National Parks: Which One is Your Favorite

[fncceo]

I haven't been to all of them... but MY favorite is Yellowstone...

 

[lennypartiv]

I haven't been to all of them... but MY favorite is Yellowstone...

He picks the one that will destroy America.

---Yellowstone Super Volcano Will Erupt Again And Likely Destroy U.S.---

Scientist: Yellowstone Super Volcano Will Erupt Again And Likely Destroy U.S.

It’s like going in the doctor’s office and being asked: “What do you want to hear first, the good news or the bad news?”

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[fncceo]

He picks the one that will destroy America.

---Yellowstone Super Volcano Will Erupt Again And Likely Destroy U.S.---

Scientist: Yellowstone Super Volcano Will Erupt Again And Likely Destroy U.S.

It’s like going in the doctor’s office and being asked: “What do you want to hear first, the good news or the bad news?”

sheridanmedia.com

Literally the reason I picked it...

... it won't just destroy The US, but the ensuing 10 year Winter that encircled the globe will end all human civilization.

Good times.

 

[petro]

Been to half the Parks on the list, but my favorites are a couple of the least visited.

Isle Royal National Park is out on Lake Superior and you need to take a four hour boat ride to get to it.
Back country camping only on the large island.

But my favorite that I have gone to since it's creation in 1972 is Voyageurs National Park along the MN/Ontario border, and going there for a yearly fishing trip in September. The park is only accessible by boat or snowmobile as the park is mostly massive lakes dotted with islands and boat in camping. A few resorts are along the edge of the park on a couple of the waterways.

For perspective the milage from west Kabatogama Lake to Crane Lake is 65 miles by water. Rainy Lake to the north in size swallows the four southern lakes and extends 80 miles north into Canada. Border crossing is on your honor to check in at a station. I have explored most of this park with my boat. Pine trees, rocky shores and endless waterways and islands.

My favorite bay to fish for Walleye. Taken from a campsite.

Boat at a campsite.

Same location 12 miles in from the road when snowmobiling.

 

[ScorpioRising007]

Easy to go with the obvious choice, Yellowstone. It checks all of the boxes. Grand Canyon is incredible. Lake Mead and GG NRA is incredibly special as well. But I think my favorite park is Bryce Canyon. Not over-crowded. Pitch black at night. Freezing cold in the fall. You can drive through and see everything or you can hike down into the canyon and see it up close.

What Say You?

PS: Lets keep it clean folks...

I would have to say Yellowstone was always my favorite.

 

[Zebra]

a pity the poll is closed

i was in yosemite

 

[Failzero]

Whiskeytown National Recreation Area & Lake

 

[candycorn]

I prefer National Military Parks. I haven't been to all of them. Hard to pick a favorite from the ones I have been to.

I found Vicksburg to be a lot more interesting then Gettysburg. Outside of a few others, those are the two “big ones” I’ve visited.

 

[bdtex]

I found Vicksburg to be a lot more interesting then Gettysburg. Outside of a few others, those are the two “big ones” I’ve visited.

I haven't been to Gettysburg yet so I can't argue with that. Chickamauga and Chattanooga NMP was the very first Civil War NMP created. Been there twice and like it a lot. Been to Vicksburg and Shiloh twice and enjoyed both too.

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[candycorn]

I haven't been to Gettysburg yet so I can't argue with that. Chickamauga and Chattanooga NMP was the very first Civil War NMP created. Been there twice and like it a lot. Been to Vicksburg and Shiloh twice and enjoyed both too.

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The spouse wanted to see the Ryman...I wanted to see Shiloh.

Learned a lot about the Ryman that day. LOL

 

[bdtex]

The spouse wanted to see the Ryman...I wanted to see Shiloh.

Learned a lot about the Ryman that day. LOL

Well it's your turn then.

 

[bdtex]

Here's a nice one.

 

[odanny]

I found Vicksburg to be a lot more interesting then Gettysburg. Outside of a few others, those are the two “big ones” I’ve visited.

Gettysburg was boring, I think most people, outside of those who really understand the battle, go there to eat, they have a lot of nice places to eat (or at least did 20 years ago)

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

Arches in Moab, UT is pretty cool

 

[candycorn]

Gettysburg was boring, I think most people, outside of those who really understand the battle, go there to eat, they have a lot of nice places to eat (or at least did 20 years ago)

It didn’t “do it” for me much either.

This is my “get off my lawn” moment.

One big differnece I think was that when I did Gettysburg, it was maybe 2018; Vicksburg was 25 years earlier. At Vicksburg They gave us one of those garmin devices and as you drove up on a hill, Ranger Rick would come on and say, “To you left, you see the zig-zag approach the union soldiers took toward the rebel battery on your right”. And when you looked out to your left (or got out of the car) you could see the trench they dug in a zig-zag design. Gettysburg didn’t offer that self-guided dimension.

 

[odanny]

If ever near Estes Park, you must visit RMNP. This is def one of those places where you see pictures and think it's a beautiful place, but when but being there in person it changes the way you feel. People who live close by to such natural beauty are very fortunate.