Arches National Park is one of 401 National Park Service sites to close to visitors during the government shutdown.
Wildlife will be roaming in visitor-free peace at Yellowstone National Park-- the fourth-most-visited national park in 2012, with 3.4 million visitors last year.
New York's Statue of Liberty, one of the United States' most recognizable symbols, is among the National Park Service sites affected by the federal government shutdown. This means Liberty Island, a national park, is closed to visitors too.
Washington's Olympic National Park is famous for offering visitors ocean, mountains and rain forest in one park. Now that the U.S. government shutdown has come into effect, guests staying in campgrounds and on-site hotels will be given 48 hours to leave.
Tennessee's Great Smoky Mountains National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is the nation's most visited with 9.7 million visitors last year. The shutdown comes as the park enters one of its busiest months of the year, according to visitor stats.
Nearly 2.5 million people visited Maine's Acadia National Park last year. Mid-October is usually a busy time of year, with travelers coming in to check out the colorful fall leaves in the forests.
The Normandy American Cemetery and 23 other overseas cemeteries operated by the American Battle Monuments Commission will be closed to the public for the duration of the shutdown.
Airport security personnel are considered essential and will continue working through the shutdown. So if you fly, there will be someone there to ask you to remove your shoes.
Air traffic controllers, some safety inspectors and other essential employees will "continue working in order to maintain the safety of the national airspace system," said the Federal Aviation Administration.
These article were writing by Theresa Pierno to CNN's Opinion. More article on CNNOpinion
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