I was just out there a week ago. Wish I had found this two weeks ago! 🤣

If you visit the Channel Islands I recommend doing some cave kayaking and snorkling, so epic!

Greetings from Puerto Rico! I've been only to a dozen of National Parks, but my favorite one is still Bryce National Park. Maybe my rankings will change after visiting Yellowstone and Grand Teton in September. Great video!! Thanks for sharing ❤

Great video! This was fun to watch! I liked hearing what you liked and disliked about each park! Yeah you have videos on Coasterdash longer than this like the main Mexico 2021 Vlog for example.

I just joined your channel and am really enjoying all the videos.

Good video brotha 👍🏼

The US is home to some amazing scenery. Can’t wait to get to more of these parks soon! Awesome video!

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Nice List :) My favorites are Yellowstone, Denali, and Rocky Mountain. I just left Yellowstone today and I have to say that the diversity of scenery and especially wildlife is unmatched in the U.S. I'm actually heading to Glacier tomorrow too and I heard it's also insanely beautiful :D

Nice roundup and great photography!

That’s quite impressive being halfway done visiting all 63 National Parks! I think realistically speaking, Everglades could be one of the first ones I visit for the biodiversity and Shenandoah just since it’s so close to where I grew up (might have to figure out the peak fall to see the reds and oranges) but so many of them look amazing since they offer a wide variety of landscapes to appreciate: trees, mountains, waterfalls, desert, caves, lakes, and sea. Onward for the next half😊☝🏻

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how can you not include ocmulgee??

Even death valley get relief in winter But delhi not get Temp 52°

Pinnacles is cool Great review and information on the trails

Another great video did you also go to Pinnacles National Park on your California loop?

Cool video Marc you captured it so beautifully

How long is the hike from car park up and back? Can you skip cable car or you have to take it? Thanks

I also love this spectacular area! Thor's Well was my favorite attraction, but individual impressions can vary with the tides. Devil's Churn, Cook's Chasm, and Tide Pooling are also great coastal features, and hikes to the Giant Spruce Tree and the Cape Perpetua Overlook are not to be missed. This is what I saw: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/b6eTf8qGmtvNYYk.htmlsi=BxMouzEJ-0A_Xm9B

