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hikerjer Trail Wise! Posts: 5,962	National Parks A to Z in One Minute Mar 8, 2016 11:02:44 GMT -8 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by hikerjer on Mar 8, 2016 11:02:44 GMT -8 And that's about how fast many people drive through them.
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National Parks A to Z in One Minute Mar 8, 2016 11:41:06 GMT -8 desert dweller likes this

Post by starwalker on Mar 8, 2016 11:41:06 GMT -8

Which parks have I spent the most time at?

Zion (we worked there for 6 summers)

Grand Canyon (we worked there for 1 summer and our son and his family work (go to school) there.

Yellowstone (14 days on 4 different trips)

Petrified Forest (4 different day trips)

Grand Tetons (3 different day trips)

Rocky Mountain (3 different day trips, with one short backpacking trip of two days)

Carlsbad (3 different day trips)

Bryce Canyon (3 different day trips and one night in a cabin)

Arches and Capitol Reef (2 different day trips)

Yosemite (2 different day trips)

Mesa Verde (2 different day trips)

Once--Olympic (spent two nights at Kalaloch Lodge)

Great Sand Dunes (spent the night in the campground while it was a Monumemt)

Great Smokey Mountains (3 trips around the park while staying in Gatlinburg).

Pratt (spent the night there and another day trip)...Of course, it is now Chickasaw National Recreational Area

One drive through: North Cascades, Glacier, Theodore Roosevelt, Crater Lake, Redwood, Kings Canyon, Sequoyah (I know, but that's how the man's name is spelled), Hot Springs, Badlands. (Some of these deserve more than that, but they were all I had time for then).

Peace,

Darrel

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National Parks A to Z in One Minute Mar 8, 2016 12:11:24 GMT -8 desert dweller likes this

Post by zeke on Mar 8, 2016 12:11:24 GMT -8

I have bp'ed approximately
250 miles in the Grand Canyon,
150 miles in Yosemite,
150 miles in Kings Canyon,
75 miles in Zion,
60 miles in Grand Teton,
50 miles in Yellowstone,
40 miles in Sequoia,
50 miles in the Olympics,
& 20 miles in Arches.

In addition, I have day hiked another
100 miles in the Canyon,
60 miles in Glacier,
60 miles in Rocky Mt,
50 miles in Kings Canyon,
60 miles in Olympics,
75 miles in Death Valley,
60 miles in Great basin,
20 miles in Crater Lake,
20 miles in Redwood,
100 miles in Yellowstone,
30 miles in Yosemite,
& 15 miles in Saguaro.

I have visited others:
Mammoth Cave,
Canyonlands,
Capitol Reef,
Jewel Cave,
Hovenweep,
Big Bend,
Acadia,
Bryce,
Cedar Breaks,
Mesa Verde,
& Everglades.

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Coolkat Trail Wise! Posts: 3,067	National Parks A to Z in One Minute Mar 8, 2016 12:58:35 GMT -8 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Coolkat on Mar 8, 2016 12:58:35 GMT -8 So National Lake Shores are not National Parks? I saw Isle Royale but I didn't see Pictured Rocks. What is the difference? Funding or classification or both?
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foxalo Trail Wise! Life is infinitely stranger than anything the mind could invent.---Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Posts: 2,359	National Parks A to Z in One Minute Mar 8, 2016 14:37:05 GMT -8 via mobile Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by foxalo on Mar 8, 2016 14:37:05 GMT -8 In a little behind. I think I need to make a bucket list of national park visits. I've seen a few national monuments and historic sites. I visited Mammoth Cave on a whim on my way back from Louisville this past August.

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National Parks A to Z in One Minute Mar 8, 2016 14:56:08 GMT -8

Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2016 14:56:08 GMT -8

Mar 8, 2016 12:58:35 GMT -8 Coolkat said:

So National Lake Shores are not National Parks? I saw Isle Royale but I didn't see Pictured Rocks. What is the difference? Funding or classification or both?

Evidently national lakeshores and seashores are a different classification even though they are managed by the National Park Service. Some national monuments are also administered by the National Park Service, but they technically are not classified as national parks either.

