8:10 Mesa Verde is in SW Colorado…near the 4 corners (where the Utah, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico borders meet) 23:00 Glacier National park is in Montana near the Canadian border.
There are at least 3 other Cliff Dwellers sites in Arizona (Montezuma's Castle, many in Canyon deChelly National Monument) and New Mexico (Gila River)....another SPECTACULAR site is "Monument Valley" on Native American land across the Utah/Arizona state line.
@@lasagnasux4934 yeah I agree plus it's a better drive. Gila River Cliff Dwellers north of Silver City, New Mexico is nice but small.. I like looking at Petroglyphs like at Gila Bend (behind the Solar panel/array fields) and especially at the V-bar-V Heritage site .. ..also the "Sand Island Recreation Center" near Bluff, Utah
@@josephsoto9933 I've never heard of v bar v or sand island before, but I love historical sites and we don't have many of those in the US worth seeing, so I'll check those out.
Fun Fact: Death Valley holds the record for the hottest air temperature ever recorded in the whole world! A temperature of 134.1°F (56.7°C) was recorded on July 10, 1913
Until recently. A study from the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society has concluded that Iran's Lut desert sometimes reaches temperatures as high as 177F or 80C.
@@kjsalomonsen9299 the Carriers? They're from My hometown in Buffalo NY (technically the inventor is from Angola a suburb of Buffalo) I'd imagine most lf them are in NYC now where Willis died. But that was waaaay back in 1902 when he invented that. I know you were probably joking, but just thought I'd share the fun fact lol.
Mesa Verde is in Colorado just west of Durango. But there are tons of cliff dwellings in the 4 corners states. Honestly the entire area between I-25 and I-15 is probably the most breath taking part of the country.
It's half an hour from Durango, situated between Mancos and my home town of Cortez. There are definitely a ton of cliff dwellings here. I personally recommend Hovenweep National Monument over Mesa Verde since you don't have to pay to get in and you can walk right up into the ruins which is something you can't do at Mesa Verde anymore. The only downside is you have to do a minute amount of hiking in what is literally the ass end of nowhere to get to them.
American. Been to 55 countries in the past handful of years including having lived in Italy, the UK, and Georgia, but the US is absolutely still my favorite. I'm sure the fact that it's home plays a huge role in that, but the diversity of landscapes, people, cultures, etc. is just unreal. I've only made it to 33 states as well (will be headed to Hawaii soon for 34), so there's loads more to see. When you think about politics or whatever, sometimes it's easy to feel like crap about where you're from, but then watching videos like this really does make a person proud to be from a place like this.
@@lucaslane9943 bounced around between a handful of different career paths, but I've only ever been to two countries for work and have never been a digital nomad either! Very happy to discuss how I've made this happen with/between school, work, etc., though, as well as my strategies for making travel more affordable (I grew up very...not rich lol). Can also share some tips for finding job that better facilitate travel than what I've done. Is there a best way for us to connect? Always up for talking more-want people to know just how doable this can be.
I understand not being as attracted to the desert landscapes but they’re still worth seeing and there’s something magnificent about them that can’t really be captured on camera imo. Also, deserts have some of the most amazing sunsets and stargazing you will ever see
the fact that the Olympic National Park isn't included in this list is a crime. It is in WA and spans from the top of Mount Olympus all the way to the coastlines of the Pacific Ocean. it includes all of the Hoh National Forest, which is a temperate rain forest, and is BEAUTIFUL. truly one of a kind on the planet.
North Cascades National Park > Olympic National Park. It is the one from WA that really should have been on this list. It should replace Glacier NP, as Glacier is just a poor man's North Cascades.
Video clips are great, but being in one of these national parks is just so different. The Grand Canyon is a great example. I went once, not by choice, and thought, "Big deal, I've seen pictures of it"...until you're there, standing on a viewing platform and looking down. The Rocky Mountains are another example. Seen the pictures and videos, but then I drove through them...winding through snowcapped mountains, and the views were breathtaking. Being there makes you forget the best videos you've seen of a place.
My Aunt and Uncle lived a couple miles from the Rockies when I was a child and went there for Christmas. Went outside one morning after a light snow and saw them from the yard and it's one of the most amazing views I've ever seen in 38 years on this planet.
Just last week, I drove solo across the country and went on hikes at both #13 (Arches) and #4 (Zion) and #2 (Grand Canyon) and out of all of the states I have been to so far, Utah is the most beautiful! It was an amazing drive and will never forget it.
Living in Southern Utah I'm pretty biased, but I agree...Utah has the best of almost everything except the Ocean, Beach thing...but we do have Lake Powell...and in some ways that's even cooler.
@@faceheadstudios I was born and raised in California and I can tell you right now that I haven't been to the beach in 15+ years... Overrated, nasty, fake people. Lake is much better for sure!
I live in upstate New York, my friend was attending college out in Indiana at the time. His sister and I took a trip out there to see a play he was in, about 12 hour trip straight through. Even though we didn't stop at any park or anything it was still amazing to see the landscape change from the mountains to the flat lands, seeing the never ending fields of windmills. On the way home we would periodically leave the highway and just drive through different small towns and back roads. We would sometimes hit the small towns that time forgot when the highway rerouted traffic, just stuff right out of movies. Whenever the question comes up of, "which country would you most like to visit?", I just think that I haven't seen enough of my own country to think about that yet.
Yeah thats cool.Sometimes what u think is mundane is actually what leaves a imprint on you.Yeah Yosemite is great but sometimes its the little places ignored by most that I find interesting.
The deserts in the spring and fall are beautiful - they are a grand place to make you feel small and apart of everything at the same time. When the sun goes down and you can see all the stars in our local galaxy - you really do realize how small we really are as a species
There are 423 national park sites in 62 recognized National Parks in the United States. They cover 84 million acres. There are also 10366 State Park areas, National monuments and countless natural places to explore that are not designated State or National. Good luck seeing it all..
She read a typo for Crater Lake. Crater Lake has 90 MILES of trail. It was probably notated as "90 mi". "mi" is short for miles. She mistakenly read it as million.
I used to live in Colorado but I live in Illinois now. Only a couple states away but it's a 16 hour drive now straight through. I have to say none of these pictures do it justice. It's totally different when you're actually standing there in such beauty all around you
Fun Fact: The North Face is in reference to the flat north face of Yosemite's Half Dome. Saw Mike was wearing a north face sweater and thought it was fitting. Literally and figuratively.
Very well said about Americans not having the urge/need to travel much abroad when there's so much nature (and so many cities with great museums, theme parks, etc.) at home. Btw, kudos for not mentioning Niagara Falls, a *state* park.
Hey...MANY Americans don't want to even leave their STATE....God forbid drive out to see National Parks in "other states". I knew one women who claimed she had never been out of her county, let alone the rest of her state.
Here in NY there's plenty of nature to see- which I'm very happy about, but it's my goal to travel all over the country! I've always been stuck on the East Coast, but there's so much I want to see out West, especially Alaska... things are just very far away and cost a lot!
