National parks- America's Crown Jewels

It is said that the National Parks in America are one of her best preserved Crown Jewels. Yellowstone was the first National Park, and was established in 1872. Since then a number of National Parks have been established, and we have been privileged to visit a few of them. Each one of them is unique in term of its natural beauty and geological features.

Some of the parks we have visited are:

• Arches – Location: Utah

• Canyonlands – Location: Utah

• Channel Islands – Location: California

• Everglades – Location: Florida

• Grand Canyon – Location: Arizona

• Hawaii Volcanoes – Location: Hawaii

• Lassen Volcanic – Location: California

• Mount Rainier – Location: Washington

• Redwood – Location: California

• Rocky Mountain – Location: Colorado

• Yellowstone – Location: Wyoming, Montana, Idaho

• Yosemite – Location: California

·   Zion National Park - Location: Utah

Photo courtesy: http://travel.nationalgeographic.com

I found this list online, and I am excited that there are so many more to explore :

• Acadia: Maine

• American Samoa: American Samoa

• Badlands: South Dakota

• Big Bend: Texas
 

• Biscayne: Florida
 

• Black Canyon of the Gunnison: Colorado

• Bryce Canyon: Utah

• Capitol Reef: Utah

• Carlsbad Caverns : New Mexico

• Congaree: South Carolina

• Crater Lake: Oregon

• Cuyahoga Valley: Ohio

• Death Valley: California, Nevada

• Denali: Alaska

• Dry Tortugas: Florida
 

• Gates of the Arctic: Alaska

• Glacier: Montana

• Glacier Bay: Alaska

• Gand Teton: Wyoming

• Great Basin: Nevada

• Great Sand Dunes: Colorado

• Great Smoky Mountains: North Carolina, Tennessee

• Guadalupe Mountains: Texas

• Haleakalā: Hawaii

• Hot Springs: Arkansas

• Isle Royale: Michigan

• Joshua Tree: California

• Katmai: Alaska

• Kenai Fjords: Alaska

• Kings Canyon: California

• Kobuk Valley: Alaska

• Lake Clark: Alaska

• Mammoth Cave: Kentucky

• Mesa Verde: Colorado

• North Cascades: Washington

• Olympic: Washington

• Petrified Forest: Arizona

• Saguaro : Arizona

• Sequoia: California

• Shenandoah: Virginia

• Theodore Roosevelt: North Dakota

• Virgin Islands: United States Virgin Islands

• Voyageurs: Minnesota

• Wind Cave: South Dakota

• Wrangell – St. Elias: Alaska

Happy Travels!!

 

- Dee