One park adventure at a time! I'm currently working toward my goal of visiting all the Texas State Parks, but there's another big goal waiting in the wings: exploring the U.S. National Parks. (Don't tell anyone...but I've already started...)
Eventually, I want to bring the same approach to our U.S. National Park adventures that I'm using for our Texas State Park reviews. I'll share our experiences, what we enjoyed, what we thought could have been better, and our individual overall ratings. Along the way, there will be scenery, hiking, history, wildlife, and, of course, geocaching whenever we can fit it in.
For now, I'm concentrating on Texas. There are plenty of parks to explore before I add another giant checklist to the collection!
In the meantime, follow along with our adventures here:
Texas State Parks: Our Reviews & Ratings
The national park reviews will be coming eventually. Stay tuned! (Unless you want to click the link I told you won't have any content yet. Then go ahead, find the hidden link and click it anyways...)
| National Park |
Location |
Date Visited |
Overall Rating |
| Acadia National Park | Maine | Not visited | Judy: — Evan: — |
| Arches National Park | Utah | Not visited | Judy: — Evan: — |
| Badlands National Park | South Dakota | Not visited | Judy: — Evan: — |
| Big Bend National Park | Texas | Not visited | Judy: — Evan: — |
| Biscayne National Park | Florida | Not visited | Judy: — Evan: — |
| Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park | Colorado | Not visited | Judy: — Evan: — |
| Bryce Canyon National Park | Utah | Not visited | Judy: — Evan: — |
| Canyonlands National Park | Utah | Not visited | Judy: — Evan: — |
| Capitol Reef National Park | Utah | Not visited | Judy: — Evan: — |
| Carlsbad Caverns National Park | New Mexico | Not visited | Judy: — Evan: — |
| Channel Islands National Park | California | Not visited | Judy: — Evan: — |
| Congaree National Park | South Carolina | Not visited | Judy: — Evan: — |
| Crater Lake National Park | Oregon | Not visited | Judy: — Evan: — |
| Cuyahoga Valley National Park | Ohio | Not visited | Judy: — Evan: — |
| Death Valley National Park | California, Nevada | Not visited | Judy: — Evan: — |
| Denali National Park | Alaska | Not visited | Judy: — Evan: — |
| Dry Tortugas National Park | Florida | Not visited | Judy: — Evan: — |
| Everglades National Park | Florida | Not visited | Judy: — Evan: — |
| Gates of the Arctic National Park | Alaska | Not visited | Judy: — Evan: — |
| Gateway Arch National Park | Missouri, Illinois | Not visited | Judy: — Evan: — |
| Glacier Bay National Park | Alaska | Not visited | Judy: — Evan: — |
| Glacier National Park | Montana | Not visited | Judy: — Evan: — |
| Grand Canyon National Park | Arizona | Not visited | Judy: — Evan: — |
| Grand Teton National Park | Wyoming | Not visited | Judy: — Evan: — |
| Great Basin National Park | Nevada | Not visited | Judy: — Evan: — |
| Great Sand Dunes National Park | Colorado | Not visited | Judy: — Evan: — |
| Great Smoky Mountains National Park | North Carolina, Tennessee | Not visited | Judy: — Evan: — |
| Guadalupe Mountains National Park | Texas | Not visited | Judy: — Evan: — |
| Haleakalā National Park | Hawaii | Not visited | Judy: — Evan: — |
| Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park | Hawaii | Not visited | Judy: — Evan: — |
| Hot Springs National Park | Arkansas | Not visited | Judy: — Evan: — |
| Indiana Dunes National Park | Indiana | Not visited | Judy: — Evan: — |
| Isle Royale National Park | Michigan | Not visited | Judy: — Evan: — |
| Joshua Tree National Park | California | Not visited | Judy: — Evan: — |
| Katmai National Park | Alaska | Not visited | Judy: — Evan: — |
| Kenai Fjords National Park | Alaska | Not visited | Judy: — Evan: — |
| Kings Canyon National Park | California | Not visited | Judy: — Evan: — |
| Kobuk Valley National Park | Alaska | Not visited | Judy: — Evan: — |
| Lake Clark National Park | Alaska | Not visited | Judy: — Evan: — |
| Lassen Volcanic National Park | California | Not visited | Judy: — Evan: — |
| Mammoth Cave National Park | Kentucky | Not visited | Judy: — Evan: — |
| Mesa Verde National Park | Colorado | Not visited | Judy: — Evan: — |
| Mount Rainier National Park | Washington | Not visited | Judy: — Evan: — |
| National Park of American Samoa | American Samoa | Not visited | Judy: — Evan: — |
| New River Gorge National Park and Preserve | West Virginia | Not visited | Judy: — Evan: — |
| North Cascades National Park | Washington | Not visited | Judy: — Evan: — |
| Olympic National Park | Washington | Not visited | Judy: — Evan: — |
| Petrified Forest National Park | Arizona | Not visited | Judy: — Evan: — |
| Pinnacles National Park | California | Not visited | Judy: — Evan: — |
| Redwood National Park | California | Not visited | Judy: — Evan: — |
| Rocky Mountain National Park | Colorado | Not visited | Judy: — Evan: — |
| Saguaro National Park | Arizona | Not visited | Judy: — Evan: — |
| Sequoia National Park | California | Not visited | Judy: — Evan: — |
| Shenandoah National Park | Virginia | Not visited | Judy: — Evan: — |
| Theodore Roosevelt National Park | North Dakota | Not visited | Judy: — Evan: — |
| Virgin Islands National Park | U.S. Virgin Islands | Not visited | Judy: — Evan: — |
| Voyageurs National Park | Minnesota | Not visited | Judy: — Evan: — |
| White Sands National Park | New Mexico | Not visited | Judy: — Evan: — |
| Wind Cave National Park | South Dakota | Not visited | Judy: — Evan: — |
| Wrangell-St. Elias National Park | Alaska | Not visited | Judy: — Evan: — |
| Yellowstone National Park | Idaho, Montana, Wyoming | Not visited | Judy: — Evan: — |
| Yosemite National Park | California | Not visited | Judy: — Evan: — |
| Zion National Park | Utah | Not visited | Judy: — Evan: — |