All 63 U.S. National Parks Ranked REACTION - More Than Just Parks List

Because you all enjoyed the reaction to the @theprinceoftravel national parks ranking list, here is a breakdown and reaction to national parks ranked by @MoreThanJustParks .

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[NationalParkWild]

If either of the Pattiz brothers see this, feel free to comment some insight in regards to some of my thoughts. Thank you for watching and this was an excellent list to react to. Also, sorry this is so long.

[kevincoates]

You are my favorite National Park enthusiast online and give so much credit to lesser known national parks more than most but I always chuckle when you get to the smokies because your tone ALWAYS changes a bit and can’t help but dog on it 😂

[TheUglyDuckling]

hey this was my suggestion :') thanks a bunch for doing this video

[Luciferwinchester]

I agree I don't think a park should be docked for being difficult to access, that's a huge plus in my book honestly.
As someone who wakes up at 2 - 3 am to go hiking here in WA to avoid seeing another human on trail, crowds are a big detractor for me personally.

[cooperstravels]

The more I watch your videos the more excited I get to see the rest of the parks. Thanks again

[eriktruboar]

Crowds might be a issue like arches can be hard to get in, but I do like crowds and being able to talk to them. In Bryce I was talking to Germans, and a lot of other foreign people. It adds to the enjoyment.

[thefourthbrotherkaramazov]

Yeah, accessibility is a bit ridiculous. If anything, the lack of accessibility can be just as well be treated as a pro to a national park. So it just shouldn't be included at all.

[robindixon]

Idk, man. I think accessibility is a very good criterion to have. Most people will either never have the chance visit kobuk or only be able to visit it once in their lifetime due to how inaccessible and expensive it is. Also having good amenities makes park experiences more enjoyable sometimes (meaning there are good latrines and visitor center/museum building for info), and I really hate crowds when I'm trying to enjoy myself in a wilderness area. I thought this list was pretty good.

[minnesotawelit]

Agree that Theodore Roosevelt national park should be higher, there's a section in the park called Peaceful Valley that my friend and I got to enjoy entirely to ourselves for the night, wish we could of stayed longer but we planned on going to glacier and Yellowstone

[overwatchxrescue]

Interesting list! Also interesting that Grand Teton was considered to be an 8/10 for crowds....it can definitely get pretty crowded at times! Especially around Jenny Lake. Also surprised to see Bryce Canyon so low!

[charlessapp]

Badlands NP can have some crowds on weekends. When I visited it over a year ago on a Saturday, the eastern parking lots were mostly full and the Ben Rifle visitor center was packed. The main problem is that there is not a lot of parking spaces for some of the turn offs. Even though I have never seen it, I would definitely put TR over Badlands. And it hurts me to place North Dakota over South Dakota. (My home state).

[acordes]

Arches accessibility should definitely be a 10 in my eyes. It’s minutes from Moab and most everything is very easy to drive to on good roads. I don’t understand why it’s less than a 10?

[global]

How is Pinnacles a 6.5 on accessibility when it's only like an hour from San Jose? It's closer than Olympic from Seattle which got 10/10!

Accessibility is a weird metric because it depends on where you're coming from anyways.

[突湯蘭桑圖維]

How is Mount Rainier crowd 7/10? If you do not arrive at the parking lot before 8.30 then you are screwed. If so I cannot imagine how bad Zion is. Plus North Cascades Accessibility should be 2/10 at most. There is a reason why it is one of the least visited park and the most accessible part of the National park complex are not in the National park.

I don’t like accessibility and amenity as rankings but I have to agree with crowds. I always feel a completely different experience when there are not so many people.

[gearratio]

Great Smoky Mountains is my closest park, and one that I visit every month or two. I'm surprised that you didn't enjoy it. Did you do any of the hikes? You have to go back and hike to the top of LeConte, it's probably the prettiest hike in the park.

[villainwinter]

wonder if bringing Crowd and Accessibility down to a score out of 5 instead of 10 would work better for ranking these; there's no way they should be evenly scored comparable to Scenery and Recreation in this kind of list.

[noklish]

I do wonder what all they qualify as accessibility. Like yeah, the remoteness of a park is very subjective. But, the ease of getting to a park and traversing it can be a huge issue for families, the elderly, those with impaired mobility, etc. Obviously natural places that emphasize hiking and the like won't be fully accessible to everybody, but it is a factor for sure. Not sure how much of that they were considering in this list, but I do believe in the importance of accessibility. People that are huge fans of the park don't necessarily have an issue with long or difficult travel because usually that's part of the experience. But for the "average" park-goer, it'd be really different.
All that being said, as a Carlsbad native, putting the Caverns at 60 is a war crime. 0/10.

[MTBExtraordinaire]

I saw this list a few months ago and hated that they included 'accessibility' ... I still ended up looking at it but I didn't care about the rankings due to that one criteria affecting the overall scores so much. To be quit honest, I find that a harder a park is to get to, the more magic it is !!!!

[thealphawolf]

Scenery and Recreation should have multipliers, as those categories are the most important. I would completely remove Accessibility too.

[Steve-sozi]

I don't like the factors they based their list on either. Why does one go to a National Park? Isn't it to see the scenery (including wildlife) and hike and/or camp. People don't go to a National Park because it's close by (they take road trips-that's half the fun). With reservations in some parks, they do have to think about crowds. I don't know if people would not go to a National Park because of the "expected" crowds (they might not return because of it - think South Rim of the Grand Canyon in Summer). Crowds to me would affect how I feel about being in the Park. Going into the Visitor's Center is a part of the experience.