TG

visit all the National Parks in the US
The U.S. National Parks 3 years ago

are a system of the true natural wonders of the United States. People throughout the world visit here to experience the beauty of these places.

Here’s the list I have of all of the U.S. National Parks (those designated as full national parks only, not other national park units):

Acadia, ME
American Samoa, AS
Arches, UT
Badlands, SD
Big Bend, TX
Biscayne, FL
Black Canyon of the Gunnison, CO
Bryce Canyon, UT
Canyonlands, UT
Capitol Reef, UT
Carlsbad Caverns, NM
Channel Islands, CA
Congaree, SC
Crater Lake, OR
Cuyahoga Valley, OH
Death Valley, CA
Denali, AK
Dry Tortugas, FL
Everglades, FL
Gates of the Arctic, AK
Glacier, MT
Glacier Bay, AK
Grand Canyon, AZ
Grand Teton, WY
Great Basin, NV
Great Sand Dunes, CO
Great Smoky Mountains, TN & NC
Guadalupe Mountains, TX
Haleakala, HI
Hawaii Volcanoes, HI
Hot Springs, AR
Isle Royale, MI
Joshua Tree, CA
Katmai, AK
Kenai Fjords, AK
Kings Canyon, CA
Kobuk Valley, AK
Lake Clark, AK
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
Saguaro, AZ
Sequoia, CA
Shenandoah, VA
Theodore Roosevelt, ND
Virgin Islands, VI
Voyageurs, MN
Wind Cave, SD
Wrangell- St. Elias, AK
Yellowstone, WY MT & ID
Yosemite, CA
Zion, UT

Although I will follow up later with more detailed entries, so far I have visited 33 of the 58 National Parks, or 57% of them.

Not a bad start.

Sep 23, 2006, 10:20PM PDT | 7 cheers


Comments:

(This comment was deleted.)

Sep 24, 2006, 01:55PM PDT

TG

Valley Forge

is a National Historical Park- one of 2 in PA. There are a total of 24 National Park Service sites that occur at least partly in PA- but none of these are full-status “National Parks.”

How many have you been to, Mandy?

Sep 24, 2006, 09:49PM PDT | Thread | Respond to this

(This comment was deleted.)

Sep 25, 2006, 04:13AM PDT

TG

How many

of the National Park sites in PA?

Sep 25, 2006, 05:32AM PDT | Thread | Respond to this

(This comment was deleted.)

Sep 25, 2006, 06:00AM PDT

Iron Man is one busy hombre

Ooh! the living historian in me, would love to visit this one

I see now by your list above that you haven’t been to the BWCA. It’s gotta be a full fledge Nat’l. Park, because they moved enough people and businesses out of there to create it.

Mar 17, 2008, 11:35PM PDT | Respond to this 1 cheer

CitaLia has discovered Six Sentences!

LOVE this goal

And I love your list… but I am out of cheers!

Mar 22, 2007, 06:53AM PDT | Thread | Respond to this 1 cheer

TG

Thanks :)

For once I had a couple of cheers so I passed one on to you :)

Mar 22, 2007, 08:04AM PDT | Respond to this

ToddieM Those who can take all life throws at them with a kind heart and smile

You mean Casa Grande ruins isn’t a full fledged National Park either?
National Parks are cool. Bully for you!

Mar 28, 2007, 07:26AM PDT | Thread | Respond to this

TG

Casa Grande

is a National Monument. I’ve never been to that one, but I have visited several of the other National Park units in Arizona that are known for their ruins- Canyon de Chelly (the only official National Park out of these), Walnut Canyon, Wupatki, and Navajo.

There are very few national park units I’ve visited that I didn’t think were worth the trip.

Mar 28, 2007, 08:51AM PDT | Thread | Respond to this

ToddieM Those who can take all life throws at them with a kind heart and smile

Thanks for the National Monument clarification.
TR (Teddy Roosevelt) was the guy who started the whole National Park ball of wax, and he was quite fond of saying “bully” to anything he approved of.
So, again I say, “bully”!

Mar 28, 2007, 09:30PM PDT | Respond to this 1 cheer

Segsy is on furlow until January 18th! I hope!

Interesting

I have been to 8 on that list.

Jul 15, 2007, 07:43PM PDT | Thread | Respond to this 1 cheer

TG

I've added one

since that entry, so I’m up to 34 now. Of course, I never got around to writing an entry ;)

What were your favorites, Segs? And why?

