“The National Park System encompasses 419 national park sites in the United States...”

Jul 1, 2020
12:34:00pm

DrBYU All-American

How Many National Parks are There?

If you only remember 59 places when thinking of national parks, you’d be leaving out the vast majority of sites that encompass the National Park System.

https://www.nationalparks.org/connect/blog/how-many-national-parks-are-there

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What has been your favorite National park experience? My wife and I have a goal to see as many National Parks as we can

spugeddy24 The "Liberal" Mod

7/1/20 12:14pm

Grand Teton is the best. No contest

letthewookieewin

7/1/20 12:15pm

We just went there last week. It's amazing

spugeddy24

7/1/20 12:19pm

No way. I was there last week too.

letthewookieewin

7/1/20 12:23pm

No way. I was there 10 days ago.

TN_Coug

7/1/20 12:31pm

My SIL is from Driggs...

CoachSpeak

7/1/20 12:43pm

We're headed to Driggs tomorrow for the holiday weekend.

BlueBlood94

7/1/20 2:33pm

If you do, let me know. We /love/ Victor.

ebv

7/1/20 2:59pm

Nah. Pretty but not top 5.

Backcountry

7/1/20 12:45pm

RE: Nah. Pretty but not top 5.

letthewookieewin

7/1/20 1:11pm

Hey man, if were throwing in fishing, that changes things.

Backcountry

7/1/20 4:44pm

Yosemite in 1986. Now? Crater Lake in Winter. I really don't enjoy crowds.

SaturdaySpecialDay

7/1/20 12:16pm

Same minute, same answer. Wow.

ZacSeljaas'Stache

7/1/20 12:16pm

Went to Crater Lake in the winter. Saw nothing but falling snow and fog. Never saw the lake.

RUNBYU1

7/1/20 2:45pm

Some of my favorites: Crater Lake in Oregon and Yosemite in California

ZacSeljaas'Stache

7/1/20 12:16pm

Do the Jr Ranger program at each, cool unique souvenir and learn a ton.

chago04

7/1/20 12:17pm

We've had our kids do that at a few parks. They've really enjoyed it.

spugeddy24

7/1/20 12:20pm

Same here! We now have a mounted display in our family room with 20+ JR patches.

statguru

7/1/20 12:32pm

I think Yellowstone cancelled those this summer

Cougarrr

7/1/20 12:59pm

I've been to all of the parks in California, Nevada, Utah, and AZ...

CoachSpeak

7/1/20 12:17pm

Ride bikes from Springdale to top of Zion canyon and back. Really amazing.

pink22

7/1/20 12:19pm

Backpacking the Northern Loop of the Wonderland Trail in Rainier National Park for a few days...

cougfanblue

7/1/20 12:17pm

I was taken to Glacier when I was a kid, and probably had a bad attitude.

BYUFBDAD

7/1/20 12:21pm

Glacier is hands-down my #1. There are a lot of close seconds, but it's tops in

m0resn0w

7/1/20 1:37pm

Yosemite

JOPE

7/1/20 12:23pm

Love Yosemite...

CoachSpeak

7/1/20 12:25pm

Overrated. Less grand than Zion NP.

Backcountry

7/1/20 12:46pm

Met a guy this week who has been to all 491 National Parks

DrBYU

7/1/20 12:23pm

There aren't nearly that many national parks.

JuicyJam

7/1/20 12:26pm

I would imagine he means parks and monuments...

CoachSpeak

7/1/20 12:28pm

and lakeshores, and seashores, and trails, and forests

TN_Coug

7/1/20 12:32pm

“The National Park System encompasses 419 national park sites in the United States...”

DrBYU

7/1/20 12:34pm

I really want to go to Acadia...

CoachSpeak

7/1/20 12:28pm

RE: What has been your favorite National park experience? My wife and I have a

Ygirl1

7/1/20 12:28pm

Yellowstone is tops for many good reasons. But I had some great hikes in

statguru

7/1/20 12:30pm

Olympic National Park

jordbyu

7/1/20 12:31pm

That's next up for me.

mokelembembe

7/1/20 12:33pm

Please spend a few days here for me!

jordbyu

7/1/20 12:42pm

Its #1. Incredible place.