*Though I already made my list in your next video, will make notes here too, starting with Wind Cave to Big Sur in the video:* I do like the idea for Wind Cave to include other surrounding areas. I'd prefer that over a separate Wind Cave and Black Hills National Parks, unless they were combined parks like Sequoia-Kings Canyon. Also like the inclusion of Glen Canyon-I considered that but didn't realize the iconic Horseshoe Bend is part of that. Assumed it was just a reservoir and (once) a beautiful canyon before it was drowned. I also considered Anza-Borrego Desert and would also add it to my list too. Love the name idea for Hells Canyon and Wallowa Whitman NF too! I never considered combining those two into one national park but I love the idea. Big Sur is another good one, I had assumed it couldn't work as a park logistically, so I didn't include it on my list. Though I don't know much about this area either. But I agree, it should be a national park and now I'd add it to my list too. *Mt Hood National Park:* As for Mt Hood vs Mt Rainier, that was also the argument brought up against Mt Shasta, I believe. Though I do think Mt Hood is more deserving of park status. Maybe I am biased as an Oregonian who sees Mt Hood everyday, but I have hiked both Hood and Shasta and Mt Hood wins in almost every regard. Not only is the area very diverse in scenery and landscapes (without even including the Columbia River Gorge), but it also has park-like architecture, scenery, and infrastructure (more than Mt Shasta, by a long shot). And compared to Mt Rainier, I'd say Mt Hood is definitely distinct enough. Both are similar types of volcanoes, but Mt Hood is notable in its dramatically different shape (pointy vs broad) than Rainier, and it has just as much historical significance as Mt Rainier too. A lot of old architecture and structures exist that are park-like and could be brought back, like the old historic Mt Hood Highway and its numerous graceful arch bridges, and the various stone shelters along the Timberline Trail. That also brings up the Timberline Trail, which is like the Wonderland Trail with just as much significant history. Plus there's both the historic Timberline Lodge and Cloud Cap Inn, adding to its park-like qualifications. I'd also bring up that many national parks exist with similar-like scenery yet we have so many of them-for example: Shenandoah vs Great Smoky Mountains, Kings Canyon vs Yosemite (kinda, but both similar-ish in the same range), Theodore Roosevelt vs Badlands, Rocky Mountain vs Glacier vs Grand Teton (kinda, but they're all mountain scenery in the Rockies, plus you have the proposed Sawtooth Mountains which would be yet another similar-ish Rocky Mountains park), Olympic vs North Cascades, Lassen Peak vs (a proposed) Mt St Helens vs other strato-volcano parks in Alaska, basically most of the parks in Alaska for that matter, Carlsbad Caverns vs Mammoth Caves vs Jewel Cave (proposed) vs Wind Cave, Dry Tortugas vs Biscayne, many of the hawaii volcanoes parks vs (proposed) Craters of the Moon. At least those are some that I can think of. I'd also add in Sunset Craters and Three Sisters-Mt Washington as worthy of park status, but those would also be similar in some ways to Craters of the Moon and various Hawaii parks. I just find it odd that we only really have one Cascade Range stratovolcano park when we got so many parks elsewhere of similar sights and/or in the same mountain range or region. Crater Lake and Lassen can't truly be counted either because they are examples of erupted/destroyed volcanoes. Cascade Volcanoes (Three Sisters/Central Oregon volcanoes): However, I think based on uniqueness and park-worthiness, I'd actually consider the Three Sisters-Mt Washington and greater central Oregon Cascades volcanic area, from Newberry Volcano to Sparks Lake and Waldo Lake, with the Three Sisters and Belknap Crater Lava Field to be highly unique in the US and perhaps the most worthy of park status in Oregon besides the Columbia R. Gorge and of course Crater Lake. It's closest rival would be Sunset Craters National Monument, Haleakalā National Park in Hawaii, and Craters of the Moon, but all of those places lack the addition of glacier-clad stratovolcanoes into the mix. Plus throw in stuff like waterfalls (such as Tumalo Falls, Sahalie and Koosah Falls, Proxy Falls, Chush Falls, and more), Obsidian lava flows (many), pumice plains, lakes (including glacial lakes such as No Name Lake), multi-colored jagged mountains (such as Broken Top from No Name Lake), eroded/ancient and craggy volcanoes (such as Mt Washington, Broken Top, North and Middle Sister, and The Husband), active volcanoes (South Sister for example), and numerous, hundreds maybe, of cinder cones, shield volcanoes, spatter cones, and other volcanic features. It's also very park-like for visitors, with places such as Sparks Lake and Dee Wright Observatory already feeling very park-like and tourist friendly. Its signature hike would be the South Sister Summit Trail, which ascends its highest summit, active volcano, and third highest summit in Oregon. South Sister is also notably visually different than Mt Rainier or Lassen with its vibrant red cinder color and lightly eroded summit cone. It also has the highest elevation lake in Oregon, and a summit ice cap. Also, nowhere else in the lower 48 and Hawaii is there a grouping of stratovolcanoes and shield volcanoes so close together as the Three Sisters, Broken Top, and Mt Bachelor. *Other notes/continuing on with the video:* - Agreed with Pictured Rocks! One of my top picks and I have yet to even visit there. - I agree with the note about Indiana Dunes, though I can also see why it was raised to park status. There was an old vision to turn the whole Sand Dunes coast into one massive park, but it failed as WW1 distracted congress from the momentum for it, and then after that it got broken up by factories and other degradations. So what they had left was barely anything. Even the state park by the same name took some of the potential land. So now, I would maybe consider making it a smaller unit of a greater Great Lakes Dunes national park, adding in more impressive, scenic, or pristine locations such as Sleeping Bear Dunes. Thus, Indiana Dunes would just be one unit in the park that protects and represents the Great Lakes coastal dunes habitat, which was not well represented before Indiana Dunes. The problem is that it is a terrible example for it, but if it were just one unit of it, then I could see it. - Sawtooth: definitely agree! I consider it one of my highest picks in the country. - Adirondack: agree too, it should be. The whole NE is underrepresented. I find it strange that the (imo) less scenic stretches of the Appalachians have national parks (Shenandoah, Smoky Mtns, New River Gorge), whereas the whole northeast and northern Appalachian mountains are not represented at all. The NE has more rugged mountains, more alpine areas, more pristine wilderness, and better fall colors. - Delaware Water Gap: I just don't feel this is worthy of park status, at least with higher standards set. But I don't think it is a bad pick either. I'd just really place it quite low on my list. - Nā Pali Coast: I did not know of this one, as tbh I am not familiar with Hawaii at all, so the list I made in the other video was just me exploring via Google Maps lol. But I'd definitely add this near the top of my list. - Columbia River Gorge: Glad it made the top of the list!! I would also agree, and I am a local here and it is just 30-60 min away from home. Additional notes: - I would put Mt St Helens near the top of my list, if not a tie with Columbia River Gorge. Especially the Mt Margaret Backcountry north of St Helens-truly amazing and rugged area that is absolutely stunning in fall. It's just so much more than a monument should be, imo. While it is a monument to recent history, I don't think that means it shouldn't be a national park. It has the variety and scenery, at least. And it is unparalleled in the lower 48 states too. It is also crazy that it isn't even a NPS site; it's a national monument administered by the forest service, under the Dept. of Agriculture. Not only is St Helens worthy of being in the NPS system, but it would greatly benefit from increased funding, even if it were to be a national monument under the park service. National monuments under the NPS get more funding than those under the forest service.

