# Which National Park Did You Last Visit? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 11, 2018, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-national-park-did-you-last-visit/825960 "2018-12-11T20:42:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2018, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-national-park-did-you-last-visit/825960/1 "2018-12-11T20:42:50Z")
For us, it was [Puuhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park](https://www.nps.gov/puho/index.htm) on the Big Island of Hawaii, this past July. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2018, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-national-park-did-you-last-visit/825960/2 "2018-12-11T20:45:10Z")
[Arches National Park](https://www.nps.gov/arch/index.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Twoflower](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/twoflower/32/22_2.png) [@Twoflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Twoflower)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2018, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-national-park-did-you-last-visit/825960/3 "2018-12-11T20:45:47Z")
Did a day trip to Crater Lake when we had friends visiting in October. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2018, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-national-park-did-you-last-visit/825960/4 "2018-12-11T20:46:08Z")
Grand Canyon - hiked to the bottom (and back!) ---
**Author:** ![senoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@senoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/senoy)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2018, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-national-park-did-you-last-visit/825960/5 "2018-12-11T20:46:19Z")
Mammoth Cave I think in August. ---
**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2018, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-national-park-did-you-last-visit/825960/6 "2018-12-11T20:55:33Z")
Canyonlands, I traversed the White Rim trail a week and a half ago. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2018, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-national-park-did-you-last-visit/825960/7 "2018-12-11T20:56:51Z")
Zion, last year sometime. Beautiful place. ---
**Author:** ![EscAlaMike](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/escalamike/32/4177_2.png) [@EscAlaMike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EscAlaMike)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2018, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-national-park-did-you-last-visit/825960/8 "2018-12-11T20:57:44Z")
The most visited NP in the US, [Great Smoky Mountains National Park](https://www.nps.gov/grsm/index.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2018, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-national-park-did-you-last-visit/825960/9 "2018-12-11T21:01:45Z")
Last was Mesa Verde this May. Unfortunately the big dwelling was not open yet but the second biggest was and it was quite impressive itself. Next one will be Guadalupe Mountains National Park this upcoming May because it is the first one out West that you can get to from Florida that is high enough that you can start acclimatizing for the rest of your journey. Sleep at almost 6000 feet and hike up to 8000 something. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2018, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-national-park-did-you-last-visit/825960/10 "2018-12-11T21:04:04Z")
No idea, but it had to be one of the many in the Four Corners area: Zion, Canyonlands, Bryce, Mesa Verde, Arches, etc. It’s been a few years since we were there, so memory fades. ---
**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2018, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-national-park-did-you-last-visit/825960/11 "2018-12-11T21:04:12Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > Zion, last year sometime. > > Beautiful place. I hiked [the Narrows](https://www.google.com/search?q=zion+narrows&safe=active&tbm=isch) last year too. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![sachertorte](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sachertorte/32/3727_2.png) [@sachertorte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sachertorte)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2018, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-national-park-did-you-last-visit/825960/12 "2018-12-11T21:27:03Z")
National Park - Acadia National Park National Park System - Cape Cod National Seashore ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2018, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-national-park-did-you-last-visit/825960/13 "2018-12-11T21:31:03Z")
Hmm…I do a real lot of travelling, but it seems that a lot of that isn’t National Parks, though we have a lot of state parks and other natural-type areas in recent travels. The answer for me is probably Acadia, which was a whole nine years ago. I find it hard to believe that none of our travels in that time has been a bona-fide National Park, but I’m reviewing my travels mentally and that’s the answer I seem to come up with for now. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2018, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-national-park-did-you-last-visit/825960/14 "2018-12-11T21:35:07Z")
[Sandy Hook](https://www.nps.gov/gate/planyourvisit/sandy-hook-hours.htm) part of the Gateway National Recreation Area. Good beach, oldest working US lighthouse, the batteries. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2018, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-national-park-did-you-last-visit/825960/15 "2018-12-11T21:37:18Z")
Hot Springs National Park. Hot Springs, Ark. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2018, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-national-park-did-you-last-visit/825960/16 "2018-12-11T21:40:11Z")
Missed Edit Window: I was in Hot Springs, Arkansas in the summer of 2015 and I’m pretty sure that the parts of the city I was in are part of Hot Springs National Park, though that wasn’t really intentional as a National Park visit. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2018, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-national-park-did-you-last-visit/825960/17 "2018-12-11T21:42:40Z")
Just a couple of days ago: Pinnacles National Park (east side). I go down there at least a couple of times a year, sometimes for a hike up to the High Peaks or Bear Gulch Cave, other times just to hang out and soak up some peace and quiet. Part of the attraction is a _really_ nice drive on CA 25, _aka_ the “Airline Highway”. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2018, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-national-park-did-you-last-visit/825960/18 "2018-12-11T21:46:05Z")
Yellowstone, end of May 2017. Geysers and lots of other geothermals. Lots of animals to see. ---
**Author:** ![PaperBlob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/58956e/32.png) [@PaperBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PaperBlob)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2018, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-national-park-did-you-last-visit/825960/19 "2018-12-11T21:56:45Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > For us, it was [Puuhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park](https://www.nps.gov/puho/index.htm) on the Big Island of Hawaii, this past July. Same here - we were there in May 2017, on our last day in Hawaii. We had been to Volcanoes National Park a few days before that. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2018, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-national-park-did-you-last-visit/825960/20 "2018-12-11T21:57:05Z")
Rocky Mountain National Park, quite some time ago. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-national-park-did-you-last-visit/825960.md?page=2)