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National Parks A to Z in One Minute Mar 8, 2016 19:25:44 GMT -8

Post by Coolkat on Mar 8, 2016 19:25:44 GMT -8

Mar 8, 2016 14:56:08 GMT -8 @travisnyewood said:

Evidently national lakeshores and seashores are a different classification even though they are managed by the National Park Service. Some national monuments are also administered by the National Park Service, but they technically are not classified as national parks either.

Learn something new every day. Thanks!

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National Parks A to Z in One Minute Mar 9, 2016 6:14:36 GMT -8

Post by tarol on Mar 9, 2016 6:14:36 GMT -8

lol, it would be easier if they were just under one land management agency, wouldn't it? Remind me to tell you of the time I worked for a National Forest, part of which was classified as a National Monument, bordering a National Park all with very similar names... and if that wasn't bad enough this national forest surrounded a state forest, which surrounded a county park... Imagine trying to explain to the public the difference, and it was important to do so because of all the different laws and regulations for each.

I worked in Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks, Curecanti NRA & Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, and Natural Bridges National Monument. Backpacked extensively in the first. The rest of my career has been working for neighboring National Forests and National Monuments managed by the FS. I've grown to appreciate USFS and BLM lands, they contain scenic gems not unlike the parks, but are generally much less crowded and less regulations.

I've visited the following parks (last one visited listed first):
Carlsbad Caverns
Guadalupe Mountains
Isle Royale (backpacked across the island over the course of a week)
Teddy Roosevelt
Saguaro
Channel Islands (backpacked Santa Cruz and Santa Rosa Islands)
Petrified Forest
Grand Canyon
Great Smokey Mountains
Joshua Tree (backpacked many times)
Pinnacles
Kenai Fjords
Yellowstone
Grand Teton National Park
Acadia
Wind Cave
Rocky Mountain
Badlands
Capitol Reef
Mesa Verde
Zion
Bryce
Black Canyon of the Gunnison
Arches
Canyonlands (backpacked once)
Death Valley
Great Basin
Yosemite (backpacked twice)
Denali
Redwood

Other NP managed sites:
Whitman Mission NHP
White Sands NM
Manzanar National Historic Site
St. Croix National Scenic Riverway
Pipestone NM
Chimney Rock and Scott's Bluff NM
Montezuma Castle NM
Tuzigoot NM
Mojave Trails NM
Sunset Crater NM
Wupatki NM
Walnut Canyon NM
Trail of Tears National Historic Trail
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
Cedar Breaks NM
Pipe Spring NM
Cape Cod National Seashore
Mojave National Preserve
Minuteman National Historic Site
Salem Maritime NHS
Point Reyes National Seashore
Rainbow Bridge NM
Devil's Postpile NM
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway
Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area
Boston National Historic Park
John Muir National Historic Site
Devil's Tower NM
Mt. Rushmore NM
Jewel Cave NM
Fort Laramie National Historic Site
Oregon National Historic Trail
Pony Express National Historic Trail
Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail
California National Historic Trail
Agate Fossil Beds NM
Navajo NM
Aztec Ruins NM
Colorado NM
Florissant Fossil Beds NM
Curecanti National Recreation Area
Muir Woods NM
Hovenweep NM
Canyon de Chelley NM
Organ Pipe Cactus NM
Lake Mead National Recreation Area
Golden Gate National Recreation Area
John Day Fossil Beds NM
Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, Vietnam Veteran's, and Korean War Veteran's Memorials
Washington Monument, White House
Jamestown National Historic Site
Statue of Liberty NM
Independence National Historic Park
Cabrillo NM

Next up for me will likely be Olympic, Crater Lake, Mt. Rainier, North Cascades, and Glacier

National Parks A to Z in One Minute

Post by hikerjer on Mar 8, 2016 11:02:44 GMT -8

Post by starwalker on Mar 8, 2016 11:41:06 GMT -8

Post by zeke on Mar 8, 2016 12:11:24 GMT -8

Post by Coolkat on Mar 8, 2016 12:58:35 GMT -8

Post by foxalo on Mar 8, 2016 14:37:05 GMT -8

Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2016 14:56:08 GMT -8

Post by Coolkat on Mar 8, 2016 19:25:44 GMT -8

Post by tarol on Mar 9, 2016 6:14:36 GMT -8