Most underrated national parks - General U.S. - Page 5 - City-Data Forum

bgrn198 · 05-26-2010, 01:10 AM

Big Bend national Park

Big Bend National Park - Plan Your Visit (U.S. National Park Service)

You also have San Antonio Missions national Historical Park

http://www.nps.gov/saan/index.htm

Katarina Witt · 05-26-2010, 08:58 AM

Mammoth Cave NP in Kentucky is a little known park that is quite cool.

iPwn · 05-26-2010, 10:16 AM

Olympic National Park. It's equal to Glacier, Yosemite, or Yellowstone, but gets 10% of the press if that.

JakeDog · 05-27-2010, 10:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Katiana

I take it you've never been to most of them. Adirondack NP, Shenandoah NP, Smoky Mtn NP are all "impressive", IMO, and I live in the west.

Shenandoa NP and Smoky Mtn. NP remind me of Foothills. And with the exception of the Fall, they are rather boring foothills. And yes, I have been there.

Lifeshadower · 05-27-2010, 10:05 AM

All of them...the natural aspect about America is what makes it so unique. As I get older and older, the more and more I appreciate nature and what mother earth has to offer!

America is a land of wide open spaces, and I enjoy the fact that some of these spaces are around for all of us to enjoy!

iPwn · 05-27-2010, 10:34 AM

Also ... Crater Lake National Park.

BigCityDreamer · 05-27-2010, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by JakeDog

It means that Eastern National Parks wouldn't even qualify as state parks in many Western States, particularly Oregon, b/c they are not very impressive by Western Standards.

And yet the Smokey mountains is the most visited national park in the U.S. LOL.

Ben Around · 05-29-2010, 09:44 PM

We have Voyageurs NP here in MN. A beautiful place, but nowhere near the league of the great Western parks, IMHO.

Mar0 · 05-30-2010, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by MimzyMusic

Also ... Crater Lake National Park.

I always thought that it looked so pretty there. I would also love to visit Denali.

Definitely not overrated, but often overlooked/forgotten about because it is not in the mainland, is Volcanoes National Park. It was one of the coolest experiences I have had, and I hardly touched the surface.

Also in Hawaii is the Napali State Park, which is a truly amazing place.

JakeDog · 06-04-2010, 12:13 PM

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Originally Posted by BigCityDreamer

And yet the Smokey mountains is the most visited national park in the U.S. LOL.

Size and proximity have a lot to do with that. You are not seeing many people that live in breathtaking locations booking a trip to see the smokey hills.