Teh challenge: name all the national parks/monuments you have been to!

[XemaSab]

Acadia
Alcatraz
Arches
Bryce Canyon
Cabrillo
California National Historic Trail
Capitol Reef
Channel Islands
Chiricahua
Death Valley
Devil's Postpile
Dry Tortugas
Everglades
Glacier
Golden Gate NRA
Joshua Tree
Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail
Kings Canyon
Lassen Volcanic
Lava Beds
Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail
Lincoln Memorial
Manzanar
Mount Rainier
Muir Woods
National Mall
North Cascades
Olympic
Pinnacles
Point Reyes
The Presidio
Redwood
Rosie the Riveter
Saguaro
San Juan Island
Santa Monica NRA
Sequoia
Vietnam Memorial
Washington Monument
Whiskeytown NRA
White House
Yosemite

Good times.

www.nps.gov

[ironflange]

1. You've set the bar pretty high

If memory serves:

Canada:

Banff
Elk Island
Glacier
Jasper
Kootenay
Mount Revelstoke
Pacific Rim
Prince Albert
Waterton
Yoho


USA:

Badlands
Crater Lake
Glacier
Grand Tetons
Jewel Cave
Lava Beds
Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail
Little Bighorn Battlefield
Mount Rainier
Mount Rushmore
Mount St. Helens
North Cascades
Olympic
Oregon Caves
Redwood
Wind Cave
Yellowstone

edit: forgot Badlands

[XemaSab]

2. Canada?!?!

I know not this Canada you speak of. :D

[pokerfan]

3. So this poll is only for "U.S. American" parks?

Just checking.

[XemaSab]

4. Just kidding...

I've been to Banff, Elk Island, Glacier, Mt Revelstoke, and Yoho. :D

[pokerfan]

5. My list

Arches National Park, UT
Badlands National Park, SD
Bryce Canyon National Park, UT
Cabrillo National Monument, CA
Canyonlands National Park, UT
Crater Lake National Park, OR
Denali National Park & Preserve, AK
Devils Tower National Monument, WY
Dinosaur National Monument, UT
Fossil Butte National Monument, WY
Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument, NM
Glacier National Park, MT
Grand Canyon National Park, AZ
Grand Teton National Park, WY
Joshua Tree National Park, CA
Kenai Fjords National Park, AK
Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, MT
Mount Rainier National Park, WA
North Cascades National Park, WA
Olympic National Park, WA
Oregon Caves National Monument, OR
Petrified Forest National Park, AZ
Redwood National Park, CA
Saguaro National Park, AZ
Yellowstone National Park, WY
Yosemite National Park, CA
Zion National Park, UT
http://home.nps.gov/applications/parksearch/atoz.cfm?start=A

Canada:
Banff National Park, AB
Glacier National Park, BC
Jasper National Park, AB
Kootenay National Park, BC
Mount Revelstoke National Park, BC
Waterton Lakes National Park, AB
Yoho National Park, BC
http://www.pc.gc.ca/progs/np-pn/recherche-search_e.asp?p=1

[Whoa_Nelly]

6. You've been to Saguaro Nat'l Monument?

Very cool! Love both the east and west ones there in Tucson.

When you went to Death Valley, did you go see Scotty's Castle?



You can read the great story as to how the castle came to be
http://www.letsgoseeit.com/index/county/inyo/death_valley/loc01/scotty.htm

My places:

Denali
Saguaro
Yosemite
King's Canyon
Redwood
Yellowstone
Death Valley
Devil's Post Pile (CA)
Presidio of San Francisco
Joshua Tree
Lassen
Whiskeytown
Pinnacles
Sequoia
Grand Canyon
Canyon de Chelly
Petrified Forest
Casa Grande Ruins
Great Basin
Crater Lake
Oregon Caves
Olympic
Mt. Ranier
Zion
Bryce
White Sands
Rocky Mountain
Oklahoma City National Memorial
Fort Smith
Pipestone
Jean Lafitte
Kobuk
Wrangell
USS Arizona
Haleakala
Kalaupapa
Ala Kahakai National Historic Trail
Hawaii Volcanoes
Cape Cod

Canada:
Kluane
Prince Edward Island

[XemaSab]

14. I've been to Saguaro several times and it's totally cool

I've only been to the outside of Scotty's castle. :hide:

[lost-in-nj]

17. The Scotty's castle story

is pretty cool
but why is it called Scotty's castle and not Johnson's castle??