"Nocturnal walk in the Everglades" I think I'll pass on that one. Not exactly trying to take a late-night stroll with giant gators in their natural nocturnal hunting state.😅
For sure. There are a lot of these parks I wouldn’t walk through alone at night because of various wildlife, or even during the day without adequate protection. Bears, various cats, gators, bison, moose… all wonderful creatures but from a distance!
I've visited about 2/3 of these parks and for my personal taste the most stunning one of all is Bryce Canyon. It quite literally doesn't look real; looks like something created by Disney! And you have to see the giant sequoia's to really understand the majesty of them. You can get a taste of how beautiful these national parks are but you cannot capture how awesome they are in a video. I've seen a lot of the world and there are many gorgeous, fantastic places all over the world but now that I'm older and maybe don't have the stamina for international travel I feel very lucky to have so much of this available to me in the US.
I believe Bryce Canyon was used as a model for Big Thunder Mountain Railroad (I do not remember if it was the Disneyland version or the Disney World version).
I've been to numerous national parks too, and Bryce is one of my very favorites. Definitely in the running for the top slot for me too. I don't know why it isn't more famous. There were a lot more tourists at nearby Zion, which I didn't find as impressive or unique.
I've been to every one of these national parks. Pictures and videos truly do none of them justice. Even the desert looking ones are actually breathtaking in real life.
I've told this story once before but it's one that is worth telling again. I was moving from Minnesota to Washington State. (it's about 1,000 miles give or take) My daughter, who was 4yo at the time, was going to need to expel energy on this journey so, I had tied her tricycle to the top of my trunk (boot) of my car. Every time I stopped the trike came off and she got to peddle her heart out. We were at the Theodore Roosevelt National Park aka The Painted Canyons on the border of North Dakota and Montana and and the trike was off and my girl and I were making our way to the bathrooms. I noticed the STAY ON THE PATH signs that said BEWARE OF RATTLESNAKES. Ok, as I walked and she peddled and jabbered, I saw this really, nice life sized statue of a Bison. I thought wow it's really beautiful and as we got closer to the bathrooms I noticed a smell it was a musty, dusty smell very unpleasant. That's when it hit me we were about 20 feet from the Bison when I realized it wasn't a statue. That Bison was standing stock still and had been for the longest time with it's one eye staring at us. I stopped and reached down and grabbed my girl's arm (I think it could have been the handle bars) never taking my eyes off the animal as I turned her around and said in a calm and chipper voice let's go back and have our snack first. I walked backwards for a bit but had to turn around and we got to the car and had our snack. I cleaned up and then I looked up to the bathrooms and the Bison was gone. Thank heavens, cause I really needed the bathroom by then. I guess my point is stay alert, they don't always tell you what you could meet at the parks.
Mesa Verde National Park is in Colorado. Glacier National Park is in Montana. I can think of several other national parks that I would put on this list. This is just 25 of about 60 actual national parks. But the National Park Service has more than 400 units that are not all called "national park," but are national seashores, national monuments, national historical parks, and so on. You could spend all of your vacation time going to national parks and never get to all of them
Pound for pound it’s the most beautiful country in the world. You’d have to put together all of Europe to match the scale and beauty and variety of American landscape.
@@ssssaa2 You're talking about a continent and I'm talking about a country. That's my entire point. You'd have to put together the entire continent of Europe (dozens of countries) to reach the geographic beauty and diversity of one country (USA).
8:11 Mesa Verde is in Colorado. I believe it is the south western corners. 9:37 I'm a little with Dave about deserts but there are some very pretty places in deserts. And right after a rain (not often in Death Valley but other deserts) the desert springs into life. You never saw a place get so green so fast in all your life. Every thing flowers within a few days because plants have adapted to bloom so quick before it gets dry again. Some deserts will surprise you. There is still amazing wild life even in the places that are sunburnt & when you come across a spring the contrast makes it even better. 11:21 The speaker misquoted the number. There probably aren't 90 million in the whole park system. 21:17 General Sherman is 275' tall & 36' in diameter and considered the largest tree. The tallest tree is a coastal redwood in California at 380' tall. 22:40 One of the arches in Arches NP collapsed last year. 23:16 Glacier NP is in Montana & not too far from Banff. 46:08 Many do get an RV, sell the home, then just travel the rest of your life.
General Sherman is 275 feet (83 m) tall and over 36 feet (11 m) in diameter at the base. It's enormous. Really just puts you in awe of the vastness of our world.
Cutting down a saguaro cactus is punishable by up to 25 years in prison, because they take so long to grow, it takes them up to 75 years just to grow their first arm. The oldest know cactus in the world was over 300 years old and was over 40 feet tall and had over 50 arms on it. Look up largest cactus in the world if you want to see some insanely big cactus.
Mesa Verde is in southwest Colorado. Glacier is in Montana. Bryce Canyon is in Utah. Carlsbad Caverns is in New Mexico. Great Smoky Mountains straddles the border between North Carolina and Tennessee.
Being from Virginia, I have been to Shenandoah Valley quite a few times when I was younger. They have log cabins there that you can stay in. Beautiful national park.
I used to live in the Puget Sound area in Washington. My father and I even camped on Mount Rainier once but it got so cold that we left in the middle of the night. My dad was a US Marine and an avid outdoorsman. So it must have been freezing if even he couldn't take it.
Mesa Verde is located in the southwest quadrant of Colorado; Glacier Nat'l Park is located in northern Montana, about 400 miles further north from Yellowstone.
That's what happened when my daughter and her friends moved to Long Beach in Cali. They spent the first 3 or 4 months going to the beach almost on a daily basis but gradually tapered off once the newness wore off. Same with me. I live in a city that is surrounded by the Ouachita Mountains and a National Park [ Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas ] and yet I take it for granted and rarely ever go into the National Park which is five minutes from my home.
Mesa Verde National Park is in the far southwest corner of Colorado. It’s very close to the Four Corners where Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah meet.
My most favorite vacation so far is a trip starting in my home state of Georgia and traveling west. We went down through the bayou and out along the U.S-Mexico border into California where we then picked-up the Pacific Coast Highway. Stopped in Yosemite and Sequoia. There were 5 of us adults and we couldn't even wrap around one of the trees while holding hands. We then went drove into Oregon & Washington. From there traveling into Montanta and then the Badlands back down into Wyoming, Colorado, back east from there. What an absolute amazing trip with unforgettable landscapes and history. Recommend this trip for everyone
Dave, my family are river and mountain folks, vacationing (and some of us later moving to) in the high Sierras. No desire for desserts, didn't get it till I experienced it. Not religious but it was one of the most spiritual and existential experience in my life. Then I understood what my high school teacher meant when she said her and her husband go every year to realign their souls. She said it'd be so hot, you had to sleep in the day and play at night, when all the critters come out. (They were acid dropping hippies yet she was the toughest and meanest English teacher at our school, so most everyone thought.) End tangent.
