North America in Pictures: 36 Free Photos of the USA, Canada and the Arctic
North America in 36 free photos from the BigFoto library, all taken on our own trips: the skyscrapers of New York, the Golden Gate Bridge and the cable cars of San Francisco, Highway 1 along Big Sur and the vineyards of California, the Las Vegas Strip, the Art Deco hotels of Miami Beach and the Everglades, then Canada with the turquoise lakes and glaciers of Jasper and Banff, Helmcken Falls, the Okanagan valley, Vancouver and its totem poles, Ottawa, Montreal and Quebec City, and finally the Arctic with dog sleds on the sea ice and icebergs. Each section links the full galleries, with more photos and a short guide.
How to download: click a photo to see it large, then use Download. The originals are about 1200 × 800 pixels: right for blog posts, slides, social media, school projects and video call backgrounds.
New York
The Statue of Liberty from the air, the Empire State Building, Times Square at night, the Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges and the Guggenheim Museum. More: New York in Pictures.
California, Las Vegas and Florida
The Golden Gate Bridge, a cable car, the Painted Ladies and Alcatraz in San Francisco, Bixby Creek Bridge in the fog, the Big Sur coast, elephant seals and a vineyard, the Las Vegas Strip at night and the Luxor pyramid, an Art Deco hotel on Miami Beach and the Everglades. More: USA in Pictures, San Francisco, California, Las Vegas and Florida.
The Canadian Rockies
Spirit Island on Maligne Lake, Moraine Lake, the Athabasca Glacier and hikers on its ice, elk in the forest, bighorn sheep on the road, a freight train along a lake and Mount Robson above the forest.
British Columbia, Ottawa, Montreal and Quebec
Helmcken Falls in Wells Gray Park, the Okanagan valley and lake, Vancouver and its harbour from above, the totem poles of Stanley Park, Parliament Hill in Ottawa, the Old Port of Montreal and the Château Frontenac in Quebec City. All 76 Canada photos: Canada in Pictures.
The Arctic
A dog sled team crossing the sea ice, a hunter with his dogs, coloured wooden houses in the snow and a wall of icebergs. All 18 photos: Inuit in Pictures.
More free photos
- USA pictures
- New York pictures
- San Francisco pictures
- California pictures
- Las Vegas pictures
- Florida pictures
- Canada pictures
- Inuit and Arctic pictures
- South America pictures
Questions about these North America pictures
Can I use these North America pictures for free?
Yes, for personal and commercial projects. All we ask is a link back to BigFoto.com; the box at the top of the page has a credit link you can copy.
Are Mexico or the national parks of the USA in these photos?
No. Our own North America photos come from New York, California, Las Vegas, Florida, western and eastern Canada and the Arctic, so there is nothing from Mexico, the Caribbean, Yellowstone or Yosemite yet.
Can I use them as a wallpaper?
Yes, on a phone or tablet, and on a laptop if you don’t mind a slightly soft picture: the originals are about 1200 pixels wide. The lakes of the Rockies, the Big Sur coast and the Golden Gate Bridge leave the most room for icons.
