@@curlyque2717 agreed! The next time I’m going to pack some hot coffee in a thermos, drive up to one of the many Lookout points and enjoy the sunset for hours.
I've only been to Yellowstone, Grand Teton, Great Smoky Mountains, Yosemite and Cuyahoga Valley, (I live in Ohio). Most of my trips out of state were just business, and except for Yellowstone and Cuyahoga Valley, all of my visits were just drive throughs. Makes retirement worth looking forward to.
I have been to Glacier National Park, Yellowstone National Park, Zion National Park, and Grand Canyon National Park. Glacier National Park is by far my favorite to date.
I’m a local of Montana and with all these new people coming in I haven’t been able to go in years becusse you gotta be rich or an out of staters to go at this point
@@Ultramarine37 I hear you, the last time I went to a national park I was young enough that my Dad payed the bill. He almost chocked on his breath when he saw how expensive it was.
@@Zenas521 they made it a bit more expensive but it’s not to bad it’s just way to crowded and lots of tourists are not smart and ruin stuff in the park
#15 1:16 Shenandoah National Park, Virginia #14 2:09 Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah #13 2:48 Joshua Tree National Park, California #12 3:53 Indiana Dunes National Park, Indiana #11 4:44 Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Ohio #10 5:22 Glacier National Park, Montana #09 7:14 Olympic National Park, Washington #08 8:20 Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming #07 9:19 Acadia National Park, Maine #06 10:31 Yellowstone National Park, 96% Wyoming / 3% Montana / 1% Idaho #05 11:29 Yosemite National Park, California #04 12:22 Zion National Park, Utah #03 13:20 Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado #02 14:03 Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona #01 15:52 Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee & North Carolina
My husband and I went to Zion and Bryce Canyon NP back in August of this year and I fell in love with Zion. If anyone is headed there, I definitely recommend doing the Canyon Overlook Trail (pretty easy 1 mile hike with a gorgeous view) and hiking the Narrows (more difficult as you are walking in the water but totally doable for most anyone, plus you can go as far as you'd like a turn back).
Dude thank you!!! I love our National Parks. I've hiked down to the bottom of the Grand Canyon and that solo backpacking trip was probably the greatest experience of my life. It is amazingly beautiful. As are all of the parks. We are so lucky to have them. I encourage everyone to visit as many National Parks as you can and spend a few days at each. ☮️❤️🎵🤗🤙♻️📷🏜️🏞️🗻⛰️🏔️🌄🏕️⛺🛣️🦋🦂🦢🦅🐦🐿️🦌🐐🐏🐍🐢🦝🐰🦊🐻🌍🌎🌏🌌🌵🌲🌳🌾🌼🌻🌺🌹🥾💊🙏
I had them at Yosemite as #1 and Great Smoky Mountains as #2, but if we are talking just drive through on your way somewhere....well GSM wins bigtime. Get a convertible, put the top down and drive the entire Blue Ridge Parkway. You won't go fast, but you will see a WHOLE lot! Love driving the Blue Ridge Parkway whenever I can. Cool video as usual!!
Happy to see the Indiana Dunes on your list. As a resident of the area I can say it some of the most beautiful views you'll ever see. We have plants growing here that are only found in one other place, the artic circle. But you must be careful when walking along the dunes. They do move and cover many things, including trees. When these trees decay they leave a void under the sand. In 2014 a 6 year old boy was swallowed by one of these voids while his family was enjoying the day on the largest of the dunes, Mt. Baldy. After 3 and half hours he was found about 15 feet under the sand. He was lucky enough to survive. Can't promise anyone else would be as lucky. So please, if you visit, stay on the marked trails. But please visit the lakeshore. Absolutely gorgeous at sunset. And some places rather than sand in the shallows you'll find clay. Very cool to see but also very slippery, so be careful.
I lived and worked In Yosemite National Park for 6 years. I lived on the meadow and when I opened my front door Half Dome was my view . Best 6 years of my life, the place is just magical
@@thefreem0 that area could benefit from a moderate amount of tourism $. The hotels, inns, restaurants, etc. in Wayne County aren't exceptionally busy. I agree I would hate to see it become another Moab, but there's some healthy room for tourism growth in the area.
@@rickyaz8640 no doubt! Driving on the narrow ridge is one of my favorite places I've ever been in a car. Incredible views. You can see the La Sal mountains on very clear days from that road. You're basically seeing Colorado from the middle of Utah. Pretty insane!!
