re: a national parks thread

speaking of Shenandoah we are doing that this year in July. We are leaving from Roanoke VA and plan to drive the parkway to front royal. If anyone has done that, I’m wondering if we can do that justice in one day. We have an extra night we can kill if that’s a better plan

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If anyone has done that, I’m wondering if we can do that justice in one day. We have an extra night we can kill if that’s a better plan

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Easily, unless you do too many side hikes. If just pulling out at lookouts, you can do in an afternoon.

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how many have you visited?

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A lot. All the “brand name” ones and several lesser known ones.

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which are your favorites?

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Glacier, Yellowstone, Grand Teton. Might have a different three if I answered this question tomorrow. Lots of great parks.

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what has been your favorite hike or activity?

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I haven’t done a ton of hiking in national parks, but Glacier is probably the best in the country for hiking. Several good trails and Going to the Sun road is awesome.

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what parks are next on your list?

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Probably will see Roosevelt National Park this spring or summer. North Dakota is one of four states that I haven’t been to at least twice, so I would like to complete a second lap at some point.

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what's the park you've visited that most people haven't?

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Google says Gates of the Arctic and North Cascades are the two least visited national parks. I haven’t technically been to GOTA but have driven the Dalton Highway that runs right beside it for many miles. I have been to NC and it’s very underrated. Beautiful park. Wrangell-St. Elias and Great Basin are both in the top ten (or bottom ten, I guess) and I have been to those.

Wrapping up a 10 day, 3,000 mile roadtrip from Vicksburg>Big Bend>Guadalupe Mountains>Carlsbad Caverns>White Sands>El Paso>San Antonio>New Orleans>Vicksburg tomorrow. Had some great food, hiked some great hikes, stayed in some unique places (and some dumps), and met some cool people. One guy in particular that stands out I met while hiking the natural entrance into Carlsbad Caverns. He was a Canadian (from Montreal) that is trying to visit all of the US national parks and had visited 6 so far on this trip with 3 more to go. Talking with him on the way down just reinforced what we all in this thread already know, we’ve got some great parks and should not take that for granted.

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10 day, 3,000 mile roadtrip from Vicksburg>Big Bend>Guadalupe Mountains>Carlsbad Caverns>White Sands>El Paso>San Antonio>New Orleans>Vicksburg

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May is Joshua Tree, Yosemite, Kings Canyon, Pinnacles, and Sequoia NP's.

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Hell yeah
y’all are my people
nothing better than an NP road trip

I’m stoked about our new river gorge/shenandoh/congaree trip in July but it’s gonna be hot, congaree will be just to check the box and hopefully not get malaria

Congaree looks a lot like MS and LA. We went during the fireflies and that was a cool experience. I enjoyed Shenandoah and would like to go back during the fall.

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Favorite is probably Denali 3x with
Yellowstone 3x and Glacier next.

I love Big Bend 5x as well and that's the closest one to me.

Bucket list would be Gates of the Artic, Wrangle Elias and American Samoa

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Yellowstone (Lamar Valley)

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Heading free in June… what’s the best way to explore Lamar? We’re planning on driving out through here on the way out on our last day, getting started early.

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Harpers ferry is a national park

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Technically it's a national historic park. Like national monuments and national battlefield parks, national historic parks are administered by the national park service but are not true "national parks."

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you should really only be in your room to sleep.

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if that. A night at the south rim is unforgettable