Jul 15, 2007, 07:47PM PDT | Thread | Respond to this 1 cheer

Segsy is on furlow until January 18th! I hope!

Ok here goes

They all have different meanings for me because I was there at different times in my life. I have to add them to my 43 places with photos when I get a chance.

Smokey Mountains, NC & Shanendoah Valley, VA I was too young to remember. I only have bits and pieces in my head.

Acadia, Me: I was also there when I was I very young but then after college I dated a guy who was in the coast guard stationed in Southwest Harbor so I would drive from NY to ME about every two weeks for a whole summer.
the things one does to get sex
But it is beautiful.

Badlands, SD, Glacier, MT, Grand Teton, WY, Rocky Mountain, CO, & Yellowstone, WY were all visited in one summer when I was 12. I revisited the Rockies when I was about 24. They are ALL beautiful. I like Glacier for the fact that I was walking in snow in the middle of July. The Badlands… well.. I definitley know why they were named the badlands. It was very hot but the canyons are beautiful. All in all the wildlife is just amazing. I could go on.

Jul 16, 2007, 05:46AM PDT | Respond to this 1 cheer

Chalupa wouldn't turn away a brand new chewy bone

I'm a Happy Camper!

Can I go, too? wag wag

Dec 12, 2007, 08:42AM PST | Respond to this 1 cheer

catherine's daughter is cleaning up her goals.

I visited one park on your list...

it was Mammoth Caves in KY. We went on two or three tours, the caves are fascinating. There was another there in Kentucky I wouldn’t have minded going on and that was a boat tour through the caves.

Oh yes, on your comment, “not a bad start”, that is an impressive list!

If you ever make a trip to Illinois you have got to check out the Shawnee National Forest. It is beautiful. I couldn’t believe my eyes when I first visited Southern Illinois and went there, it is truly God’s country. Check out this link:

http://www.fs.fed.us/r9/forests/shawnee/

BTW, thanks for the cheer you gave me!

Jun 29, 2008, 10:47AM PDT | Thread | Respond to this 1 cheer

TG

I've always

liked Mammoth Cave- it was one of the first national parks I ever visited, and I’ve been back several times.

I’ve never really done anything in Shawnee NF, but one of my best friends used to make an annual trip there every fall and he’s told me a lot about it. Maybe sometime I’ll get around to visiting.

Jun 29, 2008, 02:04PM PDT | Respond to this

Boomer Anne knows in good times and bad times things change.

My first kiss

When I was 15 a boy from Cave in Rock Kentucy was here visiting his brother and gave me my first kiss. I believe that is right in that area.

Jun 30, 2008, 05:33AM PDT | Thread | Respond to this

catherine's daughter is cleaning up her goals.

Cave-in-Rock is in Illinois, but ....

.... you can take a ferry to get to Kentucky. I went to Cave-in-Rock once when I lived down there. It was a neat place to visit and I drove through some beautiful country and quaint towns like Elizabethtown or as the locals call it “E town”.
Here is a link from Wikpedia which gives the history of Cave-In-Rock.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave-in-Rock_State_Park

P.S. So was it a good kiss? Silly question, since it was your first kiss, how would you know? Let me put it this way, is it what you thought a kiss would be?

Jun 30, 2008, 07:07AM PDT | Thread | Respond to this

Boomer Anne knows in good times and bad times things change.

Yes

It was heaven.
Oh, yea I remember now, it was in Illinois but I kept thinking of Kentucky because it’s near the border.

Jun 30, 2008, 06:51PM PDT | Respond to this


TG has gotten 7 cheers on this entry.

 

I want to:

The world wants to...

love myself ShellB wants to get in shape loose 20 pounds raise good kids create a list of 100 must-read books and read them. study find someone who loves me as much as i love them learn how to teach Japanese to English speakers Keep a journal fun dj stop being so critical Sonya wants to save at least $1000 learn to speak English fluently travel to "everywhere" in that johnny cash song create my own computer game meet demi lovato take more dance classes speak fluent spanish Lose 30 pounds go on a road trip with no predetermined destination Take the Myer-Briggs personality test and discover your personality type. play LOST ( www.lost.eu/1871f ) learn Tarot Learn to knit Be a basketball player. learn about religions
43 Things Login