Glacier National Park is incredible!! There's one of the most iridescent glacier lakes that's the most light turquoise blue you've ever seen! Beautiful!!
I think that’s Hidden Lake. A fairly long hike but very well worth the effort. The family had to cross a bunch of snow fields along the way. We got to Glacier just a week after Going to the Sun Road had opened.
Skyline Drive in Shenandoah, Going to the Sun Rd in Glacier, Trail Ridge Rd in Rocky Mountain, Pacific Coast Highway, State Rt 12 in Utah between Capitol Reef and Bryce Canyon, Park Loop Rd in Acadia are some of the ones I did and all were stunning. But my personal favorite is driving the Oregon Coast.
The funny thing is, the most amazing parts of Zion, 99.999999% of the people that go there never see. If you have friends that have canyoneering skills, they can take you to places in Zion that make the "touristy" part not impressive.
So far, I’ve visited Acadia (x2), Shenandoah (x3), Great Smoky Mountains (x2), Everglades (x2), Mammoth Cave, Cuyahoga Valley, Indiana Dunes, Guadalupe Mountains, Carlsbad Caverns, White Sands, Great Sand Dunes, Rocky Mountains, Grand Canyon (x2), Zion, Bryce Canyon and Death Valley (x2). Many more to see.
We lived within 25 miles of Smokey Mtns. in early 80's. Very nice and if you go Smokey, go visit the Cherokee nation displays in Cherokee NC. It is near there on the NC end and is worth every minute you spend there. They had a play about the Trail of Tears and it was wonderful. Don't know if it still is being played or not. Love your videos...
Capitol reef NP and Goblin valley SP are one of our favorite parks! Also, we just arrive from Washington, Olympic and Mt Rainier are just breathtaking! Lake McDonald is another beautiful landscape in Glacier! Love this video!!
I've been to about 15 National Parks, including Yellowstone, Yosemite, and Grand Canyon. My favorite two so far are Mt. Rainier and Bryce Canyon. Both are breathtaking in their own unique ways
Another gr8 vid! You should organize a trip or 2 or six to some of the locations that are in your vids. No boat cruises though. You seem like a person that people would like to hang around with and have a root beer float or a beer with. Thanks for another great vid!
My two favorite places are Yosemite and Tahoe. Anywhere in the sierras. Born and raised in utah. Never been to any parks on utah. Grandparents all on the Bay Area.
Great to see this video as a Brit. Not sure that I'll ever get to cross the pond, so it's really good to see some of your spectacular scenery on a video like this.
We love these types of vids, its a quality channel and is one of my favorites. Yeah Capitol Reef is cool and have been there many times as well as Moab. We are from SLC and my oldest sister once lived in Moab, so it was convenient to visit and always had a great time
THIS is what the rest of the world is jealous of, btw! An insane variety of spectacular natural reserves of all climates and types, all within your borders. I can't think of any other nation that truly has EVERYTHING in this regard, not Russia, not China, not Canada and certainly not Brazil. Even if you count everything that belongs to France or Britain... Better savor and protect the beauty of it, it's absolutely worth it!
As an outsider, I wouldn’t say we’re jealous but just admire your landscape. New Zealand can compete with the variety that the USA has and possibly Iran, China and India but yeah not too many other nations
Briggs, I liked this video. Keep it up. But I was confused how the # of visits didn’t increase from 15 to 1. That # went up then went down some then back up again. Did I miss something?
I’d love to see your most underrated or least visited national parks! North Cascades National Park in Washington is highly underrated in my opinion, especially with how beautiful Diablo Lake is.
I have 5 of the 63 National Parks. Got Shenandoah ranked # 19 Desired and # 2 Best of those visited. I have Cuyahoga # 58 Desired & LAST in my Best visited.
Awesome video!! Just yesterday, my family and I were heading back home from northern Utah and visited both Bryce Canyon and Zion NP's. Great places to visit! I highly recommend them!
Can't believe all the cars , motorhomes , travel trailers and packs of motorbikes driving by backyard 5 acres aren't going 25 miles up the street to MT. RAINIER NATIONAL PARK which I'm starring at laying on the couch.
Entrance to Great Smoky Mountains National Park is free. The park is one of the few national parks where no entrance fees are charged. Costs about 15 dollars a night for camping. One of the reason its number 1 for national parks.
