Credits
Photo credits
Most park photos on this site are U.S. National Park Service images in the public domain, used via Wikimedia Commons; four come from the Bureau of Land Management (also public domain); three on the Extraterrestrial Highway itinerary are public domain or CC0 (two by individual photographers, one from a historic archive); six on the Sedona, Jerome & Meteor Crater itinerary are public domain or CC0 (from USGS, NASA, the National Park Service, two Library of Congress collections and one individual photographer); five on the UFO Watchtower & Great Sand Dunes itinerary are public domain (four from the National Park Service, one from the Library of Congress); six on the Atomic & Ghost Towns itinerary: five public domain (NPS, NASA, US Department of Energy, US Forest Service) and one CC BY 4.0 (Jason Woodhead); eight on the Mojave Mystics & Salton Sea itinerary: five public domain (Carol M. Highsmith for the Library of Congress, NPS, a Wikipedia contributor), one CC0 (S. Winkvist), one CC BY 2.0 (Christopher Michel) and one CC BY 3.0 (Alexander Novati); eight on the Very Large Array, White Sands & Roswell itinerary: three public domain (NPS, AllenS on Wikimedia Commons), three CC BY 2.0 (CGP Grey, Larry Mills, Andy Eick) and two CC BY 3.0 (Dameon Hudson); one NPS photo and one road photo by Alex Proimos are published under CC BY 2.0. Thank you, NPS. The motorhome and road photos marked “Pond5” are real photographs we purchased under a Pond5 licence; they are not public domain and may not be reused from this site. This site no longer uses AI-generated images.
| Photo | Credit | Licence |
|---|---|---|
| Class C motorhome on a desert road, slickrock and snowy mountains behind (home page hero and share image) | Pond5 | Pond5 (purchased license); not for reuse |
| Class C motorhome on a desert highway toward red rock (Las Vegas day-by-day hero and cards) | Pond5 | Pond5 (purchased license); not for reuse |
| Road past towering red sandstone cliffs with a small RV (day-by-day overview hero) | Pond5 | Pond5 (purchased license); not for reuse |
| Desert valley with red sandstone buttes (Las Vegas loop cost page hero) | Pond5 | Pond5 (purchased license); not for reuse |
| Class C rental motorhome at a pullout below rocky cliffs (Class C vs. campervan hero and cards) | Pond5 | Pond5 (purchased license); not for reuse |
| Pickup towing a travel trailer on a highway (marketplace vs. fleet hero, cards and share image) | Pond5 | Pond5 (purchased license); not for reuse |
| Highway through red-rock arch tunnels, Red Canyon, Utah (RV size limits guide hero) | Pond5 | Pond5 (purchased license); not for reuse |
| SUV towing a teardrop trailer on a red-rock canyon road (cost calculator hero) | Pond5 | Pond5 (purchased license); not for reuse |
| Trail Ridge Road across the alpine tundra, Rocky Mountain National Park (Denver day-by-day hero) | NPS (NPGallery) · source | Public domain (NPS) |
| Desert View Watchtower, Grand Canyon South Rim (Phoenix day-by-day hero) | NPS / Grand Canyon National Park · source | Public domain (NPS) |
| Elk in Moraine Park, Rocky Mountain National Park (best-time guide hero) | NPS / M. Reed · source | Public domain (NPS) |
| Devils Garden Campground, Arches National Park (Recreation.gov guide hero) | NPS / Chris Wonderly (NPGallery) · source | Public domain (NPS) |
| Mesa Arch at sunrise, Island in the Sky, Canyonlands National Park (Arches & Canyonlands day-by-day hero) | NPS / Canyonlands National Park · source | Public domain (NPS) |
| Mount Moran above Oxbow Bend at sunrise, Grand Teton National Park (Yellowstone & Grand Teton day-by-day hero) | NPS / Grand Teton National Park · source | Public domain (NPS) |
| Stormy sunset over The Watchman, Zion National Park | NPS / Sarah Stio | Public domain (NPS) |