:silly: :silly: :shrug: :shrug:
lost

[fishwax]

7. I think this is my list

near as I can figure:

Arches National Park
Badlands National Park
Big Horn Canyon National Recreation Area
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
Bryce Canyon National Park
Canyonlands National Park
Cabrillo National Monument
California Coastal National Monument
California National Historic Trail
Capitol Reef National Park
Cedar Breaks National Monument
Chickasaw National Recreation Area
Chimney Rock National Historic Site
Colorado National Monument
Curecanti National Recreation Area
Custer National Cemetery
Devils Tower National Monument
Dinosaur National Monument
Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
Fossil Butte National Monument
Fort Laramie National Historic Site
Fort Point National Historic Site
Glacier National Park
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
Golden Gate National Recreation Area
Grand Canyon National Park
Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument
Grand Teton National Park
Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve
Harry S. Truman National Historic Site
Herbert Hoover National Historic Site
Holy Cross National Monument (No longer a national monument)
Homestead National Monument of America
Jefferson National Expansion Memorial (Gateway Arch)
Jewel Cave National Monument
John D. Rockefeller Memorial Parkway
Joshua Tree National Park
Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail
Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument
Mesa Verde National Park
Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail
Mount Rushmore National Memorial
Muir Woods National Monument
Oklahoma City National Memorial
Oregon National Historic Trail
Point Reyes National Seashore
Pompeys Pillar National Monument
Pony Express National Historic Trail
Rocky Mountain National Park
Santa Fe National Historic Trail
Scotts Bluff National Monument
Statue of Liberty National Monument
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument
Wind Cave National Park
Yellowstone National Park
Zion National Park

[Whoa_Nelly]

8. One time asked my son how to get to a certain street in our town

I asked: How do I get to Zion?

He replied with a totally straight face:



You have to take Jesus into your heart first, Mom.



What a kidder of a kid. :P

[fishwax]

9. i wouldn't know whether to chuckle or shudder

:rofl:

Good story :thumbsup:

[Whoa_Nelly]

10. He's a Recovered Evangelical

It was pretty damn funny ;)

[GoddessOfGuinness]

11. ok...

Acadia
Antietam
Appalachian Scenic Trail (parts of it)
Arlington House
Assateague Island
Baltimore Washington Parkway (though I've never really thought of it as a park)
Blue Ridge Parkway (parts of it)
Brice's Cross Roads
Canaveral
Cape Hatteras
Cape Lookout
Castillo de San Marcos
Catoctin Mountain
Cedar Creek and Belle Grove
C & O Canal
Chickamauga and Chattanooga
Clara Barton National Historical Site
Colonial National Historical Park
Constitution Gardens
DeSoto National Memorial
Delaware Water Gap
Ford's Theater
Fort Caroline
Fort Dupont
Fort Foote
Fort Frederica
Fort Matanzas
Fort McHenry
Fort Moultrie
Fort Necessity
Fort Pulaski
Fort Raleigh
Fort Sumter
Fort Washington
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania
George Washington Memorial Parkway
Gettysburg
Glen Echo Park
Gloria Dei Church NHS
Great Falls Park
Great Smoky Mountains
Greenbelt Park
Harpers Ferry
Independence NHP
Jamestown
Kennesaw Mountain
Lincoln Memorial
Manassas
Monocacy National Battlefield
Moores Creek National Battlefield
Natchez
Natchez Trace (parts of it)
National Mall
Oxon Cove Park and Oxon Hill Farm
Pennsylvania Avenue NHS
Petersburg National Battlefield
Prince William Forest Park
Richmond National Battlefield Park
Rock Creek Park
Roosevelt Campobello International Park
Shenandoah National Park
Shiloh NMP
Statue of Liberty
Suitland Parkway
Thomas Jefferson Memorial
Timucuan Preserve
Tupelo National Battlefield
Valley Forge
Vicksburg
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Wolf Trap
Wright Brothers NM
Yorktown

[YDogg]

12. Too many to remember ...

... without whippin' out my National Park Passport.