I’ve been to most of the National Parks west of the Mississippi River. My parents took the whole family including grandma, in our big station wagon. Us kids rode in the back on the camping gear, with our home made kayak on the roof. It was used as extra storage- no Yakima racks for us! Color Kodak photos of bear running through the campground in Yellowstone. Family photos of us standing in front of the park entrances with the boys and our buzz cuts and the girls with clam digger pants. Our family was the only one that I new of that took looong summer road trips. Every summer was at least 2 weeks away from home, sometimes a month. My father saved his vacation time all year to take us on incredible trips. Thanks, mom and dad! You were the best parents I have ever known! Thanks Granny, for being willing to travel with a pack of wild hooligans every summer. Good times.
I’m from NJ and have been up there a couple of times including last year. Acadia is beautiful and Bar Harbor is one of the most charming towns I’ve ever visited. The Maine scenery up there is gorgeous!
Once, while in the Great smokies in NC, I spent a few hours drawing a plant I found that, to this day, I’ve never learned its identity…knowing how many plant species can be found there, maybe it doesn’t have a name yet. Yes, I spent a few hours drawing a plant. I was a quiet teenager that preferred the company of nature to that of people. Acutally, I am still the latter, not so much the former.
I was there once, but it was in November, The temperature during the day was in the 80’s, and it was a dry heat, so it was a good time to go. I absolutely would not go there during the summer!
I live 20 miles from the Townsend entrance to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Love the GSMNP. Been Camping there several times. Hiked to many waterfalls and fished some of the streams. You go there during the summer you see lots of license plates from Michigan,Ohio,Illinois,Indiana and Iowa. A few weeks ago I went to the Grand Canyon and Zion National Park. Those places were awesome. Pictures and Video don't do it justice.
Would have never guess Great Smoky Mountain National Park would have been number one. Excellant job. This, loved it. Many bucket lists in front of me now, lol.
Zion, Yellowstone and Yosimite were breathtaking. Visited the west/midwest of USA in 2018, and boy was I disappointed when the day came to take my flight back home.
The park’s in the west are by far the best. My favorites are Yosemite, Sequoia, Olympic, Glacier and Grand Teton. Glacier Bay in Alaska is pretty darn good too.
True story, my grandmother drove her car onto the Indians Dunes beach and filled the trunk with sand to take back to the lakeshore that her house was on. They filmed it and I’ve seen the footage. Played in that sand all the time when I was a kid.
The Adirondack’s in New York, if it were a National Park, would probably be one of the most visited. It’s beautiful, except for Lake George which is a tourist trap.
Never been to the Smokies despite my state being a border state, but I have driven all the way to the Grand Canyon, Joshua Tree, and Death Valley when it was 130+ degrees, Rocky Mountains, all summer 2020 actually. Nothing about this region excites me. I'll take the southwest and all that comes with it 7 days a week, 365 days a year. People confuse the desert for "boring" when in reality it's peaceful and beautiful.
Acadia is probably the best kept secret here in the northeast that westerners don't know of, that's true. To me it looks like the Adirondacks and White Mountains up against the Atlantic Ocean. I'd say it's one of the most scenic parts anywhere on the east coast!
On behalf of NC let me say we were Happy to have ya'll visit and since we are friendly, if ya need anything , just ask. We who live here are very blessed. Thanks Briggs~!!
Just curious. The issue with the two separate bear attacks recently brings to a thought that bear populations maybe growing. ? Women especially need to be careful when they camp out in the woods. Bears have great ability to smell from distances and really smell blood. This maybe a danger that increases over time.
Plz make videos on :- 1) which city have most agricultural jobs in USA?? (mostly agribusiness management field)?? 2)which city is most scenic in usa?? 3)which city is best for weather and climate in usa?? Overall your content is good..I love it...
Of these I have been to Bryce Canyon, Glacier (baby cant remember anything), Olympic, Acadia, Yellowstone, Zion, Grand Canyon (North Rim), and Great Smoky Mountains
I tell ya we have some beautiful landscape here in the US sadly I haven’t been to any of these parks yet, but I want to check out Mt.Rainer National park which wasn’t on this list, the Everglades, Acadia, Grand Teton, and Big Bend National park these would be my top 5 oh and of course Shenandoah National park:), any who great video Mr.Briggs!
