A rather silly and whimsical goal of mine is to visit every single National Park in the United States before I die. There are currently 58 parks, 34 of which I have been to, leaving 24 more to cover (assuming that no new parks are added in the future, which is a very bad assumption; four new parks were added in just the past decade). I am doubtful that I will ever be able to visit every one as a number of these places are somewhat difficult to get to (e.g., Gates of the Arctic and American Samoa). Anyway, here is my checklist:
- Acadia (Maine) (visited in 2006)
- Arches (Utah) (visited in 2004)
- Badlands (South Dakota) (visited in 1990)
- Big Bend (Texas)
- Biscayne (Florida) (visited in 2005)
- Black Canyon of the Gunnison (Colorado) (visited in 2006)
- Bryce Canyon (Utah) (visited in 2006)
- Canyonlands (Utah) (visited in 2004)
- Capitol Reef (Utah) (visited in 2006)
- Carlsbad Caverns (New Mexico)
- Channel Islands (California) (visited in 2003)
- Congaree (South Carolina) (visited in 2005, 2008)
- Crater Lake (Oregon) (visited in 2004)
- Cuyahoga Valley (Ohio)
- Death Valley (California) (visited in 2006)
- Denali (Alaska)
- Dry Tortugas (Florida)
- Everglades (Florida) (visited in 2005)
- Gates of the Arctic (Alaska)
- Glacier Bay (Alaska)
- Glacier (Montana) (visited in 2004)
- Grand Canyon (Arizona) (visited in 2004)
- Grand Teton (Wyoming) (visited in 1990, 2004)
- Great Basin (Nevada)
- Great Sand Dunes (Colorado) (visited in 2006)
- Great Smoky Mountains (North Carolina) (visited in 1994, 2002, 2005, 2008)
- Guadalupe Mountains (Texas)
- Haleakala (Hawaii)
- Hawaii Volcanoes (Hawaii)
- Hot Springs (Arkansas) (visited in 2008)
- Isle Royale (Michigan)
- Joshua Tree (California) (visited in 2004)
- Katmai (Alaska)
- Kenai Fjords (Alaska) (visited in 2001)
- Kings Canyon (California) (visited in 2004)
- Kobuk Valley (Alaska)
- Lake Clark (Alaska)
- Lassen Volcanic (California) (visited in 2004)
- Mammoth Cave (Kentucky) (visited in 2008)
- Mesa Verde (Colorado) (visited in 2006)
- Mount Rainier (Washington) (visited in 2004)
- National Park of American Samoa (American Samoa)
- North Cascades (Washington)
- Olympic (Washington) (visited in 1995)
- Petrified Forest (Arizona)
- Redwood (California) (visited in 2004)
- Rocky Mountain (Colorado) (visited in 2006)
- Saguaro (Arizona)
- Sequoia (California) (visited in 2004)
- Shenandoah (Virginia) (visited in 2005)
- Theodore Roosevelt (North Dakota)
- Virgin Islands (Virgin Islands)
- Voyageurs (Minnesota)
- Wind Cave (South Dakota)
- Wrangell-St. Elias (Alaska)
- Yellowstone (Wyoming) (visited in 1990, 2004)
- Yosemite (California) (visited in 2001, 2004 (spring), 2004 (summer))
- Zion (Utah) (visited in 2004, 2006)