Backcountry

7/1/20 12:47pm

some of the coolest tide pools I've ever seen. Rialto beach specifically for me

Mayor of Cougartown

7/1/20 1:09pm

It’s amazing.

cougfanblue

7/1/20 1:13pm

It's not a national park, but you need to do the Sawtooth Nat'l Forest. Rent a cabin or camp at Redfish Lake. Do a float

SierraCoug

7/1/20 12:34pm

What are you talking about? It’s horrible! Boring place with nothing to do.

Soupie

7/1/20 2:35pm

Guess you don't like camping, world class hiking, fishing, mtn biking...

Katewot

7/2/20 12:04am

Pssst.. she does (she just doesn’t want the word to get out). Clear now?

Spocougar

7/2/20 12:07am

Ah, hmmmm, got it.

Katewot

7/2/20 12:13am

I’m sure she hates that stuff.

CoachSpeak

7/2/20 5:53am

Ofu American Samoa

BYULAWGUY

7/1/20 12:35pm

Isle Royale is a big one on my bucket list, Acadia is my favorite so far

sTcCoug

7/1/20 12:36pm

Yosemite, Zion, and I really liked the Everglades. Just was so foreign to me.

mokelembembe

7/1/20 12:40pm

Easy answer is still Grand Teton, Zion is a close second

jxncoog

7/1/20 12:44pm

We had a trip to Sequoia planned and it got cancelled by the park due to COVID. We were bummed.

spugeddy24

7/1/20 12:48pm

+1 on Sequoia. That place is unreal and off the beaten path a little.

Mayor of Cougartown

7/1/20 1:11pm

Olympic, crater lake, redwood state/np are amazing.

Backcountry

7/1/20 12:45pm

We've towed our travel trailer from coast to coast many times over during the

BYUMizzou

7/1/20 12:50pm

excellent advice in this post. When I went out to the Tennessee game last year I

Mayor of Cougartown

7/1/20 1:18pm

Mesa Verde, Glacier NP and Carlsbad Caverns are some of my favorites.

Mayor of Cougartown

7/1/20 1:14pm

Mesa Verde was amazing!

kirty

7/1/20 2:18pm

Have you done Chaco Canyon? I like it better than Mesa Verde

LaserCoug

7/1/20 4:18pm

I have not.

Mayor of Cougartown

7/1/20 4:33pm

Zion. But backcountry, like Mystery Canyon.

HenderCoug

7/1/20 1:19pm

Yellowstone and Arches

BYU Grounds

7/1/20 1:49pm

Mesa Verde

lobocoug

7/1/20 2:05pm

Spent the night at Dry Tortugas. That was probably slightly better than Glacier and Yosemite.

Supercoug

7/1/20 2:07pm

Camping or cabins?

claw

7/1/20 3:24pm

At Dry Tortugas? Only tent camping is allowed. They ferry you out there. It's a 3-hour boat ride and you're there for

Supercoug

7/1/20 3:37pm

Kenai Fjords, SMNP, Denali, GC, Yellowstone are some of my favorite. Would like to do Glacier, Dry Tortugas, Yosemite

unctoothman

7/1/20 2:09pm

do Glacier and then head up to Banff

rotorhead

7/1/20 3:17pm

Hiking the Narrows at Zion was by far the best experience

volleyjiver

7/1/20 4:36pm

We’re making plans to do that soon.

spugeddy24

7/1/20 5:16pm

Glacier is very very impressive and beautiful

TeeKaa

7/1/20 7:41pm

Having visited every National Park in the lower 48

AteErNok

7/1/20 8:03pm

Didn't White Sands just get promoted from a national monument this year?

LaserCoug

7/1/20 8:27pm

The newest park - one I have been to many times

AteErNok

7/1/20 8:36pm

There you go. I live up north from it. Haven’t been for a few years.

LaserCoug

7/1/20 10:29pm

I've been to 22 National Parks, and I just can't say or pinpoint one best...

So it goes...

7/1/20 9:10pm

Kenai Fjords is the most scenic I've ever been to. Heaven on earth.

YNWA

7/1/20 10:45pm

Not a national park but if you like fishing and camping you have to the BWCA in

7FootRussian

7/2/20 12:19am

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