I've been to Yosemite over a dozen times in my life and I always find new places to explore. Last time I was smoking a cig with a few friends on a hill next to the Merced river. I get really quiet and my friend was like what's up? I point to a large black bear crossing the river in our direction. He got close, like 100 feet. One of my friends bolted and ran to camp, my other friend wanted to get a little closer to get a picture. So I had to choose, I didn't want to leave my friend, I also didn't want to get closer. I chose to get closer, the bear finale saw us and stood on it's hind legs. Dude was almost 6 ft tall. I gave it some yells and a WOOOOO! like Ric Flair. That spooked him off. I was wired the entire day, like that should be in a zoo but we got so close to it. It wasn't the end of my bear adventure, the next day we wanted to go rafting down the river. The water was calm and was a relaxing ride. Then we come to a bend in the river and wouldn't you know there's another black bear having a dip in the river. We got within 30 feet before we noticed. Then the rangers showed up with their dogs to chase him out of the populated areas. Exciting trip
@@mattskeens803 She did say 90 million. I would guess she was reading off a script and saw ml instead of mi and no one caught it until the video was uploaded.
it's funny daz mentioned paintings at the end. my uncle and my mom worked at teton and there is a spot there called oxbo bend and people set up painting easels and will paint the tetons. I woke up early 5 days straight to beat them to the spot to take some pictures and it was absolutely worth it. i highly recommend you see it if you ever get the chance. great vid as always
My favorite thing about this video? Barely scratched the surface! There's thousands more! My state is literally called "the natural state" and none of ours was even mentioned! I love my country, and her many landscapes.
It’s more varied than the Brits who make videos let on, especially if you include Scotland and Wales as well as England. They mentioned the Lake District in this video but the Scottish highlands are also glorious as is Cornwall and other places.
Fortunately I live in Las Vegas so I am within driving range for many of the parks mentioned here. NW from me is The Redwood and Sequoia parks which are very near to YOSEMITE just to give you some reference. S and SW brings you through Grand Canyon and Saguaro. My favorite however is to head NE through Zion, Bryce, Grand Mesa, and Arch’s canyons. Red Rock and The Valley of Fire is also a must see and is only an hour drive from me. Death Valley is also very interesting with a place called “Scotty’s Castle.” Also Carlsbad Caves are close enough to make a nice weekend trip. Plus many have ghost towns on your way that I find incredibly interesting. Most Las Vegas tourists have no idea about these and never venture out of our city.
i loved the video ! Also it is quite funny hearing " we take alot for granted" because it is true for anyone anywhere like myself i live in a very beautiful part of the US ( woodlands, mountains 4 seasons) the whole mix but in my eyes i think the rolling hills of the countryside of England are one of the most spectacular views in the world !
I made the desert my home some 30yrs ago. I admit, sometimes all the beige is too much. We have plants. Gorgeous plants. I have been able to drive the Sahuaro National Park on a regular basis. It's beautiful. Very raw. You can almost feel the ancient history that took place in this area. I stayed for the most magical sunsets I've ever viewed. Nothing will ever beat a desert sunset.
We're spoiled here in Utah.. Grew up in the Salt lake area with snow capped mountains 30 min to the east.. Salt flat deserts 30 min to the west.. I moved south and now looking similar to the red rock canyons in the video just out the window... You're right, you do get used to it after a while and not appreciate it as you should.
9:38 Dave says "look at my complexion". Death valley, can be quite pleasant in December and January. Same with Palm Springs and Joshua Tree. You can even run into snow. My grandparents lived in Joshua Tree. I hated it in the summer and loved it in the winter. The cold, crisp, winter air out there was other worldly coming from the LA suburbs. The difference is probably something like going from Madrid to Reykjavik in August. Completely different climate and landscape.
I have been to 7 of these parks. My wife and her Aunt went canoeing in the Everglades, and because the water is often brackish, they got circled by an 18 foot bull shark twice. Daz, in Tennessee, was it the Ocoee River, you white-water rafted on? Cause that is where they filmed Deliverance.
I live right on the boarder of Death Valley. I work in a mine and it’s hot brutal work. But very satisfying. In the summer it can get to 130 degrees F and blowing dust can shut down travel because of poor visibility. The blowing sand can also destroy a vehicles windows. I’ve lived here my whole life so I can tolerate it, but it css as n be lethal to people from the city or someone who had never been to the desert. Just because it’s so extreme people aren’t prepared for it. If I go to the East coast it’s beautiful and lush, but claustrophobic. Out here you can see forever, back there you can only see as far as the next tree. Growing up out here in the 70s there was no electricity, so no AC. We used to hang burlap in the window and poor water over it to cool the house. A precursor to today’s swamp cooler. I really enjoy your videos, it’s interesting to hear your perspectives
Mike, I'm glad to see ya more vocal! Let these kids know that you have seen a thing or two. Now, I served with a few of Americas allies but twice with british. I inch their history and in just a hundred years or so from biter rivals to wishing the best to a friend.
Mesa Verde is in the southwest corner of Colorado. Grand Teton sits next to Yellowstone. it's a great trip. If you ever get the opportunity, come see them. Glacier National Park is in Montana with a portion in Canada. Bryce Canyon is in Utah. Grand Canyon is in Arizona. The best view is from the south rim because of the way the sun hits the rocks.
Mentioned forest to sea. Redwood national is spectacular and one of a kind for that. Beautiful pacific coast combined with numerous football field tall thousand year old coastal redwoods. Large herd of Roosevelt elk too.
I don’t agree with the order of this list, but I agree with others that seeing some of these places in a picture or on a tv just doesn’t do it justice compared to when you see it in person. I did an Everglades boat tour. It was really awesome and I’d love to do it again. Nerve racking though being so close to so many gators.
The only National Park that I have been to is Big Bend. I loved my visit there!! Very remote though. They failed to mention that among the multitude of wildlife there, there are cougars and bear as well! Took a canoe day trip while there and had a fabulous time!
The General Sherman Tree is the world's largest tree, measured by volume. It stands 275 feet (83 m) tall, and is over 36 feet (11 m) in diameter at the base. Sequoia trunks remain wide high up. Sixty feet above the base, the Sherman Tree is 17.5 feet (5.3 m) in diameter.
Mesa Verde is SW corner of Colorado (up to 8000 ft altitude in the park). Really nice scenic mountain train from Durango to Silverton near there as well.
Mesa Verde National Park is in Montezuma County, Colorado The SW part of the state. And Glacier national park is located in northwestern Montana, on the Canada-United States border
Mount Rainier National Park is absolutely gorgeous. Of course, I'm biased because I grew up near the area. :) In 1980, I also got to watch Mount Saint Helens erupt. My parents and I got a bird's-eye view, watching the whole thing go from at first, the back porch, and then from the living room window. To this day, you can walk down in the field where my parents live and look right inside the crater and see the new lava dome growing up behind the old one. While in the field, you can pivot to the left and see one of the two main peaks of Mount Rainier. My parents live in a gorgeous area. :-)
At present, the count is up to 63 national parks. The narrator made a real blooper in the Crater Lake section. No, there are not 90 million trails there. What there are is 90 miles/140km of trails. Big difference! You may recognize the Redwoods as the trees in '83s Return of the Jedi as being the home of the Ewoks. Grand Teton is probably not more than an hour's drive south of Yellowstone. Sadly, the past few summers have been devastating for wildfires, and Sequoias have suffered alarming damage. The redwoods are the tallest, but the sequoias are bigger by volume. At 22:13 is Delicate Arch, and at 22:27 is Double Arch, which was featured in the Indiana Jones movie where he was a young Boy Scout. I believe I heard you ask where Glacier is located. It's on the Canadian border in Montana, and the road in the area of 22:00 is the aforementioned Going to the Sun Rd. At 25:06 is a relative of Alaska's Dall sheep, called a Rocky Mtn. bighorn, and at 25:36 are elk. At 27:34 is a mode of transportation called an airboat. At 34:59 is a caribou--reindeer in Europe. Sadly, in recent years, Yosemite has been hit by the intense wildfires, and some trees have been lost. Grand Canyon is entirely in northern Arizona.
