Top 29 Best National Parks in The USA | From Alaska to Hawaii to Zion 1:00 #01 Yellowstone National Park 1:31 #02 Yosemite National Park 2:12 #03 Sequoia National Park 2:40 #04 Redwood National Park 3:11 #05 Joshua Tree National Park 3:47 #06 Channel Islands National Park 4:14 #07 Smoky Mountains National Park 4:40 #08 Acadia National Park 5:15 #09 Isle Royale National Park 5:40 #10 Hawaii Volcanoes National Park 6:15 #11 Denali National Park 7:18 #12 Glacier Bay National Park 7:52 #13 Glacier National Park 8:42 #14 Everglades National Park 9:08 #15 Badlands National Park 9:42 #16 Crater Lake National Park 10:02 #17 Olympic National Park 10:24 #18 North Cascades National park 10:35 #19 Big Bend National Park 10:55 #20 Carlsbad Caverns National Park 11:06 #21 Mammoth Caves National Park 11:20 #22 Arches National Park 11:50 #23 Canyonlands National Park 12:01 #24 Zion National Park 12:15 #25 Grand Canyon National Park 12:43 #26 Gunnison National Park 12:54 #27 Rocky Mountain National Park 13:29 #28 Chaco Culture National Park 13:54 #29 Mesa Verde National Park
We took a 2 1/2 month national parks trip this past summer and visited 15 parks. I have not been to all of them but I guess I am partial to some of my favorites. I take issue with Glacier in Montana being #13 and Zion being in the high 20's???. As someone else said "no Grand Tetons?". My response is light hearted...I just have more amazing places to look forward to
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It's hard to choose 29 out of 51, since they're all great, but I wanna mention a few I love that you guys didn't include: Kenai Fjords (AK), Bryce Canyon (UT), Grand Teton (WY) - the most picturesque mountain range in all the Rockies, Mount Rainer (WA), Death Valley (CA), and Great Sand Dunes (CO)... awesome video nonetheless! Also being from Utah, Corona Arch (where DevinSupertramp did the rope swing) isn't in Arches NP, and Horseshoe Bend isn't technically in the Grand Canyon.
Horseshoe Bend isn't part of Grand Canyon National Park. It's about 8 miles upriver from the park boundary. Also, Colorado is famous for its fourteeners not its thirteeners.
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America has such diverse and incredible beauty, this makes me want to see all the National Parks! You forgot to mention hiking Angel's Landing in Zion, one of the most notable hikes on the continent. Also, if you're into something involving a bit more geology, the Petrified Forest in Arizona is super cool.
Second that, Angel's Landing is one of the best hikes simply due to the central eagle perch view it provides of the canyon! Not to mention the vertical walls you get to walk right next to, making for fun vertigo moments!
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HJ: Imagine walking along the top of a narrow spine of rock a couple thousand feet up, with a sheer drop on either side and a cable you sometimes have to relinquish your grip on to allow other hikers to pass. Angel's Landing is THE single hairiest stretch of trail I've ever done. As the brochure says, "not for those with a fear of heights"--!
I think it's great you're highlighting beautiful places to go in the U.S of A, as some people (including myself) think that you have to go abroad to experience such beauty and be awed. Thanks for the informative video and pictures! I hope i get the chance to go see a lot of these parks! I really enjoy your videos! Keep up the amazing work! ^^
Also it is infinitely cheaper to go to a national park than it is to go to a major city :) You usually only have to pay a small fee of $5-10 to enter a park and go see all the sights.
I've been going to Colorado with my family since I was 1. Sometime I definitely want to life there. Rocky Mountain National Park has a special place in my heart. So beautiful. I definitely want to go to all of the national parks someday.
I think Coloradans can get a bit annoyed when you take away 1,000 feet from their fourteeners. Never heard about thirteeners while living there. Love the list though, I´ve been to 13 out of 29 on the list!
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I have already been to 30 National Parks so far of the 60 US National Parks and all the places are completely amazing in their own unique way. So after watching your video it insipired me to go to some of the other Parks that still haven't gone and that way achieve my goal to complete the list of visiting these beautiful places that America has to offer😃
Excellent list - I've been to many of the parks you mentioned. Death Valley National Park is also a great place to visit, a couple of hours from Las Vegas. It has flowers in early spring, fish that live in water 3x saltier than the ocean, snow-capped peaks, and another Star Wars set at the famous sand dunes.
