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monkey44 wrote:
Well, we've done a bit of camping in NP ... Bkpack>>Tent>>Pk-up>>Van>>TrkCmpr
Acadia, Arches, Badlands, Big Bend, Biscayne, Bryce, Canyonlands, Capital Reef, Crater Lake, Death Valley, Everglades, Glacier, Grand Canyon N & S Rim, Grand Tetons, Great Sand Dunes, Great Smokey Mountains, Haleakala, Hawaii Volcanoes, Hot Springs, Joshua Tree, Kings Canyon, Lassen, Mesa Verde, Mount Rainier, Cascades, Olympic, Petrified Forest, Redwoods, Rocky Mountains, Saguaro, Sequoia, Shenandoah, T. Roosevelt, White Sands, Yellowstone, Yosemite, Zion.
Not to mention national monuments and state parks. Alaska remains on the 'to see' list. :)
There is a good discussions here previously about visiting Alaska NPs.
We've planned a trip last year from Seattle. Every inquiry I did said it's not advisable with my trailer and best way to do it is by ferry and just rent an RV or 4WD truck to the NP and/or book a cottage.
So, maybe next time. Meanwhile, we still got a lot to visit int he lower 48.- Yeah, National Monuments usually have small areas. This one is huge.
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I don't think that's true out west anyway. Grand Staircase is huge, Bears Ears is big, and so are Basin and Range, canyon of the Ancients and Dinosaur.
But others are tiny like Clinton Castle.
I'm not sure there is anything that distinguishes one from the other, just what they get called and maybe the fact that like Monument size can be reduced or even eliminated like Papago-Saguaro National Monument. And others have vanished into history. - Well, we've done a bit of camping in NP ... Bkpack>>Tent>>Pk-up>>Van>>TrkCmpr
Acadia, Arches, Badlands, Big Bend, Biscayne, Bryce, Canyonlands, Capital Reef, Crater Lake, Death Valley, Everglades, Glacier, Grand Canyon N & S Rim, Grand Tetons, Great Sand Dunes, Great Smokey Mountains, Haleakala, Hawaii Volcanoes, Hot Springs, Joshua Tree, Kings Canyon, Lassen, Mesa Verde, Mount Rainier, Cascades, Olympic, Petrified Forest, Redwoods, Rocky Mountains, Saguaro, Sequoia, Shenandoah, T. Roosevelt, White Sands, Yellowstone, Yosemite, Zion.
Not to mention national monuments and state parks. Alaska remains on the 'to see' list. :) pnichols wrote:
Yosemite Sam1 wrote:
National Park is a permanent designation for public use and enjoyment.
National Monument can be reverted back -- and worst case, private use and profit.
Hmmm ... I always considered National Monuments as places for mostly "day trips" where one can visit ... but not camp/stay overnight
and,
National Parks as places that also include campsites/camgrounds so visitors could camp for one or more days.
Am I wrong? i.e. Do some National Monuments include camping areas?
Just looked into White Sands and it seems it already have campsites before the conversion.
Yeah, National Monuments usually have small areas. This one is huge.Yosemite Sam1 wrote:
National Park is a permanent designation for public use and enjoyment.
National Monument can be reverted back -- and worst case, private use and profit.
Hmmm ... I always considered National Monuments as places for mostly "day trips" where one can visit ... but not camp/stay overnight
and,
National Parks as places that also include campsites/camgrounds so visitors could camp for one or more days.
Am I wrong? i.e. Do some National Monuments include camping areas?rv2go wrote:
Great. That means that we have visited 43 National Parks. I love White Sands in late fall when the few trees there have there fall color.
Impressive! And only 19 left to go to visit and enjoy.rv2go wrote:
Great. That means that we have visited 43 National Parks. I love White Sands in late fall when the few trees there have there fall color.
I'm impressed. You've been to American Somoa NP, Channel Islands NP, Gates of the Arctic NP, Kobuk Valley NP, Lake Clark NP and Wrangell NP.
Quite a world traveller and serious hiker-Backpacker!rv2go wrote:
Great. That means that we have visited 43 National Parks. I love White Sands in late fall when the few trees there have there fall color.
Yup one added item in the bucket list.- Great. That means that we have visited 43 National Parks. I love White Sands in late fall when the few trees there have there fall color.
- National Park is a permanent designation for public use and enjoyment.
National Monument can be reverted back -- and worst case, private use and profit.