I’ve rode down the trails of the Grand Canyon on donkeys multiple times. They are skilled hikers and very sure footed, it was an experience to say the least. My uncles glass company helped install that giant glass walkway that overhangs the canyon. They hired a bunch of Arizona glass companies to construct it.
The General Sherman, the largest tree in the world is 83.8 m ( or 275 feet here in America ) tall. It is also 11 meters (36 feet) in diameter around the base. I have seen this tree in person a few years ago, and it is amazing.
Glacier is northern border of Montana touching Alberta Canada. Best seen in July as it takes a loooong time for the snow to melt off the road to the sun.
Grand canyon is in Arizona the Colorado River runs through itTheir was 2 artists out west in the early 1900s one was photographer one apainter.John Muir is one of them I think Muir was the painter.Well worth checking out.
The largest Sequoia tree, "General Sherman," is 274.9 ft/83.8 m tall and 36.5 ft/11.1 m wide. The hole in the tunnel log is 17 ft wide and 8 ft tall. Big enough for a large American pickup truck to drive through with plenty of room to spare.
I love my beautiful country... I've been to most of these places and you are correct, they are beautiful! I wish they would have shown Hell's Canyon, I think you would have enjoyed it. You speak of buying an RV and traveling the USA, that's exactly what I did and I love it!
Glacier National Park is in Northern Montana. I actually worked and lived in the park for 3 years. It is the most stunning place I’ve ever seen. If you can, I would highly recommend going at least once in your lifetime. It’s worth it. It almost looks fake it’s so perfect.
I grew up camping in sequoia national park it is amazing. the trees are beautiful. Imagine pinecones dropping from 300 feet up! 🥹 General Sherman is 103 meters around and 275 ft tall.
Denver airport is on a plateau. Denver is surrounded by Rockies on all sides. I live in Indiana….visiting Denver Colorado was a sharp contrast from my flat state. Arizona RedRocks amazing as well…sedona, flag staff, etc etc (multiple terrains in Arizona…a lot of Native History as well)
Office Blokes, I just realized I didn't touch on your query about the location of Mesa Verde below. It's in the SW corner of Colorado, on the north edge of the Ute Mtn. and Southern Ute reservations. Death Valley has the world record for the hottest recorded temp. @ 134F/56C in the world. She went a bit wacko when she said there are 90 million trails at Crater Lake. She meant to say 90 miles of trails. Also, the cause for the intense blue color, as well as the purity of the water, is that all the water in it is from snow and rain--no rivers or streams entering nor leaving the lake. Acadia got its name from the French Canadian people, and their Acadian influence on the area. When they were expelled by the British, they ended up as Louisiana's Cajuns. Did you recognize Redwoods as the place where the speeder bike chase was filmed in Star Wars: Return of the Jedi in '83? Glacier (#12) is on the Canadian border in Montana. At 25:10 you get a look at some Big Horn sheep--the ones which butt heads during the annual rut, and at 25:37 are elk. #3 is ZIE-un, not ZIE-on--same as the mtn. of the same name in Jerusalem. Lastly, @ 41:58 is a long view of the Lower Falls in the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone (River). Speaking of vastness and variety, a few winters ago, I got curious, and tried to find the highest and lowest temperatures I could find in the country. It turned out to be -40 in Fairbanks, AK, and 85 in Honolulu--a difference of 125 degrees in the same country at the same moment.
I've been to a ton of NP in the US. If you avoid the big ones like Grand Canyon, Yellowstone etc. Most of them have very few people. Even in the famous parks there is plenty of room to find a spot away from the masses.
If you do come visit, I recommend coming to Denver, Colorado. Most breweries per capita in the US and lots of craft distillers. Large airport and public transport network. Also, 1 hour from Rocky Mountain National Park, legal weed, and Broncos football. Go Broncos!
8:10 Mesa Verde is in SW Colorado…near the 4 corners (where the Utah, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico borders meet)
23:00 Glacier National park is in Montana near the Canadian border.
There are at least 3 other Cliff Dwellers sites in Arizona (Montezuma's Castle, many in Canyon deChelly National Monument) and New Mexico (Gila River)....another SPECTACULAR site is "Monument Valley" on Native American land across the Utah/Arizona state line.
I'd add that it's in NW Montana near the Idaho border and forms part of the Columbia drainage (via the Clark Fork, the Kootenai and the Snake rivers).
@@josephsoto9933 personally think Montezuma Castle and Canyon de Chelly are better than Mesa Verde. But that may be Arizonan bias.
@@lasagnasux4934 yeah I agree plus it's a better drive. Gila River Cliff Dwellers north of Silver City, New Mexico is nice but small..
I like looking at Petroglyphs like at Gila Bend (behind the Solar panel/array fields) and especially at the V-bar-V Heritage site
.. ..also the "Sand Island Recreation Center" near Bluff, Utah
@@josephsoto9933 I've never heard of v bar v or sand island before, but I love historical sites and we don't have many of those in the US worth seeing, so I'll check those out.
Fun Fact: Death Valley holds the record for the hottest air temperature ever recorded in the whole world! A temperature of 134.1°F (56.7°C) was recorded on July 10, 1913
Until recently. A study from the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society has concluded that Iran's Lut desert sometimes reaches temperatures as high as 177F or 80C.
@@lazyblazer Jesus Fuck!
@@lazyblazer I knew I should have married into that family that invented air conditioning. lol
@@kjsalomonsen9299 the Carriers? They're from My hometown in Buffalo NY (technically the inventor is from Angola a suburb of Buffalo) I'd imagine most lf them are in NYC now where Willis died. But that was waaaay back in 1902 when he invented that. I know you were probably joking, but just thought I'd share the fun fact lol.
I’ve been in 136F twice.
Mesa Verde is in Colorado just west of Durango. But there are tons of cliff dwellings in the 4 corners states. Honestly the entire area between I-25 and I-15 is probably the most breath taking part of the country.
Mesa verde and the sand dunes down that way are great
I’ve been to of the cliff dwellings in southern Utah. It’s incredible how much pottery and just ancient artifacts that are still there left alone
It's half an hour from Durango, situated between Mancos and my home town of Cortez. There are definitely a ton of cliff dwellings here. I personally recommend Hovenweep National Monument over Mesa Verde since you don't have to pay to get in and you can walk right up into the ruins which is something you can't do at Mesa Verde anymore. The only downside is you have to do a minute amount of hiking in what is literally the ass end of nowhere to get to them.
