What is the BEST National Park - Ranking the First 32 USA Parks I Visited

The US National Parks are some of the most amazing natural resources we have in the country. I have a goal to visit all of them and I just got to the half way point. I thought it would be a lot of fun to rank them based on nothing but my own personal experience at the parks. Here is that video and let me know what your top 5 are in the comments!

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[NationalParkWild]

I’ve been to 62 parks and it was fun to hear your takes. Lassen is super underrated so I’m glad you gave it some credit. The same goes for Dry Tortugas, Denali, and Big Bend. My personal favorite is Yellowstone, partially for being the quintessential national park with its abundant sights and activities.

[InterstateKyle]

My top 5 that I've been too.

1. Yosemite National Park
2. Zion National Park
3. Olympic National Park
4. Redwood National & State Parks
5. Crater Lake National Park.

Great video as always Josh! I'm envious of all the parks you have been too so far! Thank you so much for these videos.

[robertorosas-romero]

I have been to 15 US national parks. I am from Mexico and discovered the beauty of the US national parks while I visited Yellowstone and Grand Teton later. Since then, I have been visiting other national parks. It is very hard to choose. For me, 1 to 5 are: Yellowstone, Yosemite, Zion, Glacier, Grand Teton. Then, 6 to 10 are Grand Canyon, Arches, Sequoia, Mount Rainier, Olympic. Finally, 11 to 15 are Kings Canyon, North Cascades, Great Smoky Mountains, Everglades, and Gateway Arch. Thank you for your videos, they have been very helpful when I visit a national park.

[JJ-olwz]

You are a gifted videographer and I really enjoy watching your videos. You and your Dad have a great relationship and it's fun to see you enjoying each others company so much!

[davidcacopardo]

Hi Josh! I tend to watch all YT on my TV so I'm usually not one to comment. But I've watched many many of your videos and I never finish without feeling a sense of joy for our amazing country. And you and your Dad make it so special for us. This collection of favorites was extra special to me. It brought back the many I've seen and as you went through all 32 I would often agree with your opinions. You are by far my favorite teacher and photographer on YT and it's important that you know how much you bless me with all your hard work. Kudos to you for all you bring to us!

[beebeesfuntasticadventures]

Beautiful, amazing, entertaining. Fantastic job! Enjoyed it fully, thanks for sharing.

[TravelswithNick]

Amazing! Great list. Thanks for putting this together and sharing with us! 😎🤘

[artistlynn]

Some incredible experiences under your belt. Thank you for sharing.

[kristinealosco]

Your channel is amazing and this video is no exception! I did a Colorado road trip this summer and I think you and Pops would have a blast! We made a full loop through the state. I loved Mesa Verde!

[normiewoo]

An EXCELLENT video, especially the video clips of Saguaro, White Sands, and Joshua Tree (I can't wait to finally see those places). I haven't been to many of the parks you named, but of the ones I've visited, my top 5 are Indiana Dunes (maybe the world's most underrated place), New River Gorge, Everglades, Congaree, and Redwood.

[annstith]

Loved your video as it brought back so many memories of our favorite trips. My favorite isn't on your list, but Katmai National Park in Alaska was my top choice. Watching brown bears catch salmon in Brooks falls was incredible and seeing a baby bear climb a tree right in front of our family was so fun! We even had a bear try to join us for lunch (thank goodness for the fence around the lunch area.) The floatplane trip in and out seeing smoking volcanos and gorgeous mountain views was an added bonus. And definitely try the Kenai fjords boat tour. We saw 2 different kinds of whales (a mom and baby orca and then a humpback) plus tons of sea wildlife (my son loves puffins now). The glacier walk was fun, but no where near the highlight of the wildlife and the huge glacier sightings of the boat tour. To round out my list is Haleakala in Hawaii (waterfalls and bamboo forest), Big Bend in Texas (loved the saddle/paddle tour, plus we hiked the canyon in the Rio Grande because water levels were low enough for some fantastic views), and then Grand Canyon (we hiked into the canyon and also all 14 miles of the south rim, but I was terrified I might lose one of my 4 kids into the canyon along the part of the rim trail where there aren't rails)! Also top favorites with our family were Denali (we had a perfectly clear day with multiple close bear, moose, Caribou and even a bear chasing a caribou sightings), Acadia (mmm, lobster), and Joshua tree (so much fun exploring!). Sledding down White Sands is pretty fun for the kids and my husband too! Carlsbad caverns is the best of the caves (just make sure the elevator works if you have young kids because carrying them back up the essentially 70 stories will wipe you out for the rest of your trip!). National Parks are the best and the Junior Ranger programs for kids are excellent!

