Today, we embark on a road trip many years in the making: 54 National Parks, 120+ destinations, 16 months of travel
Five years ago, we decided we would begin saving up for an epic road trip with the primary goal of seeing all the national parks in the contiguous hUnited States. Today, we start the first phase of that trip (blue line), which will last until mid-November.
These are our stops for this year:
1. Pinnacles National Park
2. Monterey, Big Sur State Park
3. San Francisco
4. Point Reyes National Seashore
5. Oakland/East Bay
6. Mammoth Lakes
7. Great Basin National Park
8. Grand Junction
9. Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
10. Dinosaur National Monument
11. Grand Tetons National Park
12. Yellowstone National Park
13. Glacier National Park, Waterton Lakes National Park
14. Banff National Park
15. Jasper National Park
16. Vancouver
17. North Cascades National Park
18. Seattle
19. Olympic National Park
20. Mt. Rainier National Park
21. Portland
22. Boise, Sawtooth National Forest
23. Bend, Crater Lake National Park
24. Redwood National and State Parks
25. Lassen Volcanic National Park
26. South Lake Tahoe
27. Yosemite National Park
28. Kings Canyon National Park, Sequoia National Park
29. Valley of Fire State Park
30. Grand Canyon National Park (North Rim), Vermillion Cliffs National Monument
31. Zion National Park
32. Canyonlands National Park, Arches National Park
33. Capitol Reef National Park
34. Bryce Canyon National Park
35. Death Valley National Park
There are a ton of details not included in this post, but we’re happy to answer any questions about the trip!