American. Been to 55 countries in the past handful of years including having lived in Italy, the UK, and Georgia, but the US is absolutely still my favorite. I'm sure the fact that it's home plays a huge role in that, but the diversity of landscapes, people, cultures, etc. is just unreal. I've only made it to 33 states as well (will be headed to Hawaii soon for 34), so there's loads more to see. When you think about politics or whatever, sometimes it's easy to feel like crap about where you're from, but then watching videos like this really does make a person proud to be from a place like this.
This is a goal of mine. Do you mind mentioning what you do for work?
@@lucaslane9943 bounced around between a handful of different career paths, but I've only ever been to two countries for work and have never been a digital nomad either! Very happy to discuss how I've made this happen with/between school, work, etc., though, as well as my strategies for making travel more affordable (I grew up very...not rich lol). Can also share some tips for finding job that better facilitate travel than what I've done. Is there a best way for us to connect? Always up for talking more-want people to know just how doable this can be.
I understand not being as attracted to the desert landscapes but they’re still worth seeing and there’s something magnificent about them that can’t really be captured on camera imo. Also, deserts have some of the most amazing sunsets and stargazing you will ever see
The desert parks have a surreal quality in real life. Some desert sights are very bizarre and the size of them makes ur mind race
the deserts really shine at night
There are lots of state and county parks too that are very similar. 40% of the US is either rural or forested.
40 %? Whos ass did you pull that factoid out of.
I wouldn't knock the desert parks until you see them in person. Living here in Utah, I absolutely love the deserts.
the fact that the Olympic National Park isn't included in this list is a crime. It is in WA and spans from the top of Mount Olympus all the way to the coastlines of the Pacific Ocean. it includes all of the Hoh National Forest, which is a temperate rain forest, and is BEAUTIFUL. truly one of a kind on the planet.
I agree. I love it
Should be there, but it goes to show how incredible the national parks are in the US.
North Cascades National Park > Olympic National Park. It is the one from WA that really should have been on this list. It should replace Glacier NP, as Glacier is just a poor man's North Cascades.
Facts,
@@CaptainHightop i love this park as well. my family has spent days and days in both parks!
Video clips are great, but being in one of these national parks is just so different. The Grand Canyon is a great example. I went once, not by choice, and thought, "Big deal, I've seen pictures of it"...until you're there, standing on a viewing platform and looking down. The Rocky Mountains are another example. Seen the pictures and videos, but then I drove through them...winding through snowcapped mountains, and the views were breathtaking. Being there makes you forget the best videos you've seen of a place.
This is true, I was shocked the first time I saw the Grand Canyon.
My Aunt and Uncle lived a couple miles from the Rockies when I was a child and went there for Christmas. Went outside one morning after a light snow and saw them from the yard and it's one of the most amazing views I've ever seen in 38 years on this planet.
Just last week, I drove solo across the country and went on hikes at both #13 (Arches) and #4 (Zion) and #2 (Grand Canyon) and out of all of the states I have been to so far, Utah is the most beautiful! It was an amazing drive and will never forget it.
I totally agree with you on that one. It’s truly an amazing incredibly diverse place as far as nature goes. Utah is the most beautiful state I’d say
I concur, my favorite place to visit and I live in Florida....Vegas is nearby, as well as the Grand Canyon plus Monument Valley.
Living in Southern Utah I'm pretty biased, but I agree...Utah has the best of almost everything except the Ocean, Beach thing...but we do have Lake Powell...and in some ways that's even cooler.
@@faceheadstudios I was born and raised in California and I can tell you right now that I haven't been to the beach in 15+ years... Overrated, nasty, fake people. Lake is much better for sure!
I live in upstate New York, my friend was attending college out in Indiana at the time. His sister and I took a trip out there to see a play he was in, about 12 hour trip straight through. Even though we didn't stop at any park or anything it was still amazing to see the landscape change from the mountains to the flat lands, seeing the never ending fields of windmills. On the way home we would periodically leave the highway and just drive through different small towns and back roads. We would sometimes hit the small towns that time forgot when the highway rerouted traffic, just stuff right out of movies.
Whenever the question comes up of, "which country would you most like to visit?", I just think that I haven't seen enough of my own country to think about that yet.
Yeah thats cool.Sometimes what u think is mundane is actually what leaves a imprint on you.Yeah Yosemite is great but sometimes its the little places ignored by most that I find interesting.
The deserts in the spring and fall are beautiful - they are a grand place to make you feel small and apart of everything at the same time. When the sun goes down and you can see all the stars in our local galaxy - you really do realize how small we really are as a species
There are 423 national park sites in 62 recognized National Parks in the United States. They cover 84 million acres. There are also 10366 State Park areas, National monuments and countless natural places to explore that are not designated State or National. Good luck seeing it all..
And county parks. 👍
National/state forests.
She read a typo for Crater Lake. Crater Lake has 90 MILES of trail. It was probably notated as "90 mi". "mi" is short for miles. She mistakenly read it as million.
Air boat in the Everglades is a blast. They have lots of manatee’s as well.
Yea I've done it there was so many gators in 2006
I used to live in Colorado but I live in Illinois now. Only a couple states away but it's a 16 hour drive now straight through. I have to say none of these pictures do it justice. It's totally different when you're actually standing there in such beauty all around you
Fun Fact: The North Face is in reference to the flat north face of Yosemite's Half Dome.
Saw Mike was wearing a north face sweater and thought it was fitting. Literally and figuratively.
Very well said about Americans not having the urge/need to travel much abroad when there's so much nature (and so many cities with great museums, theme parks, etc.) at home.
Btw, kudos for not mentioning Niagara Falls, a *state* park.
Hey...MANY Americans don't want to even leave their STATE....God forbid drive out to see National Parks in "other states". I knew one women who claimed she had never been out of her county, let alone the rest of her state.
Here in NY there's plenty of nature to see- which I'm very happy about, but it's my goal to travel all over the country! I've always been stuck on the East Coast, but there's so much I want to see out West, especially Alaska... things are just very far away and cost a lot!
"Nocturnal walk in the Everglades" I think I'll pass on that one.
Not exactly trying to take a late-night stroll with giant gators in their natural nocturnal hunting state.😅
I heard thay and thought the same thing. I’ll pass on the $35 horrific suicide walk.
For sure. There are a lot of these parks I wouldn’t walk through alone at night because of various wildlife, or even during the day without adequate protection. Bears, various cats, gators, bison, moose… all wonderful creatures but from a distance!
I've visited about 2/3 of these parks and for my personal taste the most stunning one of all is Bryce Canyon. It quite literally doesn't look real; looks like something created by Disney! And you have to see the giant sequoia's to really understand the majesty of them. You can get a taste of how beautiful these national parks are but you cannot capture how awesome they are in a video. I've seen a lot of the world and there are many gorgeous, fantastic places all over the world but now that I'm older and maybe don't have the stamina for international travel I feel very lucky to have so much of this available to me in the US.
I believe Bryce Canyon was used as a model for Big Thunder Mountain Railroad (I do not remember if it was the Disneyland version or the Disney World version).
Disney did a lot of sketching when he was up at Lake Tahoe helping with the 1960 Olympics.
