Touring America's Parks with Shayne!

National Parks that I Been Too

I started going to parks when I was a little girl. So during my life I have been to 119 parks and some trails. There is a lot more to see. Here is my list of places that I have been too.

  1. Pony Express National Historic Trail Park / NE – Long Distance Communication
  2. Homestead National Historical Park / NE – FREE LAND was the Cry!
  3. Denali National Park/ AK – More than a Mountain
  4. Kenai Fjords National Park / AK – Where Mountains, Ice and Ocean Meet
  5. Grand Canyon National Park / AZ – Grand Canyon National Park
  6. Montezuma Castle National Monument / AZ – Window Into The Past
  7. Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks / CA – A Land of Giants
  8. Gateway Arch National Park / MO – Gateway to the West
  9. San Antonio Missions National Historical Park / TX – Imperial Times, Emerging Cultures
  10. Canyon de Chelly National Monument / AZ – Ya’at’teeh and Welcome back to Navajoland
  11. Chiricahua National Monument / AZ – A Wonderful of Rocks
  12. Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site / AZ – Where History is Made Every Day
  13. Petrified Forest National Park / AZ – A Place for Discovery
  14. Saguaro National Park / AZ – Icon of the Southwest
  15. Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument/ AZ – The Destruction and Rebirth of a Landscape
  16. Tonto National Monument / AZ – Quintessential Arizona
  17. Walnut Canyon National Monument / AZ – Remarkable Rocks and Ancient Cliff Dwellings
  18. Wupatki National Monument / AZ – Footprints of the Past
  19. Channel Islands National Park / CA – Close to the California Mainland… Yet Worlds Apart
  20. Golden Gate National Recreation Area / CA – Parks For The People
  21. Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park / CO – Deep, Steep and Narrow
  22. Colorado National Monument / CO – The Heart of the World
  23. Curecanti National Recreation Area / CO – Deep Water and Big Fish
  24. Dinosaur National Monument / CO – Discover Dinosaur
  25. Mesa Verde National Park / CO – Welcome to Mesa Verde
  26. Rocky Mountain National Park / CO – Experience a Land of Extremes!
  27. Boston National Historical Park / MA – “The Revolution was in the minds and hearts of the people…”
  28. Lowell National Historical Park / MA – All was expectancy. Changes were coming…nobody could guess what. – Lucy Larcom
  29. Minute Man National Historical Park / MA – Revolution begins – A Nation is born
  30. Salem Maritime National Historic Site / MA – America’s First National Historic Site
  31. Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site / MA – Birthplace of the American Iron and Steel Industry
  32. Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route / MA, PA
  33. Agate Fossil Beds National Monument / NE – Fossils and Much, Much More
  34. Scott’s Bluff National Monument / NE – A Landmark for Many Peoples
  35. Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument / NM – Shedding Light on the Mogollon Culture
  36. Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument / NM – Salt, Societies and Spirituality: A Take of Two Cultures
  37. Badlands National Parks / SD – Land of Stone and Light
  38. Jewel Cave National Monument / SD – Discover One of the Last Frontiers in the World
  39. Mount Rushmore National Memorial / SD – American History, Alive in Stone…
  40. Wind Cave National Park / SD – Discover the Biodiversity of the Prairie
  41. Padre Island National Seashore / TX – The Longest Stretch of Undeloped Barrier Island in the World
  42. El Camino Real de los Tejas / TX
  43. Grand Teton National Park / WY – Mountains of the Imagination
  44. Oregon National Historic Trail / WY – Westward Migration
  45. Yellowstone National Park / WY – Land of Wonder; Preserve for All
  46. El Morro National Monument / NM – Paso por aqui
  47. Statue of Liberty National Monument / NY – Liberty Enlightening the World
  48. Cape Lookout National Seashore / NC – Explore the Undeveloped Island of Cape Lookout
  49. Casa Grande Ruins National Monument / AZ – A Meeting Place and Landmark
  50. Juan Bautista de Anza / AZ, CA – An Epic Journey Through New Spain
  51. Ford’s Theatre / DC – Abraham Lincoln’s Lives
  52. Lincoln Memorial / DC – Savior of the Union
  53. National Mall and Memorial Parks / DC – Icons in the Nation’s Capital
  54. Vietnam Veterans Memorial / DC – “These names, seemingly infinite in number…”
  55. Washington Monument / DC – First in War, First in Peace, First in the Hearts of his Countrymen
  56. President’s Park (White House) / DC – The President of the United States lives in a National Park
  57. World War II Memorial / DC – Service, Sacrifice, Unity and Victory
  58. Pennsylvania Avenue / DC – America’s Main Street
  59. Arlington House, The Robert E Lee / VA – The Robert E. Lee Memorial
  60. Tumacacori National Historical Park / AZ – Culture, Nature and Community
  61. Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail / VA, MD – 3,000 Miles, 15,000 Years of Culture
  62. Colonial National Historical Park (Jamestown) / VA – Witness America’s Beginnings, from an English colony in 1607 to and independent nation in 1781
  63. Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument / AL – The Fight for Civil Rights
  64. Coronado National Memorial / AZ – A Journey of Conquest and Exploration
  65. Fort Bowie National Historic Historic Site / AZ – A Clash of Cultures