Big Bend is fantastic. Long way from nowhere though. The state park next door (same name) also very good just doesn’t have the mountains. Bring your passport, you can cross over to Mexico for a nice, cheap lunch
I missed 4, Grand Teton, to which I gave careful consideration and should have included considering is close proximity to Yellowstone and Jackson Wy. I also missed Joshua Tree, created in 1994 after most of my travels and close to Palm Springs and Southern California, Indiana Dunes created in 2019 and close to Chicago and Cuyahoga Valley created in 2000. I have been to the other 11 national parks and they all deserve it. Actually Great Smokey Mountains National park is quite remote, except for Ashville, Knoxville, and Chattanooga which are not big cities or tourist meccas (maybe Ashville). I was actually in Cuyahoga National park and took the train ride and rode a bicycle for miles and had absolutely no idea I was in a national park, and would have been pretty startled to find out that I was. Considering it is practically in two major cities (Cleveland and Akron), it is no wonder it has that many visitors.
I went to Bryce Canyon and Zion in the middle of April for spring break. Last summer in Yosemite for the first time, and Haleakala when I was too young to remember it unfortunately. But my dream job is to work with the NPS at a Park.
In northern California in redwood state park for sure you can hike in a forest and then walk to the beach. This is regarding the olympic national park comment comparing california’s beaches.
15 least visited national parks would be cool!!
Dry Tortugas is one of them …love ❤️that place
Gates of the Arctic National Park I believe is the least visited.
There's one in Michigan that should be mentioned.
Lake clarke National Park is amazing beautiful but never visited
Guadalupe Mountains
Smoky mountain NP has such a mesmerizing atmosphere! Wildlife, lush greenery, rolling mountains ❤️🐻
And wonderful smell. I just love to get deep in there and breathe it in.
@@curlyque2717 agreed! The next time I’m going to pack some hot coffee in a thermos, drive up to one of the many Lookout points and enjoy the sunset for hours.
Just went to Waimea Canyon on Kauai and it's just breathtaking, it's a state park, but just as beautiful as many of these. People need to go see it!
I have been there also. Great place.
I've only been to Yellowstone, Grand Teton, Great Smoky Mountains, Yosemite and Cuyahoga Valley, (I live in Ohio). Most of my trips out of state were just business, and except for Yellowstone and Cuyahoga Valley, all of my visits were just drive throughs. Makes retirement worth looking forward to.
I moved from Ohio to Utah and have gone to 8 National Parks in the last year!
Heading to Glacier NP this summer so excited! Zion, Arches, Bryce, Grand Canyon, Yellowstone are on my list too.
Went Smoky Mts this past Spring Break with the family...tears literally came to my eyes it was so beautiful.
I live here just outside GSM and it’s amazing. Glad to see people coming to enjoy our beautiful mountains and trails.
Same here, if I step out of my back door and walk half a mile I’m in the park. It is indeed amazing, it never gets old.
I have been to Glacier National Park, Yellowstone National Park, Zion National Park, and Grand Canyon National Park. Glacier National Park is by far my favorite to date.
I’m a local of Montana and with all these new people coming in I haven’t been able to go in years becusse you gotta be rich or an out of staters to go at this point
@@Ultramarine37 I hear you, the last time I went to a national park I was young enough that my Dad payed the bill. He almost chocked on his breath when he saw how expensive it was.
@@Zenas521 they made it a bit more expensive but it’s not to bad it’s just way to crowded and lots of tourists are not smart and ruin stuff in the park
#15 1:16 Shenandoah National Park, Virginia
#14 2:09 Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah
#13 2:48 Joshua Tree National Park, California
#12 3:53 Indiana Dunes National Park, Indiana
#11 4:44 Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Ohio
#10 5:22 Glacier National Park, Montana
#09 7:14 Olympic National Park, Washington
#08 8:20 Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
#07 9:19 Acadia National Park, Maine
#06 10:31 Yellowstone National Park, 96% Wyoming / 3% Montana / 1% Idaho
#05 11:29 Yosemite National Park, California
#04 12:22 Zion National Park, Utah
#03 13:20 Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado
#02 14:03 Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona
#01 15:52 Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee & North Carolina
I still have found memories of camping in the Redwoods of N. Calif. as a kid. That was 60 years ago and I try to get up there when I can.
My husband and I went to Zion and Bryce Canyon NP back in August of this year and I fell in love with Zion. If anyone is headed there, I definitely recommend doing the Canyon Overlook Trail (pretty easy 1 mile hike with a gorgeous view) and hiking the Narrows (more difficult as you are walking in the water but totally doable for most anyone, plus you can go as far as you'd like a turn back).
Dude thank you!!!
