How many National Parks....

[suprz]

Have you been to?

I'll start,

Sequoia National Park
Badlands National Park
Mammoth Cave National Park
Arches National Park
Yosemite National Park
Rocky Mountain National Park
Grand Canyon National Park
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
Redwood National Park
Death Valley National Park

And Assateague Island National Seashore (site 13 oceanside loop is the best)

[Allworth]

Parks, Monuments, Battlefields, and Historic Sites...

103 so far.

[1stgenfarmboy]

Been to 32 as of now, and quite a few 2 or more times, at 51 yrs old I need to get to it if I am going to see the rest.

and I only have 19 days vacation per yr, one yr we drove 11,900 miles in a 28 day trip.

[out_for_a_rip]

GordonThree wrote:

agesilaus wrote:
All except the Hawaiian Volcanoes tho I have been to Oahu. Plus almost all the non-Alaskan major parks and a lot of the minor ones.

How was Isle Royale NP? The idea of that park fascinates me but I'm too soft for an adventure like that.

I've been to IR twice and am planning the third trip for June, it is an amazing place. We backpack it, but there are also other accommodations for those that don't want to "rough" it.

[Roy_Lynne]

And your favorite is???????
I think mine is Joshua Tree and would be my spiritual home.

[CarryOn]

This inspired me to finally make a list. I used the National Geographic
Adventure Road Atlas map as a reference.

Rocky Mt NP 1968
Mt Rainier 1969
Redwood NP 1969
Isle Royal 2010
Voyageurs NP 2010
Acadia NP 1960
Cape Cod NS 1953
Mammoth Cave 2016
Great Smoky NP 2010
Shenedoah NP 2010
Cape Hatteras NS 2010
Assateague Is NS 2013
Gulf Islands NS 2010
Everglades NP 1977
Bad Lands NP 1968
Wind Cave NP 1968
Yellowstone NP 1990
Grand Teton 2012


I think the only National Park I am missing east of the Mississippi
is Cuyahoga Valley NP in Ohio, but I don't see that on too many other
lists either. Yup, the Southwest is on the bucket list !!

Mike

[PawPaw_n_Gram]

Your question got me to researching something I'd been think about:

We've been to 72 NPS locations - not all of which have campgrounds.

National Parks - 23
Glacier Bay - on a cruise ship
Hot Springs
Petrified Forest
Grand Canyon
Pinnacles
Kings Canyon
Yosemite
Redwood
Mesa Verde
Glacier
Great Basin
Carlsbad Caverns
Crater Lake
Badlands
Big Bend - spent 4 months there as a campground host volunteer
Arches
Capitol Reef
Canyonlands
Zion
Mount Rainier
Olympic
North Cascades
Yellowstone

plus
20 National Monuments
1 National Preserve
8 National Historical Parks
3 National Historic Sites
6 National Memorials
5 National Recreation Areas
3 National Seashores
2 National River/ Wild and Scenic Rivers
1 National Parkway - driven full length

[Rangerman40]

Just NP's....

Cuyahoga Valley
Mammoth Cave
Great Smoky Mountains
Acadia
Shenandoah
Wind Cave
Yellowstone
Badlands
Grand Tetons
Rocky Mountain
Mesa Verde
Arches
Canyonlands
Capitol Reef
Bryce Canyon
Zion
Heading to the Everglades in 2 weeks
Tons of National Monuments and historical sites as well

[Veebyes]

Could not begin to list them from memory but did do a survey last year & the total was 30 something. Missing a few in So Cal like Joshua Tree but done most in every other state except HI & FL.

[RGar974417]

Valley Forge
Yellowstone
Grand Canyon
Shenandoah
Badlands
Acadia

Plus
Assateague NS
Cape Hatteras NS

Plus numerous National Historic sites

[bukhrn]

suprz wrote:
Have you been to?

I'll start,
Sequoia National Park
Badlands National Park
Mammoth Cave National Park
Arches National Park
Yosemite National Park
Rocky Mountain National Park
Grand Canyon National Park
Redwood National Park

PLUS;
Shenandoah National Park
Acadia National Park
Minute Man National Historic Park
Yellowstone
Grand Tetons
Glacier National Park
Mt Rainier
Crater Lake National Park
Kings Canyon
Zion
Bryce
Canyonlands National Park
Wind Cave National Park
And numerous National Monuments and National Forests, enjoyed everone of them.

