• Feeling cooped up? Take a virtual field trip with your child!

National Parks

  • Yellowstone National Park 

    Ready to explore Yellowstone? You don't have to wait for your next family trip. Start exploring now by virtually touring some of the main attractions around the park. Virtual sites to tour include Fort Yellowstone, Fountain Paint Pot, Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, Mammoth Hot Springs, Mud Volcano, Norris Geyser Basin, Yellowstone in 3-D, and Upper Geyser Basin.

    Click here to select your tour site!

    Virtual Yosemite National Park

    First protected in 1864, Yosemite National Park is best known for its waterfalls, but within its nearly 1,200 square miles, you can find deep valleys, grand meadows, ancient giant sequoias, a vast wilderness area, and much more. 

    Click here to select your tour site!

    Google Earth

    Google Earth allows visits to explore anywhere in the world! Check out the link below for more than 30 options of other National Parks to tour!

    Explore one of the many other parks with Google Earth

Animals

  • San Diego Zoo Live Cameras

    The San Diego Zoo is located in Balboa Park, San Diego, Califonia. Home to more than 3,500 animals and more than 650 species of subspecies of animals, the park provides an opportunity to showcase the stories of the animals that call the Zoo and Safari Park home. 

    Click here to choose from twelve different live cams!

    Cincinnati Zoo

    The mission and vision of the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden is dedicated to creating adventure, conveying knowledge, conserving nature, and serving the community.

    Join employees of the Cincinnati Zoo for a Home Safari Facebook Live each weekday at 3pm EDT where they will highlight one of their amazing animals and include an activity you can do from home.

    Don’t have access to social media? No worries! All videos will be posted to their webpage and to their YouTube channel shortly after the Facebook Live ends.

    Monterey Bay Aquarium

    From sea otters to seaweeds, their unique oceanfront location and timeless galleries bring the wonders of the ocean to life for visitors. But beyond their exhibits, they are transforming what it means to be an aquarium.

    Click here to choose from ten different live cams!

    Georgia Aquarium

    As the largest aquarium in the western hemisphere, Georgia Aquarium is committed to inspiring awareness and preservation of our ocean and aquatic animals around the globe. Their mission is to treat every animal with love and care and concentrate our research and conservation activities where they matter most.

    Click here to choose from nine different live cams!

     

Explore Other Planets

  • Explore Mars

    Access Mars lets you explore a 3D replica of the Martian surface, exactly as it was recorded by the Curiosity rover. As Curiosity has traveled across Mars, it's taken digital photographs with two stereoscopic camera systems. For the first time, this same 3D model is now available for anyone to explore in their browser using WebVR

    Click here to check out Mars!