Nice video and very interesting! I guess I am surprised that Owyhee Canyonlands isn't on the list because it seems to be gaining a ton of momentum in congress and may become a national monument in the next year or two, but then again, it would become a national monument, not a park (yet anyway, but I do believe it is about as worthy of park status as almost any park in the American Southwest). - Tongass: YES!!!! Absolutely yes, and I can't believe I never thought of it as a potential new park until just a few months ago, knowing about for years how significant it is as the largest remaining tract of Pacific Northwest/west coast old growth trees, and as notable and significant as the Redwoods in California (I mean, Douglas firs used to be the worlds tallest trees, at over 100 ft taller than the current tallest Redwood trees, but sadly all of those 400+ Doug firs were cut down back in the 1800s and early 1900s. So all we have left are old growth Doug fir giants that are significantly shorter than the current tallest Redwoods). - Shawnee: I have never heard of this one, but I would be in support. The Midwest in general is very underrepresented by the park system, and Indiana Dunes and Gateway Arch are terrible picks. Sleeping Bear Dunes and Pictured Rocks would have been better picks. Indiana Dunes instead should have been a national monument (which would give it about the same protections. Alternatively, expand the park and include better dunes examples, and make Indiana Dunes one of the park's various units.) - Craters of the Moon: Not my first pick for a "lava flows/cinder cones volcanic landscape" park in the lower 46, but one I would still support. I mean if California and Utah can have many parks of "similar" types of landscapes, then I think volcanic scenery can have multiple examples in the system too. Comparable examples I'd point to, equally deserving of park status, would be the Three Sisters and Mt Washington Wilderness areas in Oregon (centered around McKenzie Pass and Belknap Crater), Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument in Arizona, and Lava Beds National Monument in California. The first two of which would be FAR more stunning and impressive with basically the same features/landscape type, with the addition of stratovolcanoes for the Three Sisters. - Delaware Water Gap: Probably not, but would not be opposed either. While the waterfalls there may be stunning and maybe reminiscent of the Columbia River Gorge (of which I am a local to, so I am biased to waterfall-gorge type of scenery), I just don't really consider Delaware Water Gap to be all that significant for a national park. I mean there are also other places with stunning waterfalls in the east, such as Amicalola Falls State Park and Tallulah Gorge State Park in Georgia. Far more places worthy in New England and the Mid Atlantic I think, such as the Adirondacks, Maine Woods, and the Presidential Range (Mt Washington). That said, if I loosen the criteria for noteworthiness, like in my list in the reply, then maybe I would include this on my list. - Katahdin Woods and Waters: YES! Absolutely, and I have always believed New England needs a proper national park for its mountains. It's really bizarre to me, as a west coaster, that all of the parks in the Appalachian Range are down in the less alpine, (and imo, thus less stunning) sections of the range. This also would be a true wilderness park for the east coast, which it lacks. It is reminiscent to me of some northern Canada or Alaskan parks, like Gates of the Arctic or Northern Rockies (Prov.) Park. - Ocmulgee Mounds: I agree, should remain as a historic park, but I would support inclusion of additional state/federal lands to expand it. It could also be re-designated as a national monument if focusing on its natural ecosystem is important too, but I think its historical significance is far greater, making it best fit as a historic park. - Chiricahua: I have never heard of it before but I think it is deserving too. I mean if Pinnacles can be a park (which I would not have considered worthy of park status), then surely this place is deserving of it.