[HappyTrailsHiking]

We have that goal too. We love your videos as that is what we focus on. 😊 Thanks for great content

[jeffwilson]

Another amazing video, Josh. Thank you for every one of them so far. Hoping you continue to add to your list. I've visited 56 of the 63 national parks, and would have to list a top five of: 5. Yosemite -- epic hikes and scenery; 4. Arches -- Delicate Arch and the 8-mile primitive loop are two of my favorite hikes in the country; 3. Bryce Canyon -- otherworldly down in that amphitheater on the Navajo and Peekaboo Loops; 2. Yellowstone -- diversity, history, and wildlife experiences galore; 1. Glacier -- the most incredible scenery, and the Highline Trail is the best in the nation. Our country is so blessed with God's creation that I couldn't even fit the Grand Canyon or Crater Lake or Olympic or Rocky Mountain or the other wonderful parks in the top five! Happy to entertain you in the Hoosier State when you get ready to do Indiana Dunes, and show off a few of our wonderful state parks to you as well!

[liljoela]

So glad you chose Joshua Tree in your top 10. It holds a special place for us LA residents since its so close by and provides a complete different landscape. It was my first national park I visited that kept me wanting to explore other parks.

[aubreyshumpert]

So far I've only been to 12 of the national parks, but as of right now my top 5 in no particular order are Great Smoky Mountains, Kings Canyon, Yosemite, Yellowstone, and Grand Teton National Parks. However, every national park in the country in my opinion has its own unique charm and beauty that makes it incomparable to the others.

[johnperry]

that was a great presentation, we really enjoyed it a lot

[AmbientWalking]

Thank you! Love this! Looking forward to your next adventure! : )

[ibhccs]

Love watching your travels with your dad and the authenticity of road tripping, your blessed to have the perfect travel buddy. I've only visited 2 national parks, The Grand Canyon and The Great Smoky Mountains. I plan to visit the Virgin Islands National Park for my next park.
I read there's a national park in American Samoa.

[terrycarkner]

Loved your list and watching this. The boat trip in Kenai NP is outstanding. And you don’t always get to see the mountain when going to Denali. We did get wonderful views of Denali from a great viewpoint at a lovely old lodge and restaurant way south of the park though. I have been to many of these you listed, Dry Tortugas this last May to find some great birds for my life list that would be hard if not impossible to find any place else. We loved Pinnacles for seeing condors! Five of them coming in to roost one evening, high in the hills.

[jameswaldecker]

Greetings from Michigan. I was on a Kenai Fjords boat tour back in July, and it's incredible. I saw otters, puffins, bald eagles, harbor seals, sea lions, and of course, whales. The scenery is relentless: mountains, rugged islands, and the glaciers. There's an extraordinary solemnity to getting up to a glacier and watching it calve into the bay. The whole boat gets quiet while everyone watches.

I second the other comment on the Upper Peninsula! I hope you get a chance someday to see Lake of the Clouds at Porcupine Mountains, the Bare Bluff Trail and Montreal Falls in the Keweenaw Peninsula, Pictured Rocks, Sugarloaf Mountain near Marquette (northern lights), Tahquamenon Falls, and Mackinac Island. There may not be real mountains, but there's everything else.