The National Parks: America's Best Idea: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The National Parks: America's Best Idea runs 15.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Ken Burns (about 10.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 15.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 31 days |
| 1 hour / day | 16 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 15.5 hours, it runs longer than 98% of the 5,613 Business & Career Development audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Ken Burns
Ken Burns narrates 6 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 75 hours in all.
About as long, on the Business & Career Development shelf
129 Business & Career Development audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The National Parks: America's Best Idea is an audiobook by Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan: a 15.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Ken Burns, released September 8, 2009, on the Business & Career Development and Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 15.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Ken Burns
- Released
- September 8, 2009
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Business & Career Development, Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction)
- ISBN
- 9781415966273
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The National Parks: America's Best Idea as an audiobook?
The National Parks: America's Best Idea runs 15.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.3 hours.
Is The National Parks: America's Best Idea free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The National Parks: America's Best Idea?
The National Parks: America's Best Idea is narrated by Ken Burns.
Is The National Parks: America's Best Idea worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.3 hours, saving 5.2 hours.