I mean I just don't get what is so park worthy of Pinnacles. I was really surprised that it of all places, was chosen as a new national park. I mean I am glad to see new national parks regardless, and yeah it does probably represent a unique and maybe underrepresented area of California (though I would point out that Joshua Tree has maybe a slightly similar look to it as far as the rocks), but still. I can think of SO many more places in the west coast and east coast more worthy of park status compared to Pinnacles, such as he Owyhee Canyonlands, City of Rocks, Columbia River Gorge, Three Sisters-Belknap Crater-Mt Washington Wilderness areas, the Sawtooth Mountains, the Wind River Range, Mount Hood, Mount St Helens (it's a wonder this one isn't a national park yet), Newberry Volcanic, Oregon Caves, Niagara Falls, Silver Falls State Park (OR), Presidential Range/Mt Washington/just anything in the New England besides Acadia, the Adirondacks, John Day Fossil Beds and surrounding areas, Ruby Mountains/Crest, Steens Mountains-Alvord Desert, Mount Adams (WA), Enchantment Lakes/Alpine Lakes Wilderness, Mt Baker/Washington Pass areas adjacent to North Cascades NP, and like any section of the Oregon Coast (like Cape Perpetua and the Oregon Dunes-the latter of which is the largest coastal dune system in the North America or something like that. I mean, nice to see more parks in general, but Pinnacles to me looks and feels a lot more like a national monument or state park.

As a PNW person and local, I agree! The Columbia River Gorge deserves park status. There is an official campaign for it and for Mt Hood actually, called the Mt Hood National Park campaign, though it hasn't really received any real traction. But both the Gorge and Mt Hood are park worthy, and while the Gorge is fairly (reasonably) well protected, the greater Mt Hood region is extremely unprotected and has suffered many actual damaging impacts to its park qualities and pristine scenery. Notable examples of those has been the widening of the Mt Hood Highway by ODOT (first many decades ago when it destroyed the original scenic highway that in both roadside and bridge architecture was modeled after the Historic Columbia River Gorge Highway depicted in your video, and the more recent widening of sections to make it more freeway-like. The most notable being entirely new sections blasted out of the rock face near the Mirror Lake hike). The old highway has been overgrown as the new highway cut through it and broke it up. The old highway was a lot more windy and narrow, far more park-like and scenic. What's done is done, but if it becomes a national park, there may be hope to restore the old highway into a scenic bikeway like the Columbia River Gorge State Trail project that was completed a few years ago that revived old abandoned historic sections of the highway that the I-84 freeway bypassed. Without any formal park or other protected status (like national monument or scenic area), the whole Mt Hood region, besides the various scattered wilderness areas, have been severely degraded and impacted by unsightly clear cuts and "improvements" done to the highways and ski parks (such as expanded parking lots-in fact, one of the major reasons for the road expansion was for winter ski traffic to Mt Hood Meadows and Timberline because of weekend ski traffic and congestion-stuff that can be alleviated if only they'd run a shuttle bus and encourage people (like via limited quota permits on winter weekends) to ski on weekdays over weekends). The roads and highways under a national park might also see more focus on road infrastructure that is more complimentary to the natural environment, like use of aesthetic stone-work roadside guards and more aesthetic bridges, like those they built for the old but now destroyed and abandoned historic Mt Hood Highway. WyEastblog website has a good article or two on this and the proposed Mt Hood State Scenic Trail to revive the old historic highway, anyway. The Mt Hood regional trails and roads also suffer under heavy lack of funds and maintenance. The Badger Creek Wilderness on the east side especially suffers and numerous trails are only kept alive because of volunteers-though some have been revived and brought back, like the Old Vista Ridge Trail. A national park might see more focus on park like roadside overlooks. Maybe even the old abandoned stone shelters on the Timberline Trail could be rebuilt again-only a few survive, many have fallen apart and are now ruins. That campaign for a Mt Hood National Park does include the Gorge too, but I am more in favor of splitting them as two adjacent parks. While they could arguably be together, like Olympic has both the coast section and the mountains/rainforests, I think lumping them together would dilute two very different natural wonders. If they were to be one unit though, I'd do it like Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks are combined. Two parks in one, under one joined title. So it would be: Mt Hood & Columbia River Gorge National Parks.

