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Custer State Park in South Dakota. Contains the most beautiful parts of the Black Hills. Merge it with the Black Elk Wilderness and you would have a Top 10 national park.
I came here to say this. I am shocked it's not a National Park.
Okfenokee Swamp for sure has to be number 1 on my list. Adirondacks....Perhaps some more in NC north of Asheville. Argument for Cape Canaveral seems decent as well in its own weird way.
Custer State Park in South Dakota. Contains the most beautiful parts of the Black Hills. Merge it with the Black Elk Wilderness and you would have a Top 10 national park.
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Originally Posted by Kmanshouse
I came here to say this. I am shocked it's not a National Park.
I have never been to Custer State Park but I have heard of it. And it turns out National Geographic Magazine agrees with you guys. It is mentioned in the NG book America's Outdoor Wonders - State Parks and Sanctuaries. Seems like a great place. Hills, outstanding rock formations and a bison herd!
Okfenokee Swamp for sure has to be number 1 on my list. Adirondacks....Perhaps some more in NC north of Asheville. Argument for Cape Canaveral seems decent as well in its own weird way.
The Adirondack Preserve would be a massive addition to the National Park System and would be the Crown Jewel of the National Parks in the Northeast.
Franconia Notch SP in New Hampshire along with parts of the White Mountain National Forest could be another National Park.
The large Baxter State Park in Maine is another possibility plus there are other areas of wild forest for other parks as well. I know it would be very expensive but perhaps Acadia National Park could be expanded?
On a smaller scale, Camel's Hump State Park in Vermont, Mount Greylock State Reservation (and other nearby MA/NY/CT parks), the Upper Delaware River area like we discussed, the Catskills Preserve, the Hudson Highlands, and a number of places in Pennsylvania could be National Parks. There is one state park in PA that has over a dozen waterfalls in a small area? I forget the name.
I have never been to Custer State Park but I have heard of it. And it turns out National Geographic Magazine agrees with you guys. It is mentioned in the NG book America's Outdoor Wonders - State Parks and Sanctuaries. Seems like a great place. Hills, outstanding rock formations and a bison herd!
The Black Hills are legitimate mountains. We gained more elevation hiking to the summit of Black Elk Peak (on the long trail - not the one from the lake) than you gain on some of the Colorado 14ers.
The Black Hills are legitimate mountains. We gained more elevation hiking to the summit of Black Elk Peak (on the long trail - not the one from the lake) than you gain on some of the Colorado 14ers.
The Black Hills are indeed mountains but the 2nd sentence is not true.
The large Baxter State Park in Maine is another possibility plus there are other areas of wild forest for other parks as well.
Roxanne Quimby, a co-founder of US company Burt's Bees, and her foundation, Elliotsville Plantation, Inc., began purchasing land near Baxter State Park in 2001 before formally announcing their plans in 2011 that the land would one day become part of a national park. However, following opposition by state and federal politicians to the creation of a national park, Quimby changed her focus to a national monument, which could be created with a proclamation by the president under the Antiquities Act.
On August 23, 2016, Elliotsville Plantation and the Quimby Family Foundation donated the land (valued at $60 million), plus $20 million to fund initial operations and a commitment of $20 million in future support, to the federal government. On August 24, 2016, the eve of the National Park Service centennial, President Barack Obama proclaimed 87,563 acres of land as the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument.
Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument butts up against Baxter State Park and I feel maybe in 20-30 years Katahdin might be elated to a National Park from a National Monument, time will tell!
Black Hills are not a national park but Gateway Arch is. Hmmmm.....
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