Agreed! Death Valley is very unique. I caught it in all it's desolate glory. Rocks, rocks, and more rocks plus heat, heat, and more heat. I found it's desolation a fascinating spectacle and would love to go back and explore the park more. I was too exhausted to do so having just spent myself on Mt. Whitney.
Yes, agreed! I've been to all the parks in California and Death Valley is a close #2 behind Yosemite for me. Lassen Volcanic is another under appreciated park.
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You guys should do the same thing with Canada Parks! That'd be neat! And by the way, now I really want to do a huge roadtrip across the U.S to see all of those places 😄
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Thank you so much for this! I was worried while watching that you weren't going to include Colorado but then you threw them all in at the end! 😁 Also, thank you so much for stressing the importance of taking care of our national lands and picking up after yourself! I really appreciate all that you guys represent. Thanks for being so awesome 💗
Top 5 Civil War National Historic Parks (in the east): 1. Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. 2. Antietam, Maryland. 3. Appomattox Court House, Virginia. 4. Fort Sumter, South Carolina. 5. Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania, Virginia. I'm a Civil War buff, had to!
@@alexandersalter6686 I've personally never been, but would love to. And although being easy of the Mississippi I think Shiloh is still considered western theater
YES!!! Love this video so so much! Some friends and I visited at least 15 NP last year as well as loads of national monuments and forests. Thank you for making this video. Awareness of these beautiful and history-rich places is the first step into protecting them and promoting further conservation of lands. Bless y'all! #Snapsquad out
Honestly, every National Park is amazing. That being said it really hurts my soul that Mount Rainier is not on this list. Having been to many of these parks, it definitely deserves to bump some of the others off.
I have been to 46 of the now 61 National Parks. People often ask me which park is your favorite; I respond that it is like saying which is your favorite child. They are all precious and wonderful. One correction, Chaco Culture is a National Historical Park and not one of the then 59 National Parks; but still it is incredible.
Wrangler saint Elias national park and the largest national park in the us highest point is the second tallest mountain in the USA and Canada the mountain is the border
You guys have made one of the best videos on RU-vid. I've seen plenty since 2009 and this one stands out for several reasons. So much intelligence, so much helpful information, great presentation. Now, what happened to Bryce Canyon?
My boyfriend and I did a roadtrip this summer (we are now 10 hours from home -Montréal-). We went to the Badlands in SD and Yellowstone, WY as well as Banff in Alberta. Saw so much beauty and wildlife it's insane! The only thing I'd say is a heads up about hiking in Yellowstone is that you need a couple of days before heading for a long hike because the altitude throws off your body (we hike once a week from spring to autumn and had a really hard time with small accessions in YSNP).
I literally just got off the plane from cruising through Glacier Bay national Park in Alaska and it was the most gorgeous thing I have ever witnessed! Pictures for sure do not do it justice!
I had never been super interested to see the US before I started watching you guys. I love how you focus on things that aren't on the surface - your footage is beautiful and so incredibly professional! #SnapSquad love from Perth, Australia xx
Fantastic list. I've visited many of these parks - still need to visit Hawaii, Alaska and Arcadia in Maine. Maybe one day. 62 and still stepping in my hiking shoes! Thanks for sharing your video. ~Sherrie in South Carolina
Love this type of video. Would love a video similar to this about camping spots around the USA. I'm happy to have a New England park included in your list.
Thank you for doing this. I used to live in CA and visited most of the Parks listed on the West Coast. Since moving to CO I miss the parks in CA, WA, OR, UT. Seeing them here was like visiting them again. Oh to go hiking in them again. But since I moved to CO I now have RMNP which I get to as much as I can.
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My family have a tradition that every summer we visit a few national parks. It is totally worth it. I hope I go to all 59 US National Parks before I die. So pretty!
I would add one more to make it an even 30. Shenandoah National Park definitely deserves to be on the list. Hiking, Skyline Drive that connects to The Blue Ridge Parkway, waterfalls, I mean...what's not to love. Also, it's not far from D.C. Otherwise, thanks for the great video. Looks like I'd better get on the road soon so I can get through your list.
7:59 Parque international de amistad in both Panama and Costa Rica is similar, both international parks are filled with stunning beauty, glacier my favorite
This is a remarkably good video - in that you cover 29 parks with enough detail so we get a flavor of each of those without being too long. Thanks Vagabrothers! And the photos are a treat! PS. I've been to about 8 of these 29 and I would recommend Grand Teton as a worthy contender in any list. Scenery and wildlife both brilliant!
