| If you are planning a National Park | | | | Located in northwestern Wyoming, Grand |
| vacation you might want to consider one | | | | Teton National Park is home to stunning |
| or a few of these top 10 National Parks. | | | | mountain scenery and a diverse array of |
| There are many National Parks to visit, | | | | wildlife. |
| but the parks listed below are the most | | | | Great Smoky Mountain National Park |
| scenic and most popular of all the | | | | Ridge upon ridge of endless forest |
| National Parks and recreation areas. | | | | straddle the border between North |
| I can personally attest to the beauty | | | | Carolina and Tennessee in Great Smoky |
| and grandeur of all 10 of these favorite | | | | Mountains National Park, one of the |
| National Parks. They are truly the best | | | | largest National Park areas in the |
| natural recreation areas the United | | | | Eastern United States. It is also the |
| States has to offer. | | | | most visited National Park. |
| Spending your vacation in the great | | | | Mount Rainier National Park |
| outdoors is a much better alternative | | | | Mt Rainier National Park was established |
| than staying cooped up in a hotel room | | | | in 1899 and covers 235,625 acres (97% is |
| or visiting touristy theme parks. A | | | | designated Wilderness). Includes Mount |
| National Park vacation is an incredible | | | | Rainier (14,410'), an active volcano |
| way to treat yourself and your family to | | | | encased in over 35 square miles of snow |
| the beauty of God's creation. | | | | and ice. The park contains outstanding |
| These top 10 National Parks below offer | | | | examples of old growth forests and |
| a vast array of activities for the | | | | subalpine meadows. |
| entire family. Some of those activities | | | | Petrified Forest National Park |
| include hiking, biking, camping, rock | | | | Petrified Forest National Park is a |
| climbing, mountain climbing, whitewater | | | | surprising land of scenic wonders and |
| rafting, tubing, horseback riding, snow | | | | fascinating science. The park features |
| skiing, bird watching, fishing, and much | | | | one of the world's largest and most |
| more. | | | | colorful concentrations of petrified |
| As you can see you will never run out of | | | | wood and the multi-hued badlands known |
| things to do on your National Park | | | | as the Painted Desert. |
| vacation. | | | | Rocky Mountain National ParkEstablished |
| Here are my top 10 recommended National | | | | on January 26, 1915, Rocky Mountain |
| Parks for your vacation: | | | | National Park is a living showcase of |
| Acadia National Park | | | | the grandeur of the Rocky Mountains and |
| Located on the rugged coast of Maine, | | | | my favorite National Park vacation site. |
| Acadia National Park encompasses over | | | | Yellowstone National ParkIn 1872, |
| 47,000 acres of granite-domed mountains, | | | | President Ulysses S. Grant signed a law |
| woodlands, lakes and ponds, and ocean | | | | declaring that Yellowstone would forever |
| shoreline. | | | | be "dedicated and set apart as a public |
| Crater Lake National Park | | | | park or pleasuring ground for the |
| Crater Lake is located in Oregon and is | | | | benefit and enjoyment of the people." |
| famous for the intense blue color of its | | | | Maybe one of the most famous National |
| waters and for its spectacular views. | | | | Parks and the home of Old Faithful. |
| There are steep 1,500' to 2,000' drop | | | | Yosemite National Park |
| offs all around the lake...simply | | | | Yosemite National Park embraces a |
| beautiful. | | | | spectacular tract of mountain-and-valley |
| Grand Canyon National Park | | | | scenery in the Sierra Nevada, which was |
| The beauty of Grand Canyon is beyond | | | | set aside as a national park in 1890. |
| compare. When you first lay eyes on its | | | | Yosemite was made famous by Ansel Adams |
| magnificence it will take your breath | | | | spectacular black and white photography. |
| away. You are completely humbled by its | | | | Spending your next vacation in one or |
| immense beauty and size and there is | | | | many of these National Parks will be a |
| truly no place like it on earth. | | | | treasure and the memories will certainly |
| Grand Teton National Park | | | | last a lifetime. |