Top 10 national parks to enjoy summer and outdoor activities in USA

In some part of the USA, winter is too much snowy which maker outdoor fun so difficult. You roam around shopping malls, restaurants and in your house. So summertime makes adults, as well as kids, feel happy. Summer is a great time to explore new places and enjoy outdoor adventures.


   1.  Olympic National Park, Washington state


The Olympic national park covered nearly one million acres of Washington State. The Olympic national park offers rain forest, valley, river, waterfalls and hiking trails to explore wildlife. This park has a number of camping sites to enjoy nightlife into the forest. The river flows from glacier-capped pick through valleys of old forests and you can sit beside to hear the sweet sound of water flowing and crashing with stones. One of the best things is it gives you a chance to explore the Pacific Ocean too.

Lake crescent at Olympic national park

   2. Great Smokey Mountains national park, Tennessee & North Carolina

Smokey Mountain Separates Tennessee and North Carolina. It serves as a border for both states. Smokey Mountain will give you a choice between whether you want to take the challenge to hike the crest of a mountain or you want to sit peacefully and want to enjoy the sunset. Smokey Mountain offers great activities like Fishing, Hiking, Wildlife viewing, Historic building viewing, fall colors, explore Wildflowers. Cades Cove and Cataloochee are famous for wildlife viewing. 

Smokey mountains

         3.       Rocky Mountain national park, Colorado 

Rocky Mountain national park crests are above 12000 feet from sea level and give amazing views of the subalpine and alpine world. It has approx. 300 miles of hiking trails. This national park is about 415 square miles large and provides different camping site as well as wildlife and forest starry nights experience. On the way to the mountain, they have few viewpoints in between from where you can see the view down the hill. If you don’t want to do hiking than you can do horse riding which will not be tiring and still you can explore wildlife.

Rocky Mountain national park

         4.       Mount Rainier national park, Washington

Mount Rainier is an icon in the Washington state landscape. This Mountain is 14410 feet above sea level. Mount Rainier is an active Volcano and is the most glaciated peak in the USA. Mount Rainier is covered with the snow which indicates snowy winter in the area. It is advisable to check road status and accessibility of Mount Rainier National Park roads before planning. And also before making any plans check the current status of campground, trails, and activities. It has 25 major glaciers and all have hiking trails to explore. It depends on you how long you want to hike. 

Mount rainier national park

         5.       Crater lake national park, Oregon

Formation of Crater Lake has an interesting history and beautiful view of the lake which attracts tourists’ year around. There was a Mount Mazama volcano in place of Crater Lake. After a period of dormancy, Mazama volcano became active again and around 5700 BC, Mazama collapsed into itself during a tremendous volcanic eruption. The eruption formed a large caldera that, depending on the prevailing climate, was filled in about 740 years, forming a beautiful lake, known today as Crater Lake. In winter it gets covered with snow and sometimes whole national park is not opened till mid-June so do check weather and accessibility of park before you plan for a visit.

Crater lake nationalpark

         6.       Niagara Falls state park, New York state

Niagara Falls is an international border between the United States and Canada. Niagara Falls state park is covered 400 acres of landscape and wildlife; these falls are a major attraction and other activities as well provide a great experience. And different spots give a breathtaking view of falls from different angles.

Niagara falls national park

         7.       Channel Islands national park, California

Channel Islands national park has 175 miles of undeveloped coastline. This national park consisting of five islands located off the coast of The Pacific Ocean. Channel Islands National Park is reachable only by park concessioner boat or plane, or private boats. The islands maintain and protect a massive amount of natural and cultural resources, animals and plants that can be found nowhere else on earth. This national park is famous for whale watching tours around Anacapa and Santa Cruz Islands and Seal and Sea lion viewing. Santa Barbara, Anacapa and Santa Cruz Islands provide spectacular kelp forests, sea caves, and coves that are best explored by diving and snorkeling.

Channel Islands national park

         8.       Yellow stone national park, Wyoming, Montana & Idaho

Yellow Stone Park was established in 1872 as America's first national park. This park located in the state of Wyoming and it also extends into Montana and Idaho. Yellow Stone Park has lakes, canyons, rivers and mountain ranges and it has around 12 campgrounds.  A mountain wildland, home to grizzly bears, wolves, and herds of bison and elk, the park is the core of one of the last, nearly intact, natural ecosystems in the Earth’s temperate zone.

Yellow stone national park

        9.       Glen canyon National Park, Utah & Arizona

Glen Canyon national park encompasses more than 1.25 million acres in northern Arizona and southeastern Utah. Glen Canyon National Recreation Area offers great opportunities for water-based & backcountry recreation. The recreation area stretches for hundreds of miles from Lees Ferry in Arizona to the Orange Cliffs of southern Utah includes portions of Garfield, Kane, San Juan, and Wayne counties in Utah and Coconino County in Arizona.

Glen Canyon national park

         10.   Hot springs national park, Arkansas

Hot spring is a rare natural feature of this national park. People have been using the thermal hot springs for therapeutic baths. This park is widely famous for hot spring baths it preserving an array of 47 hot springs. These parks also provide hiking trails, scenic drives, camping, and picnic areas.

Hot springs national park




Comments

  1. We have spent every summer vacation for the past two decades visiting state and national parks - we have many favorites! You hit a lot of the highlights here, but the amazing thing is that there are always more to explore - both well-known and never-heard-of! Great post.

    Sue

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    1. Thanks sue. I am also planning to write on less famous parks too.

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  2. We're hoping to see Yellowstone this summer. Great photos!

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  3. I have been to most of these! Lived really close to some of them as well

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