I love our National Parks! There are so many to choose from. I am surprised Bryce Canyon is not on the list, it's one of my favorites and also a designated dark sky area. Great video. We were debating going to Arches/Canyonlands or Glacier and now knowing all the glaciers will be gone in 2030, we will definitely go to Glacier NP.
I've been wanting to a road trip for east coast to Colorado for awhile and finally started planning one for next summer! This video is exactly what I've been looking for
vagabrothers I'm planning a separate trip to Acadia and Nova Scotia next July but I'm hoping to do this road trip in June! I'm starting in North Carolina where I go to school and I think I'm going to head north for Chicago then west to Badlands and glacier, Yellowstone, Grand Teton and hopefully some others based off your video! I'm trying to make it a three week trip
last time i went to the U.S, i visited Florida. but I missed mountains so badly. So next time i go to there for sure im going to Wyoming to do some mountaineering Nice video guys keep it up!
Glad you mentioned Great Smoky Mountains. FYI in Late May/early June you can go and camp and see the Synchronous Fireflies. It is an amazing site to see.
I love Glacier and Acadia. They are probably my two favorite national parks even though they are quite different from each other. Thanks for this video!
I really like this vid. I love going camping and most of these places were already on my list to go camping with my daughter. One day I want to hike the Appalachian Trail.
We just scratched the surface of the US by visiting SFO for two weeks. Many people mentioned the national parks to us like Zion. This video puts at least Zion on our trip list.
Thank you Vaga Brothers! I may never visit all of our parks in person, but am privileged to experience them through you. LORD Jesus bless you and yours, Mo Young
added note about Mesa Verde: if you want to see those buildings you can walk through, you have too climb 2 ladders- 1 16 feet tall and the other 10 feet tall.
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Thanks for the amazing informative video of the national parks. Before we have kids, my husband and I did road trips to national parks in Arizona , California, Washington state. This brings back lots of good memories. Now that we have two little ones, we are holding off the long road trip and but we still do that are closer to our home like Mt. Rainier national park and Olympics. I wish I can do videos like you to show some of the easy hike the family can do with their kids.
You can’t take an air boat tour within Everglades NP. Such tours are offered on Indian Rservation lands to the north of the park. Within the park you can travel over the water by kayak or canoe. You can also take a guided tour with a ranger on a vehicle that travels over a scenic drive in the Shark Valley region.
As a worker for the National Park Service, this is a fantastic list! After all, there are 413(!) units in the NPS so there are a ton of historical stories and scenic vistas from Guam in the Pacific to the Virgin Islands in the Caribbean. I love Sleeping Bear Dunes in Michigan, near Traverse City, and Capulin Volcano in New Mexico, a great place to see the Great Plains meet the Rockies. If you travel between Yellowstone and the Badlands, Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area's Devil's Canyon Overlook is a great halfway point to stretch your legs.
I live very close to the Badlands national park, and I have been to both the Canadian and South Dakotan parts, I personally think that the South Dakotan part is more impressive (I probably just basis though)
sd is underrated.... spearfish canyon is gorgeous. its also the furthest east to get a footdrop into the rockies. wish they hadnt killed out the grizzlies though that once roamed in those lands.
Going to the USA next week, we're renting an RV and we will be visiting the National Parks in the western US, from the Grand Canyon to Yellowstone. Thanks for this helpfull video, I literaly can't wait to go!
This was such an amazing video, so well done. I am so excited to get out to explore more of these wonderful places. We just recently bought the America The Beautiful National Park pass and visited the Grand Canyon, Zion, and Bryce Canyon for the first time and now I'm hooked and want to go see more.
I live in LA and forget how only a few hours these amazing parks exist! I will go to all these and hopefully document them all :) thanks for a great vid guys!
I think the mispronunciation demonstrates how many people are unfamiliar with this wonderful park. If you have visited, you would likely know that more people visit Yellowstone in one day than visit Isle Royale in one year. You have to work to get there and if the weather "turns" bad, you may not be able to travel back across Lake Superior until things calm down.
Awesome job! Beautifully presented. You just motivated me to go see our Beautiful National Parks! Thank you guys for sharing, keep up the good work 👍🏽😍❤️👏
