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This article argues that oil played an important role in shaping park landscapes in the United States. Scholars have shown how early road building sought to integrate the view of the natural landscape from the driver's seat. The acceptance of roads as a major feature of parks, like in the Palisades, shows the primacy of oil as a foundation of American life in the twentieth century. This article goes a step further and analyzes in depth how oil, oil wealth, and road technologies changed how people experienced nature. The Palisades Inte