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National parks visited?

suprz
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Explorer
We have visited Death Valley NP, Yosemite NP, Seqouia NP, Rocky Mountain NP and have plans to.visit many more! How many have folks here been to?
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D_E_Bishop
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Explorer
Of the current 59, we have seen 50. We have no intention of visiting AVI's or PR so we'll never see them all. I no longer fly commercial airlines which is my reason for not visiting. We still have to return to AK for three of their parks. We did go to Pinnacles with the DGD when it first opened.
"I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to go". R. L. Stevenson

David Bishop
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jensenst
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Explorer
These are the national parks I have visited since my childhood Grand Canyon, petriefied forest, hot springs,death valley,yosemite,redwoods,joshua tree seqouia mesa verde, rocky mountain,mesa verde,everglades, biscayne,acadia,glacier,yellowstone,grand teton,calsbad caverns,great smokey mountains,crater lake,badlands,arches bryce zion canyonlands,capital reef,shenandoah,mount ranier mammoth cave.

My 2 favorites are Zion and Yellowstone

OutdoorPhotogra
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Explorer
Order I visited, best I can remember:

Great Smokey Mountains NP
Redwood NP
Sequoia NP
Grand Canyon NP
Arches NP
Canyonlands NP
Yosemite NP
Kings Canyon NP
Yellowstone NP
Grand Teton NP
Theodore Roosevelt NP
Wind Cave NP
Badlands NP
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ericsmith32
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Explorer
Huh this made me curious so looked it.. not as many as I thought. Going to start stopping when we see the signs. I'm pretty sure there's a couple more. With all the different categories sure is alot of them!

NP Grand Canyon
NP Great Smokey Mountains
NM George Washington Carver

Just this last trip..
NHP Pecos
NM Fort Union
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jkmac408
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Explorer
We have been to a few

Big Bend
Hot Springs
Fort Pickens
Rocky Mountain
Great Sand Dunes
Mesa Verde
Black Canyon of the Gunnison
Glacier
Great Smokey Mountains
Arches
Canyonlands
Bryce
Zion
Capital Reef
Grand Teton
Yellowstone
Petried Forest
Grand Canyon
Colorado NM
Dinosuar
Capulin Volcano
Craters of the Moon
Grand Staircase
Canyons of the Ancients
Shiloh
Vicksburg
Little Big Horn
Mount Rushmore
Buffalo River
El Camino Real
Trail of Tears
Little Big Horn
Big Thicket
Florrisant Fossil Beds
Fort Davis
Kenneth

Rollnhome
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Explorer
I'm adding mine up does Dollywood or Walls Drug count???
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kknowlton
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Explorer II
In no particular order, and not differentiating between national parks, monuments, historical parks, lakeshores, etc.:

Acadia
Great Smoky Mts
Glacier
Glacier Bay (AK)
Grand Teton
Grand Canyon
Mesa Verde
Theodore Roosevelt
Devils Tower
Gettysburg
Valley Forge
Great Sand Dunes (CO)
Sleeping Bear Dunes (MI)
Indiana Dunes (IN)
Washington DC monuments & parks โ€“ Lincoln, Jefferson, Washington, Korean War, Vietnam War, FDR
Independence Hall
Mammoth Cave
Yellowstone
Death Valley
Olympic
Crater Lake
Craters of the Moon (ID)
Badlands
Hawaii Volcanoes
Virgin Islands NP (St John, USVI)
Zion
Bryce
Joshua Tree
Effigy Mounds
Ft Pulaski
Ft Sumter
Natchez Trace
Misty Fjords (AK)
Shenandoah
Little Bighorn
Statue of Liberty
Wind Cave (SD)

me only: Rocky Mountain

hubby only: Carlsbad Caverns
Everglades

I guess we've done pretty well. I probably left some off - just doing this off the top of my head. More to see!
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JimandLaura
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Explorer
We have visited:
Acadia, ME
Arches, UT
Badlands, SD
Canyonlands, UT
Glacier, MT
Grand Canyon, AZ
Grand teton, WY
Mesa Verde, CO
Yellowstone, WY
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soos
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Explorer II
37 of the 59 actual national parks.
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mdcamping
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Explorer
Just 2 NP visited ๐Ÿ˜ž

Just can't find the time with work and family. But my goal is to tour them later on in life.

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Crodad
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Explorer
We have done:
Grand Canyon
Great Sand Dunes
Great Smokey Mountains
Hot Springs
Mesa Verde
Petrified Forest
Rocky Mountain
Hawaii Volcanoes
Capulin Volcano
Carlsbad Caverns
Guadalupe Mountains
Mammoth Cave
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Lauren
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Geez, now we have NRA, NWR, NHS, NHP and Washington, DC ------- sure can add a lot more for me (and others I am sure).
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trailertraveler
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Safe travels!
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vermilye
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Explorer
Well, I know I have visited many National Park Service locations, but never made a list. I used the "Find a Park" section of the National Park Service page to put together this list.

National Parks:

Acadia, ME
Arches, UT
Badlands, SD
Bryce Canyon, UT
Canyonlands, UT
Capitol Reef, UT
Carlsbad Caverns, NM
Crater Lake, OR
Death Valley, CA
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
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)
Glen Canyon, AZ, UT (National Recreation Area)
Jewel Cave, SD
John Day Fossil Beds, OR
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)
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
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.