  66. Sagamore Hill National Historic Site / NY – The Summer White House
  67. Independence National Historical Park / PA – “We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal…”
  68. Valley Forge National Historical Park / PA – Determined to Persevere
  69. Tuzigoot National Monument / AZ – Hilltop Living
  70. Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area / CA – Hidden in Plain Sight from Los Angeles
  71. Bandelier National Monument / NM – An Open Book of Human History
  72. Carlsbad Caverns National Park/ NM – Beauty and Wonder; Above and Below
  73. El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail / NM, TX – The Royal Road of the Interior Land
  74. Fort Union National Monument / NM – A Fort for a Young America
  75. Manhattan Project National Historical Park / NM – Dawn of the Atomic Age
  76. Old Spanish National Historic Trail / NM, NV – An Arduous Adventure of Rich Trade
  77. Pecos National Historical Park / NM – Gateway to the Plains
  78. Petroglyph National Monument / NM – A Landscape of Sacred Symbols
  79. Santa Fe National Historic Trail / NM – The Great Prairie Highway
  80. Valles Caldera National Preserve / NM – A Diverse Landscape Born from an Explosive Past
  81. White Sands National Park/ NM – Like No Place Else on Earth
  82. Chamizal National Memorial / TX – Where History and Culture Come to Life
  83. Guadalupe Mountains National Park / TX – Where Nature and Imagination Meet…
  84. Craters of the Moon National Monument / ID – A Violent Past, Calm Present, and Uncertain Future…
  85. Lake Mead National Recreation Area / NV – America’s First National Recreation Area
  86. Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument / NV – Explore the Ice Age
  87. Klondike Gold Rush – Seattle Unit National Historical Park / WA – A Gateway to a Remarkable Adventure
  88. Wing Luke Museum Affiliated Area / WA – Step Into a Uniquely American Story
  89. El Malpais National Monument / NM – Rivers of Ancident Fires
  90. Korean War Veterans Memorial / DC – Freedom Is Not Free
  91. Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens / DC – Where Water and Wind Dance
  92. Frederick Douglass National Historic Site / DC – “I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong.”
  93. Fort Washington Park / MD – To Defend A Nation
  94. Oxon Cove Park & Oxon Hill Farm / MD – “Escape the hustle and bustle of the city…”
  95. Glen Echo Park / MD – “Fun is where you find it!”
  96. Clara Barton National Historic Site / MD – She was a remarkable person
  97. World War I Memorial / DC – “We were young, they say. We died. Remember us.”
  98. Thomas Jefferson Memorial / DC – Founding Father
  99. George Mason / DC
  100. Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial / DC – “Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Worship, Freedom from, Freedom from Fear…”
  101. Martin Luther King Jr Memorial / DC – Out of the Mountain of Despair, a Stone of Hope
  102. Dwight D Eisenhower Memorial / DC – From the Prairie to the Presidency
  103. Rock Creek Park / DC – An Oasis in the City
  104. Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park / DC – 184.5 Miles of Adventure
  105. George Washington Memorial Parkway / VA – A Scenic Approach
  106. Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail / DC, MD, VA – The Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail Network: Explore the birth waters of a nation
  107. Star Spangled Banner National Historic Trail / MD – O! Say Can You See?… The War of 1812 in the Chesapeake
  108. Ebey’s Landing National Historical Reserve / WA – “…Almost a Paradise of Nature
  109. North Cascades National Park / WA – “The North Cascades are Calling!”
  110. Joshua Tree National Park / CA – Where Two Deserts Meet
  111. Mojave National Preserve / CA – Desert Solitude in Southern California
  112. Death Valley National Park / CA – Hottest, Driest and Lowest National Park
  113. Fort Davis National Historic Site / TX – A Frontier Post
  114. Big Bend National Park / TX – Splended Isolation: Big Bend
  115. Rio Grande Wild & Scenic River / TX – A Wilderness of Stone and Water
  116. Amistad National Recreation Area / TX – A Borderland Paradise
  117. Abraham Lincoln NHA / IL
  118. Lincoln Home National Historic Site / IL – Husband, Father, Neighbor and President
  119. Ulysses S Grant National Historic Site / MO – A Place Called Home
  120. Ste. Genevieve National Historical Park / MO – Community on the Mississippi
  121. Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail / MO – 16 States, 4,900 Miles and one Lewis & Clark National Trail
  122. National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom / IL, MO, DC
  123. Navajo National Monument / AZ – The Canyons that Have Been Occupied for Centuries
  124. Aztec Ruins National Monument / NM – Footprint of Ancestral Pueblo Society
  125. Chaco Culture National Historical Park / NM – The Center of an Ancient World
  126. Butterfield Overland National Historic Trail/ AZ
  127. Santa Cruz Valley NHA/ AZ
  128. Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site/ NC
  129. Trail of Tears NHT
  130. Great Smokey Mountains National Park
  131. Kings Mountain National Military Park
  132. Cowpens National Battlefield
  133. Overmountain Victory
  134. Blue Ridge Parkway
  135. Acadia National Park
  136. Saint Croix Island
  137. Roosevelt Campobello
  138. Hohokam Pima
  139. Blue Ridge NHA
  140. Fort Vancouver NHS
  141. Ice Age Floods Nat’l Geologic Trail
  142. Lewis and Clark NHP