I love our National Parks. I've hiked down to the bottom of the Grand Canyon and that solo backpacking trip was probably the greatest experience of my life. It is amazingly beautiful. As are all of the parks. We are so lucky to have them.
I encourage everyone to visit as many National Parks as you can and spend a few days at each.
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I had them at Yosemite as #1 and Great Smoky Mountains as #2, but if we are talking just drive through on your way somewhere....well GSM wins bigtime. Get a convertible, put the top down and drive the entire Blue Ridge Parkway. You won't go fast, but you will see a WHOLE lot! Love driving the Blue Ridge Parkway whenever I can. Cool video as usual!!
Olympic national park is also a UNESCO world heritage site
Happy to see the Indiana Dunes on your list. As a resident of the area I can say it some of the most beautiful views you'll ever see. We have plants growing here that are only found in one other place, the artic circle.
But you must be careful when walking along the dunes. They do move and cover many things, including trees. When these trees decay they leave a void under the sand. In 2014 a 6 year old boy was swallowed by one of these voids while his family was enjoying the day on the largest of the dunes, Mt. Baldy. After 3 and half hours he was found about 15 feet under the sand. He was lucky enough to survive. Can't promise anyone else would be as lucky. So please, if you visit, stay on the marked trails.
But please visit the lakeshore. Absolutely gorgeous at sunset. And some places rather than sand in the shallows you'll find clay. Very cool to see but also very slippery, so be careful.
I knew number 1 before you started, We've been there a couple of times. They all are beautiful in their own way.
I lived and worked In Yosemite National Park for 6 years. I lived on the meadow and when I opened my front door Half Dome was my view . Best 6 years of my life, the place is just magical
The Capitol Reef shout out was well deserved. Very under rated park.
Shh..... lets keep this one not crowded
@@thefreem0 that area could benefit from a moderate amount of tourism $. The hotels, inns, restaurants, etc. in Wayne County aren't exceptionally busy. I agree I would hate to see it become another Moab, but there's some healthy room for tourism growth in the area.
Ditto
Utah 12 between Capitol Reef and Bryce Canyon is the best road in the US. Do it on a bicycle. Fantastic
@@rickyaz8640 no doubt! Driving on the narrow ridge is one of my favorite places I've ever been in a car. Incredible views. You can see the La Sal mountains on very clear days from that road. You're basically seeing Colorado from the middle of Utah. Pretty insane!!
That was a deep belly laugh thanks Briggs. I have often felt that way coming through Gary
Glacier National Park is incredible!! There's one of the most iridescent glacier lakes that's the most light turquoise blue you've ever seen! Beautiful!!
I think that’s Hidden Lake.
A fairly long hike but very well worth the effort.
The family had to cross a bunch of snow fields along the way. We got to Glacier just a week after Going to the Sun Road had opened.
Would love to see best drives in America. I am positive the Blue Ridge Parkway and Shenodonah are two of the best in the US.
You've obviously never been to the top of 'Going To The Sun' road in Glacier National Park. 😉
Skyline Drive in Shenandoah, Going to the Sun Rd in Glacier, Trail Ridge Rd in Rocky Mountain, Pacific Coast Highway, State Rt 12 in Utah between Capitol Reef and Bryce Canyon, Park Loop Rd in Acadia are some of the ones I did and all were stunning. But my personal favorite is driving the Oregon Coast.
Yep Zion is so beautiful that it looks like it can’t possibly exist on earth. That and Arches are my favorites of the ones I’ve been to so far
Just came back from Zion! Can confirm
The funny thing is, the most amazing parts of Zion, 99.999999% of the people that go there never see. If you have friends that have canyoneering skills, they can take you to places in Zion that make the "touristy" part not impressive.
Terrific! Maybe another episode for the most popular national monuments?
Newly subscribed , keep up the good work and a great content.
So far, I’ve visited Acadia (x2), Shenandoah (x3), Great Smoky Mountains (x2), Everglades (x2), Mammoth Cave, Cuyahoga Valley, Indiana Dunes, Guadalupe Mountains, Carlsbad Caverns, White Sands, Great Sand Dunes, Rocky Mountains, Grand Canyon (x2), Zion, Bryce Canyon and Death Valley (x2). Many more to see.
My family's first big post-pandemic trip was to Yellowstone and the Tetons. It was stunning, and the experience will indeed stay with us for a while.
That's awesome, we love our state. Glad you enjoyed it 😁
I went to Rocky Mountain National Park one week ago today. I was fascinated by the natural bonzi trees at the timber line.
