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve
Nature · 20th century · Renowned
National park of the United States
Nature & landscapes in North America, by country
Every country here with at least one. Those with a page of their own link through.
- United States2,545
- Canada740
- Mexico174
- Greenland99
- Costa Rica44
- Guatemala42
- Nicaragua32
- Cuba30
- The Bahamas27
- Belize20
- El Salvador20
- Panama20
- Curaçao17
- Dominican Republic15
- Jamaica15
- Haiti13
- Honduras12
- Saint Lucia10
- Trinidad and Tobago10
- Aruba9
- Dominica9
- Saint Kitts and Nevis9
- Antigua and Barbuda8
- Barbados8
- Grenada6
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines5
- Sint Maarten5
- Turks and Caicos Islands3
- Cayman Islands2
- Anguilla1
- Bermuda1
- British Virgin Islands1
- Denmark1
- Puerto Rico1
Nature & landscapes elsewhere
Questions about this page
What are the best known nature & landscapes in North America?
Niagara Falls in United States leads the list. Three waterfalls that straddle the international border between Canada and the United States.
Which country in North America has the most?
United States (2,545), Canada (740) and Mexico (174). That ranks how much Wikidata records, not what exists on the ground.
How much of the world is that?
3,954 of the 25,830 nature & landscapes on this atlas, so 15%. The rest are on the worldwide page.
Where does this information come from?
Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.