US National Parks

National Parks visited (29)

1) American Samoa - American Samoa

2) Arizona - Saguaro

          3/22/2025 Saguaro National Park East

          3/23/2025 Saguaro National Park West

3) Arkansas - Hot Springs

4/4/2023 Hot Springs National Park

4) California - Joshua Tree

12/27/2017 Lost Palms Oasis and Mastadon Peak Loop

12/27/2017 Cholla Cactus Garden Nature Trail

12/28/2017 Lost Horse Mine Loop

12/28/2017 Keys View Loop

12/28/2017 Cap Rock Nature Trail and Skull Rock

12/29/2017 Ryan Mountain

12/29/2017 Lucky Boy Loop

12/29/2017 Split Rock

12/29/2017 Skull Rock Nature Trail

12/31/2017 Black Rock Loop Trail: Eureka Peak and Back via California Riding and Hiking Trail

1/1/2018 Desert Queen Mine and Wash

1/1/2018 Pine City/Canyon

1/1/2018 Wall Street Mill

1/2/2018 Contact Mine

1/2/2018 Sand Dunes, Turkey Flats

1/2/2018 Crown Prince Lookout

1/4/2018 West Side Loop

1/4/2018 South Peak

1/5/2018 High View Nature Trail

1/5/2018 Barker Dam Nature Trail Loop

5) California - Pinnacles

6) California - Yosemite

9/3/2022 Mariposa Grove Part 1 and Mariposa Grove Part 2   

9/6/2022 Gaylor Lakes

9/7/2022 Yosemite Backpack Day 1 - PCT to Ireland Lake Trail

9/8/2022 Yosemite Backpack Day 2 - Ireland Lake Trail to Vogelsang Lake

9/9/2022 Yosemite Backpack Day 3 - Vogelsang Peak

9/9/2022 Yosemite Backpack Day 3 - Fletcher Lake and Booth Lake

9/10/2022 Yosemite Backpack Day 4 - Vogelsang Lake to Dog Lake Trailhead

7) Colorado - Black Canyon of the Gunnison

          5/24/2024 Exclamation Point and Green Mountain

          5/25/2024 South Rim Trails, Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park

8) Colorado - Great Sand Dunes

          5/19/2024 Wellington Ditch Trail       

          5/20/204 Dunes

9) Colorado - Mesa Verde 

         5/21/2024 Point Lookout Trail

         5/21/2024 Petroglyph Trail

         5/22/2024 Cliff Palace

         5/22/2024 Soda Canyon Overlook

         5/22/2024 Balcony House

         5/23/2024 Knife Edge Trail

      

10) Colorado - Rocky Mountain

          9/1/2015 The Loch

          9/2/2015 Deer Mountain attempt  

9/2/2015 Fern Lake

          9/3/2015 Gem Lake 

          9/4/2015 Timber Lake attempt 

          9/5/2015 Estes Cone 

          9/6/2015 Deer Mountain 

9/8/2015 Mount Chiquita 

11) Florida - Biscayne National Park

          1/23/2025 Jones Bay paddle

12) Florida - Dry Tortugas National Park

          1/21/2025 Dry Tortugas

13) Florida - Everglades National Park

          1/17/2025 East Tram Trail

          1/23/2025 Anhinga and Gumbo Limbo Trails

          1/24/2025 Kayaking and short walks

          1/25/2025 Bike ride and air boat ride

14) Hawaii - Haleakala

          4/21/2026 Hosmer Grove Trail

15) Hawaii - Hawai'i Volcanoes

          

16) Indiana - Indiana Dunes

4/9/2024 West Beach

          4/10/2024 Cowles Bog Trail

          4/10/2024 Bailly Homestead, Chellberg Farm, Little Calumet River, and Mnoke Prairie Trails

          4/10/2024 Mt. Baldy

          4/11/2024 Tolleston Dunes Trail

          4/11/2024 Dune Succession Loop 1

17) Kentucky - Mammoth Caves

4/4/2024 Cave tour and visitor center hike 

          4/4/2024 Visitor center trails hike 

          4/5/2024 Sal Hollow Loop Trail

          4/6/2024 Big Hollow Loop Trail

18) Maine - Acadia

Visited pre-blog

19) Michigan - Isle Royale

20) Missouri - Gateway Arch

21) New Mexico - Carlsbad Caverns

           11/4/2024 Carlsbad Caverns Old Guano Trail

           11/5/2024 Carlsbad Caverns Cave Tour

22) New Mexico - White Sands

          11/3/2024 White Sands hiking trails

23) North Carolina - Great Smoky Mountains

AT hikes, etc.

24) Ohio - Cuyahoga Valley

4/29/2025 Blue Hen Falls

25) South Carolina - Congaree

3/23/2024 Boardwalk and Weston Lake 

          3/23/2024 Firefly Trail

          3/24/2024 River Trail

          3/25/2024 Kingsnake Trail

26) Texas - Big Bend

27) Texas - Guadalupe Mountains

          11/6/2024 Guadalupe Peak

          11/6/2024 Smith Spring Trail 
          11/7/2024 Pinery Trail 
          11/7/2024 Nature Loop 
          11/8/2024McKittrick Canyon Trail 

28) US Virgin Islands - Virgin Islands

          4/20/2024 St. Thomas

          4/21/2024 Cinnamon Bay Factory Ruins

          4/22/2024 Princess Bay

          4/23/2024 Ram Head

          4/24/2024 Lind Point

          4/25/2024 Reef Beach

          4/26/2024 Annaberg Ruins          

          4/27/2024 Flanagan Island

          4/28/2024 Return to St. Thomas

29) Virginia - Shenandoah

AT hikes

30) West Virginia - New River Gorge

          4/25/2025 Canyon Rim Visitor Center walk

          4/26/2025 Nuttalburg

          4/26/2025 Endless Wall Loop

          4/27/2025 Sandstone Falls

National Parks to visit

1. Alaska - Glacier Bay
2. Alaska - Katmai
3. Alaska - Kenai Fjords
4. Alaska - Lake Clark
5. Alaska - Wrangall-St. Elias
6. Alaska - Denali
7. Alaska - Kobuk Valley
8. Alaska - Gates of the Arctic
9. Arizona - Petrified Forest
10. Arizona - Grand Canyon
11. California - Channel Islands
12. California - Sequoia
13. California - Kings Canyon
14. California - Lassen Volcanic
15. California - Redwood
16. California - Death Valley
17. Minnesota - Voyageurs
18. Montana - Glacier
19. Nevada - Great Basin
20. North Dakota - Theodore Roosevelt
21. Oregon - Crater Lake 
22. South Dakota - Wind Cave 
23. South Dakota - Badlands 
24. Utah - Zion
25. Utah - Bryce Canyon
26. Utah - Canyonlands
27. Utah - Capitol Reef 
28. Utah - Arches
29. Washington - Mount Rainier
30. Washington - Olympic
31. Washington - North Cascades
32. Wyoming - Grand Teton
33. Wyoming - Yellowstone