whats your fav national park?

[HortProOrganics]

Yellowstone. Not because of the Ken Burns documentary with John Muir etc. Longtime fan. Been there twice, and longing to visit. It is definitely a medicinal place, and I wish more people would take the opportunity to visit, but responsibility in numbers and respect applied within the park.

 

[*hydro*]

easy for me...Zion.

yeah Zion literally has it all, i worked at a resort there one summer

but if we are going on personal preference then i have to say hands down Yosemite!

 

[JACKtheREFFER]

zion is one of my favs for sure i love the narrows such a fun backpaking trip when you can travel there

but my overall fav is Pictured Rocks National park and Lake shore

Simply amazing .... tons of water falls, forest as far as the eye can see and beautifull shores of lake superior

here is some shots i took while i was there









also go to google images some amazing pics

http://images.google.com/images?hl=...hore&btnG=Search+images&aq=f&oq=&aqi=&start=0

 

[Balazar]

The world is my play ground... and my bathroom some times lol. RMNP! thats #1 then Sequoia National Forest. Anywhere in Montana is good too. But there is no where I would rather be than good old CO.

 

[dillhole]

I can't think of a bad national park, but my faves would have to be:

1. Denali Nat'l Park. I spent 3 weeks there on a failed attempt to ascend Denali. Nearly got ate by the McKinley River. We managed to summit Mt. Brooks though.

2. Glacier Nat'l Park. One of the most beautiful places on earth. My favorite hike there is the grueling 20+ mile day hike from Logan Pass to Lake McDonald.

3. Yellowstone. Just because I deserve to be a tourist once in a while.

3. Tied with Yellowstone: Zion. The canyoneering is awesome.

Ahh, so many memories. I think I'll dig up my pictures and spend the evening reminiscing...

DH

 

[Lakota412]

Death Vally for me. I was there for the 100 year bloom 4 years ago. Camped there for over a month. There was enough water in the basin at -282' below sea level to paddle my canoe. 1st time in over 40 years a boat had been in that "lake".

Glacier Park is my 2nd, but too many people for me. Always go in the off season, when the park is closed. You have it almost to yourself.

 

[Lord Doobie]

Grand Canyon...where Ken Burns filmed the most using 4 units...then came back and did it all over again

 

[TrichyTrichy]

Denali Nat'l Park

 

[M3@n_0n3]

Nice Thread

Nice Thread

National Parks:

Katmai for bears and rivers.

Denali for bears, rivers and mountains.

Gates of the Arctic for a land you've never seen.

Some State Parks for ya:

Chugach State Park some of the best urban Salmon and trout fishin in the world, less than ten minutes in a cab IN Anchorage, from anywhere in Anchorage! (If ya know the holes! hehe.)

Deep Creek State Recreation Area: Salmon, halibut, clams and volcanoes, what more do you need?

My Place for horseshoes or pool; hunting includes: moose, black bear, Ptarmigan and spruce grouse. Or if ya like to fish we can go for rainbow or dolly varden.

 

[John Allen]

Many favorites, here's a few pic's from some of them.

Glacier

Silver Creek Falls, Oregon (not a national park, but went recently and is beautiful).

 

[John Allen]

Yellowstone

 

[John Allen]

Yosemite

 

[Hash Zeppelin]

no one talks to me about shit any more .....tho most dont know me i guess or sick of me...

mines denali...then rocky mtn...tho im only givin rky mtn props over some oters cuz of colorado.

Man Nokuy just message me when you wanna shoot the shit. I'll talk it up bro. I always enjoy converastions with you.

My favorite so far is Rocky Mountain National Park. I have never been to the ones I really want to visit though. Glaciers, North cascades, olympic, redwood, and yosimite are all on my near future list though. I am going to try to about take three months in the next few years to see them all. Split up though I will do like on month in Glacier and north cascades, Then one month in olymplic and redwood (I know they are far apart.). then one month in yosemite and kings canyon.

Grandcanyon was incredible, but the hiking was hardcore. I made it to the bottom with my dad when I was 10, and it was magical.

here is some rmnp again

great thread

 

[Piel]

JA: Beautiful pics. Is that wolf sitting by the side of the road?

My favorite park would be Kruger...I hope to make it to Yosemite one day.

 

[ToKEN]

definately ricketts glenn in pa.. over ninety some waterfalls!!!

 

[poina]

A great scenic ride is the Beartooth Highway out of Red Lodge, Montana. Halfway up is a lookout and a view of the hellroaring plateau (great name), this takes you to Cooke City and one of the entrances to Yellowstone. Much better hiking and high country fishing around Cooke than in the park itself. Beartooth highway is open usually from May thru late Sept. Happy Trails!

 

[M3@n_0n3]

This is my Backyard!...

I look at this thing for hours a day...It's never the same!

 

[TexasToker]

In order : Joshua Tree, Glacier, Big Bend, Yellowstone, Canyonlands.

 

[Dutchgrown]

My favorite is Angkor, Cambodia....listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.

From UNESCO: Angkor is one of the most important archaeological sites in South-East Asia. Stretching over some 400 km2, including forested area, Angkor Archaeological Park contains the magnificent remains of the different capitals of the Khmer Empire, from the 9th to the 15th century. They include the famous Temple of Angkor Wat and, at Angkor Thom, the Bayon Temple with its countless sculptural decorations. UNESCO has set up a wide-ranging programme to safeguard this symbolic site and its surroundings.

Have been there a couple of times and plan to go again....this time
with my new toy (Canon 50D)!

DG

 

[armedoldhippy]

only national park i have been to is the Great Smokies Nat'l Park here in east tenn/nc. incredibly pretty scenery, if you get off the roads & scenic overlooks. most visitors never get out of their cars, so if you park & hike a ways, you see it like God made it. this fall, some of my best fishing spots are closed due to aggressively panhandling black bears. there HAVE been a couple of attacks, at least one of them fatal, in the last couple of years. makes you wonder when a twig breaks behind you during a backcast while fishing... armedoldhippy