Ten National Parks For Your Bucket List

About 6,000 Feet Above Sea Level in Zion National Park, 2014 - Observation Point, Overlooking Angel's Landing

About 6,000 Feet Above Sea Level in Zion National Park, 2014 - Observation Point, Overlooking Angel's Landing

Wouldn't it be great to say that you've visited all 59 national parks? Wouldn't it be better to not only visit, but to have the time to explore, hike, and camp in all of them? It sounds like a dream, and is definitely a dream worth pursuing.

Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul.
— John Muir

Lake Clark National Park, Alaska

North Cascades National Park, Washington

Redwood National Park, California

Channel Islands National Park, California

I visited one of the Channel Islands when I was in sixth grade, Anacapa Island. It was as if we time traveled, all was quiet other than the waves lapping against the rocks. A rowdy bunch of 90 pre-teens were stilled by the beauty.

Great Basin National Park, Nevada

Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado

We may visit this park in the summer on our way to see family. We'd loved to see Medano Lake and the beautiful wispy dunes. 

Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas

Big Bend National Park, Texas

Isle Royale National Park, Minnesota

Congaree National Park, South Carolina


It's time to load the van, hop in, and hit the road, and don't forget the hiking sticks! There is endless beauty to explore.