Shenandoah NP, the Blue Ridge Parkway, and the Great Smoky Mountain NP form one huge park in Virginia, North Carolina, and Tennessee.
We lived within 25 miles of Smokey Mtns. in early 80's. Very nice and if you go Smokey, go visit the Cherokee nation displays in Cherokee NC. It is near there on the NC end and is worth every minute you spend there. They had a play about the Trail of Tears and it was wonderful. Don't know if it still is being played or not.
Love your videos...
Acadia National park is amazing I sadly lost all my pictures from my trip there wish I still had them.
New motto for Glacier NP: "Stay strapped or get bear-napped!" I'll show myself out.
Went last year , saw one juvenile bear 🐻
Was fortunate enough to be one of the visitors at Grand Teton, Yellowstone and Yosemite in 2019 :)
Capitol reef NP and Goblin valley SP are one of our favorite parks! Also, we just arrive from Washington, Olympic and Mt Rainier are just breathtaking! Lake McDonald is another beautiful landscape in Glacier! Love this video!!
Thoroughly enjoyed this video❤️
I've been to about 15 National Parks, including Yellowstone, Yosemite, and Grand Canyon. My favorite two so far are Mt. Rainier and Bryce Canyon. Both are breathtaking in their own unique ways
I enjoyed all these photos/videos!
Another gr8 vid! You should organize a trip or 2 or six to some of the locations that are in your vids. No boat cruises though. You seem like a person that people would like to hang around with and have a root beer float or a beer with. Thanks for another great vid!
I was surprised by some of these! But LOVED every one of them---thanks, Briggs! Great idea.
My two favorite places are Yosemite and Tahoe. Anywhere in the sierras. Born and raised in utah. Never been to any parks on utah. Grandparents all on the Bay Area.
Great to see this video as a Brit. Not sure that I'll ever get to cross the pond, so it's really good to see some of your spectacular scenery on a video like this.
We love these types of vids, its a quality channel and is one of my favorites. Yeah Capitol Reef is cool and have been there many times as well as Moab. We are from SLC and my oldest sister once lived in Moab, so it was convenient to visit and always had a great time
THIS is what the rest of the world is jealous of, btw!
An insane variety of spectacular natural reserves of all climates and types, all within your borders. I can't think of any other nation that truly has EVERYTHING in this regard, not Russia, not China, not Canada and certainly not Brazil. Even if you count everything that belongs to France or Britain...
Better savor and protect the beauty of it, it's absolutely worth it!
Totally, not to mention there are plenty of other goodies that are not in this list
As an outsider, I wouldn’t say we’re jealous but just admire your landscape. New Zealand can compete with the variety that the USA has and possibly Iran, China and India but yeah not too many other nations
Every nation has it's own assets
Briggs, I liked this video. Keep it up. But I was confused how the # of visits didn’t increase from 15 to 1. That # went up then went down some then back up again. Did I miss something?
Just visited Glacier National Park from the East Coast last week. Most beautiful place ive ever seen
Breathtaking.
Not sure if it's a National Park but Coral Pink Sand Dunes, near Kanab, is amazing!
Great video!
That whole area is fantastic. Kanab is really booming
my guess is for parks on this list: Yellowstone, The redwood forest, and the great Smokies
I’d love to see your most underrated or least visited national parks! North Cascades National Park in Washington is highly underrated in my opinion, especially with how beautiful Diablo Lake is.
I have 5 of the 63 National Parks. Got Shenandoah ranked # 19 Desired and # 2 Best of those visited.
I have Cuyahoga # 58 Desired & LAST in my Best visited.
Been to 3 National Parks and they were all in the top 5. They were all amazing! Can’t wait to see more National Parks.
Cuyahoga Park / Falls area is AWESOME! We've gone there Several Times. 👍
10 out of 15... looks like I need a trip east to pick off the others.
great list!! thank you!!
The Smokies have become so crowded it is not as much fun to be there anymore. It is beautiful though.
Agreed! It was so much better years ago. The crowds are insane.
Awesome video!! Just yesterday, my family and I were heading back home from northern Utah and visited both Bryce Canyon and Zion NP's. Great places to visit! I highly recommend them!
Can't believe all the cars , motorhomes , travel trailers and packs of motorbikes driving by backyard 5 acres aren't going 25 miles up the street to MT. RAINIER NATIONAL PARK which I'm starring at laying on the couch.