| The Watchman above autumn cottonwoods, Zion National Park (Las Vegas route guide hero) | NPS / Zion National Park | Public domain (NPS) |
| Delicate Arch at sunset with snow on the slickrock, Arches National Park | NPS / Jacob W. Frank | Public domain (NPS) |
| Grand Prismatic Spring and boardwalk from above, Yellowstone | NPS / Yellowstone National Park | Public domain (NPS) |
| Hallett Peak at dawn reflected in Lake Haiyaha, Rocky Mountain National Park (Denver route guide and cost page hero, cards) | NPS / Debra Miller · source | Public domain (NPS) |
| Grand Canyon from Hopi Point at sunrise, South Rim | NPS / Grand Canyon National Park | Public domain (NPS) |
| RVs parked at Fishing Bridge RV Park, Yellowstone | NPS / Diane Renkin | Public domain (NPS) |
| RV at a desert campground, Willow Beach, Lake Mead NRA | NPS / Andrew Cattoir | Public domain (NPS) |
| Campsite at Mather Campground, Grand Canyon South Rim (Recreation.gov guide) | NPS / Grand Canyon National Park · source | CC BY 2.0 |
| RVs at Fishing Bridge RV Park, Yellowstone (Recreation.gov guide) | NPS / Yellowstone National Park · source | Public domain (NPS) |
| Dispersed camping at Behind the Reef, San Rafael Swell, Utah (Recreation.gov guide) | BLM Utah / Jeremy T. Dyer · source | Public domain (BLM) |
| Zion Canyon in winter (best-time guide) | NPS / Zion National Park · source | Public domain (NPS) |
| Old Faithful in winter from Observation Point (best-time guide) | NPS · source | Public domain (NPS) |
| Rain moving through the Grand Canyon (best-time guide) | NPS / Grand Canyon National Park · source | Public domain (NPS) |
| A rental Class C below a red sandstone tower (Marketplace vs. fleet, in text) | Pond5 | Pond5 (purchased license); not for reuse |
| Travel trailer at Willow Beach campground, Lake Mead NRA (Marketplace vs. fleet, in text; same photo as the packing-list hero) | NPS / Andrew Cattoir | Public domain (NPS) |
| Rental Class C on a desert highway, seen from behind (Airport pickup, in text; same photo as the Las Vegas day-by-day hero) | Pond5 | Pond5 (purchased license); not for reuse |
| Mount Moran above Oxbow Bend, Grand Teton (Airport pickup, in text; same photo as the Yellowstone day-by-day hero) | NPS / Grand Teton National Park | Public domain (NPS) |
| Silver campervan on a desert dirt road below red sandstone cliffs (Class C vs. campervan, in text) | Pond5 | Pond5 (purchased license); not for reuse |
| Camper van at the Antelope Pass pullout, Marble Canyon, Arizona (Class C vs. campervan, in text) | Pond5 | Pond5 (purchased license); not for reuse |
| Visitors queueing for the Zion Canyon shuttle at Temple of Sinawava, Memorial Day weekend (booking timeline hero) | NPS / Jonathan Shafer · source | Public domain (NPS) |
| Zion Canyon shuttle on the Scenic Drive (Las Vegas day-by-day, day 3) | NPS / Zion National Park · source | Public domain (NPS) |
| Thor’s Hammer, Bryce Canyon (Las Vegas day-by-day, day 6) | NPS / Bryce Canyon (NPS Natural Resources) · source | Public domain (NPS) |
| Turret Arch and the La Sal Mountains, Arches (Arches & Canyonlands day-by-day, day 2) | NPS / Chris Wonderly · source | Public domain (NPS) |
| Fruita orchards in bloom, Capitol Reef (Arches & Canyonlands day-by-day, day 6) | NPS · source | Public domain (NPS) |
| Lower Falls, Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone (Yellowstone day-by-day, day 7) | NPS / Jacob W. Frank · source | Public domain (NPS) |
| Bison in the Lamar Valley at sunrise (Yellowstone day-by-day, day 8) | NPS / Jacob W. Frank · source | Public domain (NPS) |
| Dream Lake, Rocky Mountain National Park (Denver day-by-day, day 2) | NPS / M. Reed · source | Public domain (NPS) |
| Moose at Sprague Lake, Rocky Mountain National Park (Denver day-by-day, day 4) | NPS / M. Reed · source | Public domain (NPS) |