[vermilye]

National Parks:

Acadia, ME
Arches, UT
Badlands, SD
Big Bend, TX
Bryce Canyon, UT
Canyonlands, UT
Capitol Reef, UT
Carlsbad Caverns, NM
Crater Lake, OR
Death Valley, CA
Denali Park, AK
Everglades, FL
Glacier, MT
Grand Canyon, AZ
Grand Teton, WY
Great Basin, NV
Great Falls, VI
Great Sand Dunes, CO
Great Smoky Mountains, NC
Joshua Tree, CA
Kenai Fjords, AK
Kings Canyon, CA
Lassen Volcanic, CA
Mammoth Cave, KY
Mesa Verde, CO
Mount Rainier, WA
North Cascades, WA
Olympic, WA
Petrified Forest, AZ
Redwood, CA
Rocky Mountain, CO
Sequoia, CA
Shenandoah, VA
Wind Cave, SD
Yellowstone, WY
Yosemite, CA
Zion, UT

National Monuments unless noted:

Agate Fossil Beds, NE
Canyon de Chelly, AZ
Cape Cod, MA (National Seashore)
Cape Hatteras (National Seashore)
Cape Lookout, NC (National Seashore)
Cedar Breaks, UT
Chiricahua, AZ
Craters of the Moon, ID
Deleware Water Gap, NJ, PA (National Recreation Area)
Devils Tower, WY
Dinosaur, CO
Effigy Mounds, lA
Erie Canalway, NY (National Heritage Corridor)
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, DC (Memorial)
Fire Island, NY (National Seashore)
Fort Pulaski, GA
Fort Stanwix, NY
Gauley River, WV (National Recreation Area)
Gila Cliff Dwellings, NM
Glen Canyon, AZ, UT (National Recreation Area)
Jewel Cave, SD
John Day Fossil Beds, OR
Kings Canyon, CA
Korean War Veterans, DC (Memorial)
Lava Beds, CA
Lincoln Boyhood, IN
Little Bighorn Battlefield, MT
Mount St. Helens, WA
Natchez Trace, AL, MS, TN
National Mall, DC
Natural Bridges, UT
Niagara Falls, NY (National Heritage Area)
Organ Pipe Cactus, AZ
Pipe Spring, AZ
Pony Express, NE (National Historic Trail)
Potomac Heritage, DC (National Scenic Trail)
San Juan Island, WA (National Historic Park)
Statue of Liberty, NY
Trail of Tears, AR (National Historic Trail)
Vietnam Veterans, DC (Memorial)
Washington Monument, DC
White Sands, NM
Wright Brothers, NC (National Memorial)

It is difficult to leave out the wonderful state parks around the US - many are as breath taking as the National Parks & Monuments. I've visited many; some worth pointing out:

Antelope Canyon (Navajo Reservation, AZ)
Babcock State Park, WV
Burney Falls State Park, CA
Caverns of Sonora, TX (Not a park, but one of the prettiest caves I've been to)
City of Rocks State Park, NM
Dead Horse Point State Park, UT
Goblin Valley State Park, UT
Hanging Lake, CO
Kodachrome Basin State Park, UT
Letchworth State Park, NY
Lost Dutchman State Park, AZ
Mono Lake, CA
Palouse Falls, WA
Red Rock Canyon, CA
Ricketts Glen State Park, PA (My Favorite)
Silver Falls, OR
Valley of Fire State Park, NV

I have links to photos of some of the National & State parks here.

[GordonThree]

Has anyone been to Kobuk Valley National Park? Another place that looks amazing to visit.

How about Wapusk National Park?

[1stgenfarmboy]

Not all of them yet, but we have been working on it for 31 years together, and my Dad & Mom gave me a big head start as they loved to travel to National Parks/Monuments also.


Thanks Dad & Mom

[agesilaus]

D.E.Bishop wrote:
Okay, with information just received, there are two we have not visited, add Gateway Arch to Channel Islands as parks we have not visited.

That's impressive, so you've been to all those northern Alaska parks that have no road access and the oceanic parks like Dry Tortuga, Samoa and the Virgin Islands?