My family has embarked on a mission to visit all 59 U.S. national parks. Most recently we visited Kings Canyon National Park over Memorial Day weekend.
Grizzly Falls flowing strong with all the water from the melting snow pack in May 2017
There isn’t enough time before my oldest daughter leaves for college in three years (what?!) but we’re going to do our best to make progress down the list (next up is camping in Channel Islands National Park). If you’re interested in doing the same thing, here is a handy resource I’ve created to help you mark your progress — a free downloadable spreadsheet listing all 59 national parks by state (choose the printable PDF or Excel spreadsheet):
U.S. National Parks by State PDF
U.S. National Parks by State Excel
Have you visited many U.S. national parks? What’s your favorite? I have visited 20 national parks but just seven with all three of my children so far (the older girls have visited more but my youngest has visited 7 parks in her almost 9 years of age). My favorite so far? Hard to pick! It doesn’t seem fair to compare. But I do love archaeology and I’m looking forward to taking my girls to Mesa Verde National Park someday soon.
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That’s a great goal! It’s hard to pick a favorite because there are so many great ones, but Yosemite has great places to hike, waterfalls, and might be close to you. I’ve really enjoyed Kings Canyon, too.
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We stopped by Yosemite last year on our way home from family camp in the Sierras, just for two days and one night. I’d love to go back again to explore it more!
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What an amazing goal. My family and I love National Parks I think we’ve been to maybe 7 or so. I have the parks passport and I collect stickers from each one.
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It looks beautiful
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