| View from Hermits Rest, Grand Canyon South Rim (Phoenix day-by-day, day 4) | NPS / Grand Canyon National Park · source | Public domain (NPS) |
| View from Grandview Point, Grand Canyon South Rim (Phoenix day-by-day, day 5) | NPS / Grand Canyon National Park · source | Public domain (NPS) |
| Zion–Mount Carmel Highway through slickrock (Class C vs. campervan, in text) | NPS / Caitlin Ceci · source | Public domain (NPS) |
| Gros Ventre Campground entrance, Grand Teton (Class C vs. campervan, in text) | NPS / Tobiason · source | Public domain (NPS) |
| Short tunnel on the Zion–Mount Carmel Highway, east of the main tunnel (RV fit checker hero) | Alex Proimos · source | CC BY 2.0, cropped |
| Cars lining up at the South Entrance of Zion National Park ("Do I need a reservation" guide) | NPS / Jonathan Shafer · source | Public domain (NPS), cropped |
| Tents at night at Big Bend Campground, BLM Moab Field Office (plan B guide hero) | Naomi Irene / BLM Utah (Share the Experience photo contest) · source | Public domain (BLM), cropped |
| Cook Bank ruins, Rhyolite ghost town (Extraterrestrial Highway itinerary hero and card) | BLM Nevada (2024) · source | Public domain (BLM), cropped |
| Rhyolite train depot with Joshua trees (Extraterrestrial Highway itinerary, day 4) | BLM Nevada (2024) · source | Public domain (BLM), cropped |
| National Atomic Testing Museum, Las Vegas (Extraterrestrial Highway itinerary, day 1) | Ypsilon from Finland · source | CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication), cropped |
| Little A'Le'Inn sign, Rachel, Nevada (Extraterrestrial Highway itinerary, day 2) | Cohee at English Wikipedia (2009) · source | Public domain (released by the author), cropped |
| Tonopah mining camp and Mount Butler, c. 1904 (Extraterrestrial Highway itinerary, day 3) | C. C. Pierce, USC Libraries / California Historical Society · source | Public domain (published before 1931), cropped |
| Meteor Crater, oblique aerial view (Sedona, Jerome & Meteor Crater itinerary, hero and card) | USGS / D. Roddy · source | Public domain (USGS), cropped |
| Meteor Crater from above (Sedona, Jerome & Meteor Crater itinerary, day 5) | National Map Seamless Server / NASA Earth Observatory · source | Public domain (US government), cropped |
| Superstition Mountains area, Apache Junction (Sedona, Jerome & Meteor Crater itinerary, day 1) | Eden Aviv · source | CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication), cropped |
| Station Antiques, a former gas station in Jerome (Sedona, Jerome & Meteor Crater itinerary, day 2) | John Margolies, Library of Congress · source | Public domain (Library of Congress, no known restrictions), cropped |
| Bell Rock, Sedona (Sedona, Jerome & Meteor Crater itinerary, day 3) | Carol M. Highsmith, Library of Congress · source | Public domain (Carol M. Highsmith Archive), cropped |
| Petrified logs, Petrified Forest National Park (Sedona, Jerome & Meteor Crater itinerary, alternatives) | National Park Service · source | Public domain (NPS), cropped |
| Dune ridges over Medano Creek, Great Sand Dunes (UFO Watchtower & Great Sand Dunes itinerary, hero and card) | NPS / Patrick Myers · source | Public domain (NPS), cropped |
| Bishop Castle, Colorado (UFO Watchtower & Great Sand Dunes itinerary, day 2) | Carol M. Highsmith, Library of Congress · source | Public domain (Carol M. Highsmith Archive), cropped |
| Lenticular cloud over Great Sand Dunes and Mount Herard (UFO Watchtower & Great Sand Dunes itinerary, day 3) | NPS / Patrick Myers · source | Public domain (NPS), cropped |
| Medano Creek surge flow (UFO Watchtower & Great Sand Dunes itinerary, day 3) | National Park Service · source | Public domain (NPS), cropped |
