Opinions for First National Park Visit
We live in FL and I am looking for some opinions on which National Park(s) to visit for our first Western trip. We want to go out West and will have about 3 weeks and we have 3 young children. Plan...
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CloudDriver wrote:
You can get two National Parks for one entrance fee. Yellowstone and Grand Teton are about 40 miles apart and the 7-day entrance fee for either park includes entrance to the other. Yellowstone is amazing and Grand Teton has beautiful mountain scenery.
Sorry to report that this is no longer true, or won't be within weeks. Entry fee for each is dropping a little, but it will no longer be a "two for the price of one." I don't recall the exact fee, but I just read it the other day. I'm thinking it's going to be $20 (per car) for each rather than $25 for both.
I'm probably a little prejudiced, living between Yellowstone and the Black Hills, but my vote would be Yellowstone, Grand Tetons, and the Black Hills, including S.D. Badlands. The Black Hills are really geared to kids -- lots of great attractions in and around. Glacier is just too far for 3 weeks. Utah's parks/Grand Canyon is too hot for summer vacations. If Yellowstone is too far, my second choice would be Colorado/RMNP, etc.