[yellowdogintexas]

13. OK here goes;

Mammoth Cave
Carlsbad Caverns
Yellowstone
Grand Tetons
White Sands
Great Sand Dunes
Great Smoky Mountains
Everglades
Dry Tortugas
Hot Springs
San Antonio Missions
Oklahoma City National Memorial
Vicksburg National Military Park
Shiloh National Military Park
Natchez Trace
Russell Cave Alabama
Lincoln Boyhood, Indiana
Gateway Arch
Minute Man, (MA)
Capulin Volcano, NM
Tumicumcari, AZ
Suquaro, AZ

[SoxFan]

15. More than I realized

Obviously not in any sort of coherent order:

Acadia NP
Great Smoky Mountain NP
Mount Rainier NP
Boston Harbor Islands NRA
Boston NHP
Lowell NHP
Minuteman NHP
John F. Kennedy NHS
New Bedford Whaling NHP
Jean Laffitte NHP (Chalmette Battlefield)
Jean Laffitte NHP (Barataria Swamp)
Jean Laffitte NHP (French Quarter)
Castillo de San Marcos NM
Pea Ridge NMP
Central High School NHS
Hot Springs NP
Buffalo National River
Oklahoma City National Memorial
Castle Clinton NM
Ellis Island NM
Statue of Liberty NM
Ford's Theater NHS
Lincoln Memorial
Jefferson Memorial
Washington Monument
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Pennsylvania Avenue NHS
Independence NHP
San Antonio Missions NHP
Harry S. Truman NHS
Jefferson National Expansion Memorial (aka The Gateway Arch)
Martin Luther King NHS

Special case: I went to Steamtown when it was a private facility in Bellows Falls, Vermont. It was later moved to Pennsylvania and declared a historic site, in a masterpiece of pork politics.

Non NPS site of note:

The Alamo
JFK Library
Truman Library
Carter Library
Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park (AR)
Fort William & Mary (NH)

[NoPasaran]

16. Here's what I remember

Chamizal National Memorial
Palo Alto Battlefield
White Sands National Monument
Bandelier National Monument
Carlsbad Caverns
Cabrillo National Monument
Pea Ridge National Military Park
Wilson's Creek National Battlefield
Brice's Crossroads National Battlefield
Tupelo National Battlefield
Vicksburg National Military Park
Natchez Trace Parkway
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield
Chickamauga & Chatanooga National Military Park
Shiloh National Military Park
Fort Donelson National Battlefield
Stone's River National Battlefield
Harper's Ferry National Historical Park
Manassas National Battlefield Park
Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park
Richmond National Battlefield Park
Petersburg National Battlefield
Appomattox Courthouse National Historical Park
Colonial National Historical Park
Lincoln Memorial
Jefferson Memorial
The White House (back when LBJ lived there)
The Smithsonian Institution
National Air & Space Museum
Antietam National Battlefield
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park
Gettysburg National Military Park
Saratoga National Historical Park
Cape Cod National Seashore

On edit:
Also: Ellis Island
Statue of Liberty
Grant's Tomb

[friendly_iconoclast]

18. Here's mine, in no particular order - Viva NPS!

Biscayne National Park
Canaveral National Seashore
Castillo de San Marcos National Monument
Everglades National Park
The Blue Ridge National Heritage Area
Blue Ridge Parkway
Kings Mountain National Military Park
Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park
Shenandoah NP
Mammoth Cave NP
George Rogers Clark National Historic Park
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
National Museum of the United States Air Force
Delaware Water Gap NRA
Independence National Historical Park
Valley Forge National Historical Park
Gateway National Recreation Area
Morristown National Historical Park
Mount Rushmore National Memorial
Adams National Historical Park
Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area
Cape Cod National Seashore
Minute Man National Historical Park
Boston African American National Historic Site
Boston National Historical Park
National Mall
Baltimore Washington Parkway (almost forgot NPS runs it)