Re: The Best National Park
In the past year I've done two road trips and hit a few national parks along the way. I drove Scottsdale, AZ to Whitefish, MT and then back a different way hitting national parks and state parks along the way.
AZ - MT: through Sedona, Flagstaff, Grand Canyon, horseshoe bend, some slot canyons, past Zion, Bryce canyon, up through Utah, Idaho, Tetons, Yellowstone, Big sky, Bozeman and then Whitefish.
MT - AZ: Glacier, Whitefish, Coeur d'Alene, Mount Rainier, Astoria, Oregon coast down to Coos Bay, Crater lake, lake Tahoe, Yosemite, down to southern CA, through Palm springs and back to Scottsdale.
National Parks rankings:
Tetons
Glacier
Yosemite
Grand Canyon
Ranier
Crater lake
Bryce
Yellowstone
Overall best of:
Glacier, Tetons, Yosemite, Ranier, Crater lake, Bryce
All of the surrounding national forests (Lolo, wanachee, etc.)
Western Montana
Western Washington
Oregon coast and western OR in general
Lake Tahoe
Northern CA in general
Southern CA rolling hills
Northern Arizona and southern Utah are spectacular.
Lowlights:
Really underwhelmed by Yellowstone, very meh compared to surrounding areas. Disappointing.
Eastern Washington. And eastern Oregon and Montana while we're at it. Bland and boring.
Central California. The I-10 from Palm springs to Phoenix is gross.
Horseshoe bend was also underwhelming.
Last edited by SmoothG; 10-17-2022 at 01:21 PM.
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