USA National Parks & Monuments
We visited many National Parks and Monuments whilst living in the USA between 2012 and 2023. Here's a list:
- Grand Canyon
- Petrified Forest
- Joshua Tree
- Yosemite
- Death Valley
- Black Canyon of the Gunnison
- Great Sand Dunes
- Mesa Verde
- Rocky Mountain
- Colorado National Monument
- Dinosaur National Monument
- Yellowstone
- Arches
- Canyonlands (South Entrance)
- Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument
- Bryce
- Zion
- Capital Reef
- Mt Rainier
- Mt Rushmore
- 4 Corners
- Hovenweep
- Canyon of the Ancients
- Cedar Breaks
- Chimney Rock
- Florissant Fossil Beds
- California coast: drive Highway One from Monterey Bay to Los Angeles
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| Great Sand Dunes NP with snow January 5, 2023 |
Notable things worth seeing that are not National Parks or Monuments:
- A ferry ride through the canyon at Lake Powell, AZ
- Hoover Dam, NV
- Sandia Peak, NM
- Drive up Pikes Peak, CO
- Drive or cycle up Mt Evans, CO
- JFK Presidential Library (Boston)
- 9/11 Memorial in Manhattan
- Washington DC, walk around all the monuments in and around the national plaza
- Library of Congress, DC
- Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, VA
- Legoland California
Colorado's lesser known attractions worth seeing:
- Paint mines
- Bishops Castle
- Redstone Coke Ovens
- St Mary's Glacier
- Drive across Grand Mesa
- Drive Silver Thread Byway
- Drive Colorado 145 from Cortez to Telluride
- Hike Devil's Head
10 Favorite Experiences
- Cycling up Colorado National Monument at daybreak
- Cycling up Mesa Verde at daybreak
- Kayaking Gross Reservoir to the mouth to see them water coming into the reservoir from upstairs
- Manitou Incline
- Cycling up the south side of Guanella Pass
- Hike Mt Chief, Evergreen, Colorado
- Hike White Domes trail in Valley of Fire state park, Nevada
- Hike Devil's Head Colorado
- Beachcombing at Cambria, California
- Drive highway 1 from Monterey Bay to Los Angeles (Must see San Simeon elephant seal colony)
The one never do again experience:
- Drive through Bakersfield, California. Busiest places on Earth, especially the freeways which are wall to wall semi trucks.
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