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