Your Favorite Outdoor Memories

We asked you to send us pictures that take you back to a treasured moment outdoors—and you did not disappoint! We received hundreds of wonderful images from all over the world, and below are just a few favorites. 

Grinell Lake photo by Mary Katz

Grinnell Lake from the Grinnell Glacier Trail, Glacier National Park, Montana taken in June 2019 | Photo by Marty Katz

Lake Michigan

Sunset at Lake Michigan just north of Frankfort, Michigan | Photo by Robert Belknap

Alger Lake

Alger Lakes, Ansel Adams Wilderness in Mono County, California | Photo by Kimber Wukitsch

New Zealand

Kepler Great Walk in New Zealand, 2018. I studied abroad my spring semester junior year and had an experience of a lifetime hiking in New Zealand. | Photo by Xaelel Allen-Caballero

Frank Bonelli Regional Park

Frank G. Bonelli Regional Park in San Dimas, California | Photo by David Adler

Wild Azaleas blooming along the Wild Azalea Trail in Kisatchie Natl Forest, central Louisiana, March 2020

Wild azaleas blooming along the Wild Azalea Trail in Kisatchie National Forest in central Louisiana | Photo by Mike VanEtten

Storm approaching - Makoshika State Park ND

Makoshika State Park in Montana | Photo by Janice Sponder

New Mexico

Resting on the peak of Santa Fe Baldy. Looking at Lake Peak and Deception Peak and the Pecos Wilderness in New Mexico. | Photo by Jake Hawkes

Grand Prismatic Geyser, Yellowstone National Park

Grand Prismatic Spring at Yellowstone National Park | Photo by Susan Zimny

Sierra Club staff member Mary Lunetta hiking with her family at the base of Tahquitz Rock near their home in Idyllwild, California

Sierra Club staff member Mary Lunetta hiking with her family at the base of Tahquitz Rock near their home in Idyllwild, California

My sons and I had just arrived at Raymond Lake in the Mokolumne Wilderness of the Sierra Nevada.  This is what we saw.

My sons and I had just arrived at Raymond Lake in the Mokolumne Wilderness of the Sierra Nevada in California— this is what we saw. | Photo by Patrick Watters

Winter hike in New Hampshire White Mountain

Winter hike in New Hampshire White Mountains, New Hampshire | Photo by Joanne Robertson

Sherwood Forest, West Lafayette IN

My favorite view in my own neighborhood, Shorewood Forest, Indiana | Photo by Cindy Modlin Adams

Making camp at Moose Lake, Sequoia National Park

Making camp at Moose Lake in Sequoia National Park, California | Photo by Kimber Wukitsch

Kangaroo Lake, Wisconsin

Sunset Over Kangaroo Lake, Door County, Wisconsin | Photo by Kent A. Taylor