Entrance to Great Smoky Mountains National Park is free. The park is one of the few national parks where no entrance fees are charged. Costs about 15 dollars a night for camping. One of the reason its number 1 for national parks.
Mount Rainier National park had 2,248,518 visitors in 2019. You missed one
I’ve been to most of the National Parks west of the Mississippi River. My parents took the whole family including grandma, in our big station wagon. Us kids rode in the back on the camping gear, with our home made kayak on the roof. It was used as extra storage- no Yakima racks for us! Color Kodak photos of bear running through the campground in Yellowstone. Family photos of us standing in front of the park entrances with the boys and our buzz cuts and the girls with clam digger pants. Our family was the only one that I new of that took looong summer road trips. Every summer was at least 2 weeks away from home, sometimes a month. My father saved his vacation time all year to take us on incredible trips. Thanks, mom and dad! You were the best parents I have ever known! Thanks Granny, for being willing to travel with a pack of wild hooligans every summer. Good times.
Yes! Mount Desert Island and Bar Harbor, Maine. A summer destination for this NJ/NY kid and my best friends every year.
I’m actually about to start working there for the Summer.
Hi Bob Sykes, how are you doing today?
I’m from NJ and have been up there a couple of times including last year. Acadia is beautiful and Bar Harbor is one of the most charming towns I’ve ever visited. The Maine scenery up there is gorgeous!
Once, while in the Great smokies in NC, I spent a few hours drawing a plant I found that, to this day, I’ve never learned its identity…knowing how many plant species can be found there, maybe it doesn’t have a name yet. Yes, I spent a few hours drawing a plant. I was a quiet teenager that preferred the company of nature to that of people. Acutally, I am still the latter, not so much the former.
Death Valley National park is extremely underrated
I agree. It’s a very interesting landscape you won’t see anywhere else. Been there several times and enjoyed it very much.
Well maybe because of the hot weather REALLY REALLY REALLY HOT WEATHER
I was there once, but it was in November, The temperature during the day was in the 80’s, and it was a dry heat, so it was a good time to go. I absolutely would not go there during the summer!
@@kivrinsagchannel791 dont go in the summer. It gets quite cold towards winter
But what is there to do there? Besides looking at landscapes?
That was a great video. Really enjoy your road trips. Did you ever do a video on state parks?
I live 20 miles from the Townsend entrance to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Love the GSMNP. Been Camping there several times. Hiked to many waterfalls and fished some of the streams. You go there during the summer you see lots of license plates from Michigan,Ohio,Illinois,Indiana and Iowa. A few weeks ago I went to the Grand Canyon and Zion National Park. Those places were awesome. Pictures and Video don't do it justice.
Would have never guess Great Smoky Mountain National Park would have been number one. Excellant job. This, loved it. Many bucket lists in front of me now, lol.
living in Knoxville, i know that its been the most visited park.
Its also free (no entrance fee) so that helps as well make it so popular
Zion, Yellowstone and Yosimite were breathtaking. Visited the west/midwest of USA in 2018, and boy was I disappointed when the day came to take my flight back home.
The park’s in the west are by far the best. My favorites are Yosemite, Sequoia, Olympic, Glacier and Grand Teton. Glacier Bay in Alaska is pretty darn good too.
“You may cry at night, it gets so cold.” Laughs in North Dakotan.
Love this video! Thank you!
True story, my grandmother drove her car onto the Indians Dunes beach and filled the trunk with sand to take back to the lakeshore that her house was on. They filmed it and I’ve seen the footage. Played in that sand all the time when I was a kid.
Greetings from the PPRC GOOD video, have been to most of the ones in the west have to expand my bucket list. 🚗.mini
Keep up good work 👏
grew up at Cuyahoga Recreation Area before it was a national park, along with Camp Manatoc, Camp Butler, and Blossom Music Center, good times
The Adirondack’s in New York, if it were a National Park, would probably be one of the most visited. It’s beautiful, except for Lake George which is a tourist trap.
Been there many times. It is beautiful. Lake Placid is a great little town.
Would love to see part of that area set aside for a National Park so that it can stay protected
Never been to the Smokies despite my state being a border state, but I have driven all the way to the Grand Canyon, Joshua Tree, and Death Valley when it was 130+ degrees, Rocky Mountains, all summer 2020 actually. Nothing about this region excites me. I'll take the southwest and all that comes with it 7 days a week, 365 days a year. People confuse the desert for "boring" when in reality it's peaceful and beautiful.