Craters of the Moon reminds me a lot of the whole Three Sisters-Belknap Crater-McKenzie Pass area and all its lava flows and volcanoes (cinder cones, shield volcanoes, stratovolcanoes, etc). I have always believed that it would be perfect as a national park, and has basically all of the same stuff Craters of the Moon has but also much more scenic. Though that isn't to say Craters of the Moon isn't-it's also park worthy I think and amazing. Volcanic scenery is really pretty and interesting, and its like having parts of Hawaii here at home.

Good video,we recently went it was a very nice experience,we want to go back!! To explore more of those nice views.

No wonder National Parks etc have so msny disappearances and missing people. Theres so many ways to put yourself in position to end up fubar. Especially if alone or if you fall behind. Not to mention abductions.

Hiked out to Cedar Falls '96/'97 & it was a fun walk for a 40 year-old smoker--not much falls but the location was spectacular. There was a Sierra Club group sitting nearby as I lit my celebration Marlboro--their stares could kill.

Utah overall looks so beautiful. I will put it on my travel wish list.

0:29 I thought that was Harry Styles standing there for a hot second 😭😭

Great Video, especially the getting pie @ Jualiano

I’m planning on going with a group of friend this Sunday. How can I know if the conditions will be right?

How long is the hike to the waterfall?

Oregon already has Crater Lake National Park,but the Samuel Boardman state park has some of the most stunningly beautiful coastal scenery on the North American continent.

Can i hike it? I don’t have 4x4

Cool Stingray and such clear water. The B&B looked better than I would have thought knowing there was roaches and mice. Overall looks like a great trip.

Whoa, that stingray looked absolutely gorgeous. I greatly miss you. I have a job now. Let’s see each other soon.

I believe when my dad had his destination wedding in St Thomas back in 2020, I think we did a day at Maho Bay in St John (might have been another, but that one sounded familiar). Long story short, they hated the hotel they had to pick for the destination, so we went to the hotel they originally planned for the honeymoon (the Ritz Carrolton) and with the wedding ceremony pushed off one day due to scheduling at the resort and a hurricane giving us kids an extra day on the island, it was a no brainer for my dad and stepmom to add St. John. I would probably enjoy St. Thomas and St. John with more of the touristy stuff open, but I feel there might be more up my alley on St Croix-over 40mi away from the other two

That’s impressive, halfway done visiting all 63 National Parks and U.S. Virgin Islands looks amazing👏🏻👍🏻🦎Yeah, cockroaches and wild mice can be quite pesky🪳🐭 The best snorkeling experience I ever had was an excursion on my cruise through Royal Caribbean. There were lots of fish and brain coral in the small reef and it was fun getting to jump off the top of the boat that brought us to the snorkeling area. The color of the water in the Caribbean is truly something else, I definitely remember it🐬🌊🩵👌🏻

Great video! Very nice place! Id rather have roaches than mice. From experience a mouse can get in your house from just leaving the door open.

If you travel in tropical environments, expect to live among bugs and critters.

Congrats on making it to half of the national parks! I had a similar experience venturing to Culebra Island in Puerto Rico, where I actually got to swim with many turtles and a few stingrays too 😊 Granted it’s not a national park though, but the snorkeling there seems to be much better compared to in any tropical island National Parks in the U.S.

It’s so awesome you got to visit this park! I did not hike Caneel Hill so I’ll have to put that on my list. I agree that Dry Tortugas has stronger snorkeling, but I always thought Francis Bay had the best snorkeling in USVI. I saw quite a few turtles there.

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I’ll probably visit this place in the summer thanks to your awareness of this place, on the way to Holiday Word ofc

Beautiful area no matter its history. Dwell on the past, and you never enjoy the now. Absolutely gorgeous. Best decision i made when visiting recently.

I remember me and my cousin doing this and going up in about 3 and a half hours and we were down in about 8 since we kiiiiiinda lost our way 🤣🤣🤣

Just did this hike with some friends earlier this week. Had no idea how hard it was gonna be and we had all of our camping gear for two nights (30-40ish lbs of gear). Hardest thing I’ve ever done. Well worth it and have great memories now!

BTW - I met your mum at school and she redirected me to you 👍🏻

Hi Marc, I am in San Diego and looking to go camping and chasing waterfalls. Do you have any recommendations?