Travel and USA
Ultimate Guide To My Five Favorite Western U.S. National Parks
Make the most of your visits to America’s wild highlights.
The national park system is America’s best idea. Ken Burns agrees, so it’s a fact! America protects 423 different national park sites; of those, 62 are full national parks. I’ve been to most of them, especially those west of the Mississippi River (which separates the beautiful parts of the United States from the less attractive parts).
Of America’s western parks in the Lower 48, I’ve visited all but five — Channel Islands, Pinnacles, Mt. Baker, Petrified Forest, and Big Bend.
Without further ado, here are my top five:
Honorable Mention: Redwoods
“The redwoods, once seen, leave a mark or create a vision that stays with you always.” — John Steinbeck
Those trees…they are something else. With these goliaths, pictures are worth thousands of words. I had to take vertical panorama shots to get the full length of these trees.
