The National Parks: America's Best Idea Characters

Characters played by Peter Coyote

• Self - Narrator

Characters played by William Cronon

• Self - Historian

Characters played by Dayton Duncan

• Self - Writer

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Characters played by Shelton Johnson

• Self - Park Ranger

Characters played by Alfred Runte

• Self - Historian

Characters played by Paul Schullery

• Self - Writer

Characters played by Carl Pope

• Self - Sierra Club

Characters played by Terry Tempest Williams

• Self - Writer

Characters played by Murphy Guyer

• Reader

Characters played by Philip Bosco

• Reader

Characters played by Kevin Conway

• Reader

Characters played by Tom Hanks

• Reader

Characters played by Kim Heacox

• Self - Writer

Characters played by Adam Arkin

• Reader

Characters played by Lee Stetson

• Reader

• Self - Muir Historian

Characters played by Amy Madigan

• Reader

Characters played by Lee Whittlesey

• Self - Historian

Characters played by Nevada Barr

• Self - Former Ranger

Characters played by Juanita Greene

• Self - Journalist

Characters played by Gerard Baker

• Self - Park Superintendent

Characters played by Carolyn McCormick

• Reader

Characters played by Tim Clark

• Reader

Characters played by Josh Lucas

• Reader

Characters played by Derek Jacobi

• Reader

Characters played by Gene Jones

• Reader

Characters played by Eli Wallach

• Reader

Characters played by Clay Jenkinson

• Self - Historian

Characters played by George Hartzog

• Self - Former Park Service Director

Characters played by Gretel Ehrlich

• Self - Writer

Characters played by Marian Albright Schenck

• Self - Daughter of Horace Albright

Characters played by Bill Brown

• Self - Historian

Characters played by J.L. Crawford

• Self - Former Ranger

Characters played by Stewart L. Udall

• Self - Former Interior Secretary

Characters played by Martin Murie

• Himsel - Nephew of Adolph Murie

• Self - Writer

Characters played by John Cook

• Self - Former Park Superintendent

Characters played by Kenneth Brower

• Self - Writer

Characters played by Sam Waterston

• Reader

Characters played by Campbell Scott

• Reader

Characters played by John Lithgow

• Reader

Characters played by Ruth Kirk

• Self - Writer

Characters played by Ginny Wood

• Self - Alaskan Bush Pilot

Characters played by Duane Smith

• Self - Historian

Characters played by Richard Bradley

• Self - Son of Harold Bradley

Characters played by Judith Goldstein

• Self - Writer

Characters played by Brad Washburn

• Self - Explorer

Characters played by Tuan Luong

• Self - Photographer

Characters played by Juan Lujan

• Self - Resident of Redford

• Texas

Characters played by Burton Appleton

• Self - Resident of Brooklyn

• New York

Characters played by Barbara Washburn

• Self - Explorer

Characters played by Claude Tyler

• Self - Resident of Blossom

• Texas

Characters played by Tom Bodett

• Reader

Characters played by John Hope Franklin

• Self - Historian

Characters played by Pamela Wright Lloyd

• Self - Daughter of George Melendez Wright

Characters played by Ernest Ortega

• Self - Former Park Superintendent

Characters played by Kimi Kodani Hill

• Self - Granddaughter of Chiura Obata

Characters played by Trina Carmody

• Reader

Characters played by Bev Dunham

• Self - Seward Resident

Characters played by Clifford Hansen

• Self - Former Governor & Senator

• Wyoming

Characters played by Marcus Lovell Smith

• Reader

Characters played by Kayci Cook Collins

• Self - Park Superintendent

Characters played by Sho Wada

• Reader

Characters played by Yumi Mizui

• Reader

Characters played by Carl Lumbly

• Reader

Characters played by Andy Garcia

• Reader

Characters played by John Trudell

• Reader

Characters played by James Kyson

• Reader

Characters played by Albert McFadyen

• Reader

Characters played by George Takei

• Chiura Obata