I've been to numerous national parks too, and Bryce is one of my very favorites. Definitely in the running for the top slot for me too. I don't know why it isn't more famous. There were a lot more tourists at nearby Zion, which I didn't find as impressive or unique.
The Chinese word for America is "mei gou" meaning "beautiful country." ❤️ 🇺🇸
I've been to every one of these national parks. Pictures and videos truly do none of them justice. Even the desert looking ones are actually breathtaking in real life.
I've told this story once before but it's one that is worth telling again. I was moving from Minnesota to Washington State. (it's about 1,000 miles give or take) My daughter, who was 4yo at the time, was going to need to expel energy on this journey so, I had tied her tricycle to the top of my trunk (boot) of my car. Every time I stopped the trike came off and she got to peddle her heart out. We were at the Theodore Roosevelt National Park aka The Painted Canyons on the border of North Dakota and Montana and and the trike was off and my girl and I were making our way to the bathrooms. I noticed the STAY ON THE PATH signs that said BEWARE OF RATTLESNAKES. Ok, as I walked and she peddled and jabbered, I saw this really, nice life sized statue of a Bison. I thought wow it's really beautiful and as we got closer to the bathrooms I noticed a smell it was a musty, dusty smell very unpleasant. That's when it hit me we were about 20 feet from the Bison when I realized it wasn't a statue. That Bison was standing stock still and had been for the longest time with it's one eye staring at us. I stopped and reached down and grabbed my girl's arm (I think it could have been the handle bars) never taking my eyes off the animal as I turned her around and said in a calm and chipper voice let's go back and have our snack first. I walked backwards for a bit but had to turn around and we got to the car and had our snack. I cleaned up and then I looked up to the bathrooms and the Bison was gone. Thank heavens, cause I really needed the bathroom by then. I guess my point is stay alert, they don't always tell you what you could meet at the parks.
I don't have balls but I have to say these manscaped ads you guys have been putting together are hilarious 😆
Mesa Verde National Park is in Colorado. Glacier National Park is in Montana. I can think of several other national parks that I would put on this list. This is just 25 of about 60 actual national parks. But the National Park Service has more than 400 units that are not all called "national park," but are national seashores, national monuments, national historical parks, and so on. You could spend all of your vacation time going to national parks and never get to all of them
Pound for pound it’s the most beautiful country in the world. You’d have to put together all of Europe to match the scale and beauty and variety of American landscape.
*pound for pound*
Europe literally is the same size as the USA.
@@ssssaa2 You're talking about a continent and I'm talking about a country. That's my entire point.
You'd have to put together the entire continent of Europe (dozens of countries) to reach the geographic beauty and diversity of one country (USA).
8:11 Mesa Verde is in Colorado. I believe it is the south western corners. 9:37 I'm a little with Dave about deserts but there are some very pretty places in deserts. And right after a rain (not often in Death Valley but other deserts) the desert springs into life. You never saw a place get so green so fast in all your life. Every thing flowers within a few days because plants have adapted to bloom so quick before it gets dry again. Some deserts will surprise you. There is still amazing wild life even in the places that are sunburnt & when you come across a spring the contrast makes it even better. 11:21 The speaker misquoted the number. There probably aren't 90 million in the whole park system. 21:17 General Sherman is 275' tall & 36' in diameter and considered the largest tree. The tallest tree is a coastal redwood in California at 380' tall. 22:40 One of the arches in Arches NP collapsed last year. 23:16 Glacier NP is in Montana & not too far from Banff. 46:08 Many do get an RV, sell the home, then just travel the rest of your life.
General Sherman is 275 feet (83 m) tall and over 36 feet (11 m) in diameter at the base. It's enormous. Really just puts you in awe of the vastness of our world.
Cutting down a saguaro cactus is punishable by up to 25 years in prison, because they take so long to grow, it takes them up to 75 years just to grow their first arm. The oldest know cactus in the world was over 300 years old and was over 40 feet tall and had over 50 arms on it. Look up largest cactus in the world if you want to see some insanely big cactus.
I never understood how damn big they are until I stood next to one.
Mesa Verde is in southwest Colorado. Glacier is in Montana. Bryce Canyon is in Utah. Carlsbad Caverns is in New Mexico. Great Smoky Mountains straddles the border between North Carolina and Tennessee.
Being from Virginia, I have been to Shenandoah Valley quite a few times when I was younger. They have log cabins there that you can stay in. Beautiful national park.
I love these openings. You guys deserve more sponsors with the ads you put out.
I think you guys would love the U.P. of Michigan. Pictured Rocks is one of the best and the forests around Great Lakes are awesome.
One of the best places for great state parks too.
I used to live in the Puget Sound area in Washington. My father and I even camped on Mount Rainier once but it got so cold that we left in the middle of the night. My dad was a US Marine and an avid outdoorsman. So it must have been freezing if even he couldn't take it.
Mesa Verde is located in the southwest quadrant of Colorado; Glacier Nat'l Park is located in northern Montana, about 400 miles further north from Yellowstone.
Mesa Verde, #22, at about 7.25 in the video, is in Colorado.
That's what happened when my daughter and her friends moved to Long Beach in Cali. They spent the first 3 or 4 months going to the beach almost on a daily basis but gradually tapered off once the newness wore off. Same with me. I live in a city that is surrounded by the Ouachita Mountains and a National Park [ Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas ] and yet I take it for granted and rarely ever go into the National Park which is five minutes from my home.
Mesa Verde National Park is in the far southwest corner of Colorado. It’s very close to the Four Corners where Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah meet.
My most favorite vacation so far is a trip starting in my home state of Georgia and traveling west. We went down through the bayou and out along the U.S-Mexico border into California where we then picked-up the Pacific Coast Highway. Stopped in Yosemite and Sequoia. There were 5 of us adults and we couldn't even wrap around one of the trees while holding hands. We then went drove into Oregon & Washington. From there traveling into Montanta and then the Badlands back down into Wyoming, Colorado, back east from there. What an absolute amazing trip with unforgettable landscapes and history. Recommend this trip for everyone
Dave, my family are river and mountain folks, vacationing (and some of us later moving to) in the high Sierras. No desire for desserts, didn't get it till I experienced it. Not religious but it was one of the most spiritual and existential experience in my life. Then I understood what my high school teacher meant when she said her and her husband go every year to realign their souls. She said it'd be so hot, you had to sleep in the day and play at night, when all the critters come out. (They were acid dropping hippies yet she was the toughest and meanest English teacher at our school, so most everyone thought.) End tangent.
I've been to Yosemite over a dozen times in my life and I always find new places to explore. Last time I was smoking a cig with a few friends on a hill next to the Merced river. I get really quiet and my friend was like what's up? I point to a large black bear crossing the river in our direction. He got close, like 100 feet. One of my friends bolted and ran to camp, my other friend wanted to get a little closer to get a picture. So I had to choose, I didn't want to leave my friend, I also didn't want to get closer. I chose to get closer, the bear finale saw us and stood on it's hind legs. Dude was almost 6 ft tall. I gave it some yells and a WOOOOO! like Ric Flair. That spooked him off. I was wired the entire day, like that should be in a zoo but we got so close to it.