| Milky Way over the dunes (UFO Watchtower & Great Sand Dunes itinerary, day 3) | NPS / Patrick Myers · source | Public domain (NPS), cropped |
| Spatter Cones Trail, Craters of the Moon (Atomic & Ghost Towns itinerary, hero and card) | NPS / Jacob W. Frank · source | Public domain (NPS), cropped |
| Virginia City, Montana (Atomic & Ghost Towns itinerary, day 1) | Jason Woodhead · source | CC BY 4.0, cropped |
| Log buildings and boardwalk, Bannack State Park (Atomic & Ghost Towns itinerary, day 2) | US Forest Service / Roger Peterson · source | Public domain (US Forest Service), cropped |
| Brick building, Bannack State Park (Atomic & Ghost Towns itinerary, day 2) | US Forest Service / Roger Peterson · source | Public domain (US Forest Service), cropped |
| Experimental Breeder Reactor I, about 1953 (Atomic & Ghost Towns itinerary, day 3) | US Department of Energy · source | Public domain (US DOE), cropped |
| Astronauts Eugene Cernan and Joe Engle with NASA geologist Ted Foss at Craters of the Moon, 1969 (Atomic & Ghost Towns itinerary, day 4) | NASA (photo S-69-43750) · source | Public domain (NASA), cropped |
| Joshua tree and boulders, Joshua Tree National Park (Mojave Mystics & Salton Sea itinerary, hero and card) | Carol M. Highsmith, Library of Congress (LCCN 2013630427) · source | Public domain (Carol M. Highsmith, Library of Congress), cropped |
| The Integratron, Landers (Mojave Mystics & Salton Sea itinerary, day 2) | Christopher Michel · source | CC BY 2.0, cropped |
| Giant Rock, Landers, 2008 (Mojave Mystics & Salton Sea itinerary, day 2) | Tomwhite56 at English Wikipedia · source | Public domain (released by the author), cropped |
| Teddy-bear cholla, Cholla Cactus Garden (Mojave Mystics & Salton Sea itinerary, day 3) | NPS / Robb Hannawacker · source | Public domain (NPS), cropped |
| Cottonwood Spring Oasis (Mojave Mystics & Salton Sea itinerary, day 3) | NPS / Robb Hannawacker · source | Public domain (NPS), cropped |
| Welcome sign, Bombay Beach (Mojave Mystics & Salton Sea itinerary, day 4) | Carol M. Highsmith, Library of Congress (LCCN 2013630436) · source | Public domain (Carol M. Highsmith, Library of Congress), cropped |
| The old shore at Bombay Beach, 2008 (Mojave Mystics & Salton Sea itinerary, day 4) | Alexander Novati · source | CC BY 3.0, cropped |
| London Bridge, Lake Havasu City, aerial (Mojave Mystics & Salton Sea itinerary, day 5) | S. Winkvist · source | CC0, cropped |
| Very Large Array, New Mexico, 2009 (Very Large Array, White Sands & Roswell itinerary, hero and card) | CGP Grey · source | CC BY 2.0, cropped |
| Very Large Array dishes on the Plains of San Agustin (Very Large Array, White Sands & Roswell itinerary, day 2) | Dameon Hudson · source | CC BY 3.0, cropped |
| Lava at the Valley of Fires (Very Large Array, White Sands & Roswell itinerary, day 3) | Dameon Hudson · source | CC BY 3.0, cropped |
| New Mexico Museum of Space History, Alamogordo (Very Large Array, White Sands & Roswell itinerary, day 3) | AllenS (Wikimedia Commons) · source | Public domain (released by the author), cropped |
| White Sands National Park (Very Large Array, White Sands & Roswell itinerary, day 3) | Larry Mills · source | CC BY 2.0, cropped |
| International UFO Museum and Research Center, Roswell (Very Large Array, White Sands & Roswell itinerary, day 4) | AllenS (Wikimedia Commons) · source | Public domain (released by the author), cropped |
| Painted Desert, Petrified Forest National Park (Very Large Array, White Sands & Roswell itinerary, day 6) | National Park Service · source | Public domain (NPS), cropped |
| Bottomless Lakes State Park (Very Large Array, White Sands & Roswell itinerary, alternatives) | Andy Eick · source | CC BY 2.0, cropped |
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