100th Anniv. of US National Parks Today-Share Your Favorite!

We just got back from a trip to Arches and Grand Canyon North Rim.

I LOVE Fort Jefferson off the coast of Key West. It's in the Dry Tortugas National Park.

A couple weeks ago we went to Yosemite and hiked along part of the John Muir trail

I love them all! We have visited 31 of the 59 and will add another this fall. My favorites are Glacier, Zion, Yellowstone, and Acadia.

ETA: I just recounted and we've actually visited 34 instead of 31. I fogot about adding a couple last year and thought Sequoia and King's Canyon counted as 1 park.

Oheo Gulch

More Yosemite

I will also say I cannot believe that North Cascades National Park is one of the least visited parks (4th from bottom). It is stunning and quiet. I loved it.

We plan on going to the least visited National Park (in continental US) next year: Isle Royale.

Love the National Parks, as well as other entities like national forests, seashores, monuments, etc.

I've visited: Acadia, Yosemite, King's Canyon, Sequoia, Arches, Canyonlands, Zion, Bryce, Grand Tetons, Yellowstone, Joshua Tree, Death Valley, Grand Canyon, Channel Islands, Glacier, Badlands, Smoky Mountains, Rocky Mountains, and other national lands (my favorite including Wind River Range in WY and Escalante in UT). Hard to pick favorites - all of our trips have been fantastic.

Castle Geyser in Yellowstone:


Balanced Rock in Arches:



Jenny Lake Sunrise and Mormon Row Sunrise in Grand Tetons:





The Racetrack and Eureka Sand dunes in Death Valley:






Campsite at Tanner Beach in the Grand Canyon:





And cheating a little bit with other national entities:

Alstrom Point overlooking Lake Powell in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area:



Buckskin Gulch in Vermillion Cliffs National Monument:




Wind River Range (National Forest land) in WY (this picture was actually on the parks pass a few years ago):



More Wind River Range:

pudgygroundhog, your pics are amazing! everyone's are! I am jealous. I would love to go, but honestly, it's intimidating to me - getting out there, figuring out what to see, etc. I didn't even know there were only 51 national parks.

Thank you!  Don't be intimidated by the parks - it's easy to plan trips, straightforward to travel there, and so worth it! The one tricky thing is that some of the parks that are more remote and you want lodging in the park - you have to plan ahead to get a reservation. 

The National Park Service has a website for each park that has all the necessary info - planning your visit, when to go, lodging in park, what to do, etc. They also usually have a list that says "if you have one/two/three days in the park, here's a sample itinerary". Tripadvisor has great forums for some of the more popular national parks and it's easy to find guidebooks and online information.  It takes some time to do research, but it's not hard to do.  Heck, I'll plan a trip for you!  lol.

We did a road trip where we hit 5 national parks: Yosemite, Death Valley, Grand Canyon, Bryce, And Zion -- it was amazing! Loved them all but Bryce was prob my overall favorite as well

Glacier National Park - specifically The Sun Road

Going to the Sun Highway.  I love Glacier, too!

I haven't been to a National Park I haven't loved!  America's best idea!