It wasn't the end of my bear adventure, the next day we wanted to go rafting down the river. The water was calm and was a relaxing ride. Then we come to a bend in the river and wouldn't you know there's another black bear having a dip in the river. We got within 30 feet before we noticed. Then the rangers showed up with their dogs to chase him out of the populated areas. Exciting trip
There aren’t 90 million trails, there’s 90 miles worth of trails.
Yeah I was thinking the same thing haha
To be fair it sounded exactly like she said 90 million even after replaying.
@@mattskeens803 She did say 90 million. I would guess she was reading off a script and saw ml instead of mi and no one caught it until the video was uploaded.
90 million miles still seems like an awful lot
@@Shadowfax-1980 He said 90 miles, not 90 million miles.
Mesa Verde is in Southwest Colorado. I've been there it's intensely amazing.
Mesa Verde is in the Southwest part of Colorado
it's funny daz mentioned paintings at the end. my uncle and my mom worked at teton and there is a spot there called oxbo bend and people set up painting easels and will paint the tetons. I woke up early 5 days straight to beat them to the spot to take some pictures and it was absolutely worth it. i highly recommend you see it if you ever get the chance. great vid as always
Loved the lead-in to the reaction you three!!! Nice one guys. Cheers!
Daz you were talking about where you went in Tennessee. That was probably at the smoky mountains which was on the list
Great reaction guys, much appreciated.
My favorite thing about this video? Barely scratched the surface! There's thousands more! My state is literally called "the natural state" and none of ours was even mentioned! I love my country, and her many landscapes.
State or national?
You guys should do a video on the most beautiful places in the UK! Im American and ill admit i have no idea what your landscape is like.
It’s like New England and Virginia/West Virginia
It’s more varied than the Brits who make videos let on, especially if you include Scotland and Wales as well as England. They mentioned the Lake District in this video but the Scottish highlands are also glorious as is Cornwall and other places.
Really enjoy these longer videos with you guys, you should put atleast 1 out a week with stuff like this.
Fortunately I live in Las Vegas so I am within driving range for many of the parks mentioned here. NW from me is The Redwood and Sequoia parks which are very near to YOSEMITE just to give you some reference. S and SW brings you through Grand Canyon and Saguaro. My favorite however is to head NE through Zion, Bryce, Grand Mesa, and Arch’s canyons. Red Rock and The Valley of Fire is also a must see and is only an hour drive from me. Death Valley is also very interesting with a place called “Scotty’s Castle.” Also Carlsbad Caves are close enough to make a nice weekend trip. Plus many have ghost towns on your way that I find incredibly interesting. Most Las Vegas tourists have no idea about these and never venture out of our city.
i loved the video ! Also it is quite funny hearing " we take alot for granted" because it is true for anyone anywhere like myself i live in a very beautiful part of the US ( woodlands, mountains 4 seasons) the whole mix but in my eyes i think the rolling hills of the countryside of England are one of the most spectacular views in the world !
I made the desert my home some 30yrs ago. I admit, sometimes all the beige is too much. We have plants. Gorgeous plants. I have been able to drive the Sahuaro National Park on a regular basis. It's beautiful. Very raw. You can almost feel the ancient history that took place in this area.
I stayed for the most magical sunsets I've ever viewed. Nothing will ever beat a desert sunset.
We're spoiled here in Utah.. Grew up in the Salt lake area with snow capped mountains 30 min to the east.. Salt flat deserts 30 min to the west.. I moved south and now looking similar to the red rock canyons in the video just out the window... You're right, you do get used to it after a while and not appreciate it as you should.
I’m 58 born and raised here, and I’ve only been to like 6 of these, this country is HUGE.
23:21 Glacier is in Montana
33:55 Great Smoky Mountains in Tennessee
Mesa Verde is in Colorado
Glacier National Park is in northern Montana along the border with Canada. I believe Canada has their own National park that adjoins Glacier.
Waterton National Park, if you want to get technical the entire area is called something like Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park.
@@88wildcat thanks for the information!
9:38 Dave says "look at my complexion". Death valley, can be quite pleasant in December and January. Same with Palm Springs and Joshua Tree. You can even run into snow. My grandparents lived in Joshua Tree. I hated it in the summer and loved it in the winter. The cold, crisp, winter air out there was other worldly coming from the LA suburbs. The difference is probably something like going from Madrid to Reykjavik in August. Completely different climate and landscape.
mesa verde are prehistoric mountain dwellings in north america
I have been to 7 of these parks. My wife and her Aunt went canoeing in the Everglades, and because the water is often brackish, they got circled by an 18 foot bull shark twice. Daz, in Tennessee, was it the Ocoee River, you white-water rafted on? Cause that is where they filmed Deliverance.
Btw, I loved Madchester when I was there in 1990, I'm like Dave old. Haha!
Can’t remember but I’ll get the mrs to check to see if it was 👍🏻
Deliverance was filmed on the Chattooga River in Georgia.
I might never afford to go to the US but damn i love their geography....all of it.
I live right on the boarder of Death Valley. I work in a mine and it’s hot brutal work. But very satisfying. In the summer it can get to 130 degrees F and blowing dust can shut down travel because of poor visibility. The blowing sand can also destroy a vehicles windows. I’ve lived here my whole life so I can tolerate it, but it css as n be lethal to people from the city or someone who had never been to the desert. Just because it’s so extreme people aren’t prepared for it. If I go to the East coast it’s beautiful and lush, but claustrophobic. Out here you can see forever, back there you can only see as far as the next tree. Growing up out here in the 70s there was no electricity, so no AC. We used to hang burlap in the window and poor water over it to cool the house. A precursor to today’s swamp cooler. I really enjoy your videos, it’s interesting to hear your perspectives
Mike, I'm glad to see ya more vocal! Let these kids know that you have seen a thing or two.
Now, I served with a few of Americas allies but twice with british. I inch their history and in just a hundred years or so from biter rivals to wishing the best to a friend.
Mesa Verde is in the southwest corner of Colorado. Grand Teton sits next to Yellowstone. it's a great trip. If you ever get the opportunity, come see them. Glacier National Park is in Montana with a portion in Canada. Bryce Canyon is in Utah. Grand Canyon is in Arizona. The best view is from the south rim because of the way the sun hits the rocks.
Mentioned forest to sea. Redwood national is spectacular and one of a kind for that. Beautiful pacific coast combined with numerous football field tall thousand year old coastal redwoods. Large herd of Roosevelt elk too.
Crater lake is beautiful. Played in the snow July 6th there.
I don’t agree with the order of this list, but I agree with others that seeing some of these places in a picture or on a tv just doesn’t do it justice compared to when you see it in person.
I did an Everglades boat tour. It was really awesome and I’d love to do it again. Nerve racking though being so close to so many gators.
The only National Park that I have been to is Big Bend. I loved my visit there!! Very remote though. They failed to mention that among the multitude of wildlife there, there are cougars and bear as well! Took a canoe day trip while there and had a fabulous time!
The General Sherman Tree is the world's largest tree, measured by volume. It stands 275 feet (83 m) tall, and is over 36 feet (11 m) in diameter at the base. Sequoia trunks remain wide high up. Sixty feet above the base, the Sherman Tree is 17.5 feet (5.3 m) in diameter.