Aw man my personal favorite Mammoth Cave National Park didn't make it
Acadia is probably the best kept secret here in the northeast that westerners don't know of, that's true. To me it looks like the Adirondacks and White Mountains up against the Atlantic Ocean. I'd say it's one of the most scenic parts anywhere on the east coast!
Beautiful park, love it there! Went there last year.
Yes! I would like to see a least visited list of NP’s and reasons why.
Love your videos brother!! I recommend them to a shitton of people.
Keep up the excellent work man.
Best wishes to ya!
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On behalf of NC let me say we were Happy to have ya'll visit and since we are friendly, if ya need anything , just ask. We who live here are very blessed. Thanks Briggs~!!
Nice shout out to Capitol Reef! I did Utah's 5 parks earlier this year right in a row and Capitol Reef was my favorite, and I didn't even see it all
I knew crater lake wasn’t going to be on here but man was I waiting to see it
That’s one that just stuns the first time you see it
@@rickyaz8640 I live next to it and it’s always something different every time I go
I knew the Great Smokies would be number one. Great video Briggs!
I hope I can go to Yellowstone National Park after I graduate next year... would be a trip of a lifetime
Just curious. The issue with the two separate bear attacks recently brings to a thought that bear populations maybe growing. ? Women especially need to be careful when they camp out in the woods. Bears have great ability to smell from distances and really smell blood. This maybe a danger that increases over time.
Smokey mountains, Glacier Park, Yellowstone park, Joshuah Tree. Most visited parks.
Plz make videos on :-
1) which city have most agricultural jobs in USA?? (mostly agribusiness management field)??
2)which city is most scenic in usa??
3)which city is best for weather and climate in usa??
Overall your content is good..I love it...
Of these I have been to Bryce Canyon, Glacier (baby cant remember anything), Olympic, Acadia, Yellowstone, Zion, Grand Canyon (North Rim), and Great Smoky Mountains
Nice vids, thx!!
I tell ya we have some beautiful landscape here in the US sadly I haven’t been to any of these parks yet, but I want to check out Mt.Rainer National park which wasn’t on this list, the Everglades, Acadia, Grand Teton, and Big Bend National park these would be my top 5 oh and of course Shenandoah National park:), any who great video Mr.Briggs!
You really should visit some national Parks. Such a great experience!
@@PeakBagger999 oh of course I will definitely do that my friend :)
Big Bend is fantastic. Long way from nowhere though. The state park next door (same name) also very good just doesn’t have the mountains. Bring your passport, you can cross over to Mexico for a nice, cheap lunch
Glacier should be the top 1-2 by its beauty!!!! But this rank makes sense. Smoky Mountain is one of the most accessible NP with a great view.
I missed 4, Grand Teton, to which I gave careful consideration and should have included considering is close proximity to Yellowstone and Jackson Wy. I also missed Joshua Tree, created in 1994 after most of my travels and close to Palm Springs and Southern California, Indiana Dunes created in 2019 and close to Chicago and Cuyahoga Valley created in 2000. I have been to the other 11 national parks and they all deserve it. Actually Great Smokey Mountains National park is quite remote, except for Ashville, Knoxville, and Chattanooga which are not big cities or tourist meccas (maybe Ashville). I was actually in Cuyahoga National park and took the train ride and rode a bicycle for miles and had absolutely no idea I was in a national park, and would have been pretty startled to find out that I was. Considering it is practically in two major cities (Cleveland and Akron), it is no wonder it has that many visitors.
The oldest national park in the world is Bogd Khan Uul national park in Mongolia established in 1783
I live near Waterton, which is on the other side of the border from Glacier and I see a ton of bears up there.
I went to Bryce Canyon and Zion in the middle of April for spring break. Last summer in Yosemite for the first time, and Haleakala when I was too young to remember it unfortunately. But my dream job is to work with the NPS at a Park.
It would be cool to see a video for the state parks too! :)
I’m surprised the Everglades didn’t make the list.
No one does a trip just for the everglades
Ha! I thought the "Be nice to each other was a diaper." Lol. Love your vids and you should do V.O. work.
In northern California in redwood state park for sure you can hike in a forest and then walk to the beach. This is regarding the olympic national park comment comparing california’s beaches.
Joshua Tree NP is underrated and hope to one day camp there.
Excellent
Both the National parks in my state made it on the list... go Wyoming 🤟🏻
Western Wyoming is epic.
@@dandyjohnson Indeed