Mesa Verde is SW corner of Colorado (up to 8000 ft altitude in the park). Really nice scenic mountain train from Durango to Silverton near there as well.
Mesa Verde is in the 4 corners area or very Southwestern part of Colorado outside Cortez and Mancos, Colorado.
Mesa Verde National Park is in Montezuma County, Colorado The SW part of the state. And Glacier national park is located in northwestern Montana, on the Canada-United States border
I live close by Acadia :-) I love how much of the Northeast is dense forest, and it's absolutely stunning in the fall while the sun is setting.
Mount Rainier National Park is absolutely gorgeous. Of course, I'm biased because I grew up near the area. :) In 1980, I also got to watch Mount Saint Helens erupt. My parents and I got a bird's-eye view, watching the whole thing go from at first, the back porch, and then from the living room window. To this day, you can walk down in the field where my parents live and look right inside the crater and see the new lava dome growing up behind the old one. While in the field, you can pivot to the left and see one of the two main peaks of Mount Rainier. My parents live in a gorgeous area. :-)
At present, the count is up to 63 national parks.
The narrator made a real blooper in the Crater Lake section. No, there are not 90 million trails there. What there are is 90 miles/140km of trails. Big difference!
You may recognize the Redwoods as the trees in '83s Return of the Jedi as being the home of the Ewoks.
Grand Teton is probably not more than an hour's drive south of Yellowstone.
Sadly, the past few summers have been devastating for wildfires, and Sequoias have suffered alarming damage. The redwoods are the tallest, but the sequoias are bigger by volume.
At 22:13 is Delicate Arch, and at 22:27 is Double Arch, which was featured in the Indiana Jones movie where he was a young Boy Scout.
I believe I heard you ask where Glacier is located. It's on the Canadian border in Montana, and the road in the area of 22:00 is the aforementioned Going to the Sun Rd.
At 25:06 is a relative of Alaska's Dall sheep, called a Rocky Mtn. bighorn, and at 25:36 are elk.
At 27:34 is a mode of transportation called an airboat.
At 34:59 is a caribou--reindeer in Europe.
Sadly, in recent years, Yosemite has been hit by the intense wildfires, and some trees have been lost.
Grand Canyon is entirely in northern Arizona.
Can't believe I watched this entire video at midnight, but it was absolutely stunning.
I’ve rode down the trails of the Grand Canyon on donkeys multiple times. They are skilled hikers and very sure footed, it was an experience to say the least. My uncles glass company helped install that giant glass walkway that overhangs the canyon. They hired a bunch of Arizona glass companies to construct it.
You're right, I can see Mount Hood, Oregon from my house. I frequently forget to notice.
That is a fantastic advertisement at the beginning of the video! Had me grinning ear to ear.
The General Sherman, the largest tree in the world is 83.8 m ( or 275 feet here in America ) tall. It is also 11 meters (36 feet) in diameter around the base. I have seen this tree in person a few years ago, and it is amazing.
Glacier is northern border of Montana touching Alberta Canada. Best seen in July as it takes a loooong time for the snow to melt off the road to the sun.
Upstate New York....Watkins Glens State Park. The way the rocks are carved out with waterfalls and you can hike through them it.
Grand canyon is in Arizona the Colorado River runs through itTheir was 2 artists out west in the early 1900s one was photographer one apainter.John Muir is one of them I think Muir was the painter.Well worth checking out.
Mesa Verde (cave Dwellings) is in Southern Colorado by Durango. Camped there last year - cool place!
The largest Sequoia tree, "General Sherman," is 274.9 ft/83.8 m tall and 36.5 ft/11.1 m wide. The hole in the tunnel log is 17 ft wide and 8 ft tall. Big enough for a large American pickup truck to drive through with plenty of room to spare.
I love my beautiful country... I've been to most of these places and you are correct, they are beautiful! I wish they would have shown Hell's Canyon, I think you would have enjoyed it. You speak of buying an RV and traveling the USA, that's exactly what I did and I love it!
Glacier National Park is in Northern Montana. I actually worked and lived in the park for 3 years. It is the most stunning place I’ve ever seen.
If you can, I would highly recommend going at least once in your lifetime. It’s worth it. It almost looks fake it’s so perfect.
Omg you guys actually reacted to this! ☺️ I remember recommending it
12:37 I climbed that rock. First climb I ever did. The bubbles next to Jordan pond. I need to bring my kids to Acadia for a week or two.
I've been to The grand Canyon, Redwood park, and Death Valley. All of them were pretty amazing, each offered something new and different.
When you've been to 17 of the 25 on the list. You've had and amazing childhood through family summer vacations. 😃
As an American I’m fairly confident I couldn’t even name 25 national parks 😂😂
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Mesa Verde (with the Anasazi ruins) is in Colorado. It's well worth a visit.
I grew up camping in sequoia national park it is amazing. the trees are beautiful. Imagine pinecones dropping from 300 feet up! 🥹 General Sherman is 103 meters around and 275 ft tall.
Denver airport is on a plateau. Denver is surrounded by Rockies on all sides. I live in Indiana….visiting Denver Colorado was a sharp contrast from my flat state.
Arizona RedRocks amazing as well…sedona, flag staff, etc etc (multiple terrains in Arizona…a lot of Native History as well)
Office Blokes, I just realized I didn't touch on your query about the location of Mesa Verde below. It's in the SW corner of Colorado, on the north edge of the Ute Mtn. and Southern Ute reservations.
Death Valley has the world record for the hottest recorded temp. @ 134F/56C in the world.
She went a bit wacko when she said there are 90 million trails at Crater Lake. She meant to say 90 miles of trails. Also, the cause for the intense blue color, as well as the purity of the water, is that all the water in it is from snow and rain--no rivers or streams entering nor leaving the lake.
Acadia got its name from the French Canadian people, and their Acadian influence on the area. When they were expelled by the British, they ended up as Louisiana's Cajuns.
Did you recognize Redwoods as the place where the speeder bike chase was filmed in Star Wars: Return of the Jedi in '83?
Glacier (#12) is on the Canadian border in Montana.
At 25:10 you get a look at some Big Horn sheep--the ones which butt heads during the annual rut, and at 25:37 are elk.
#3 is ZIE-un, not ZIE-on--same as the mtn. of the same name in Jerusalem.
Lastly, @ 41:58 is a long view of the Lower Falls in the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone (River).
Speaking of vastness and variety, a few winters ago, I got curious, and tried to find the highest and lowest temperatures I could find in the country. It turned out to be -40 in Fairbanks, AK, and 85 in Honolulu--a difference of 125 degrees in the same country at the same moment.
I've been to a ton of NP in the US. If you avoid the big ones like Grand Canyon, Yellowstone etc. Most of them have very few people. Even in the famous parks there is plenty of room to find a spot away from the masses.
If you do come visit, I recommend coming to Denver, Colorado. Most breweries per capita in the US and lots of craft distillers. Large airport and public transport network. Also, 1 hour from Rocky Mountain National Park, legal weed, and Broncos football. Go Broncos!