# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2018, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-national-park-did-you-last-visit/825960/21 "2018-12-11T21:57:31Z")
Jasper National Park for Christmas in November at Jasper Park Lodge. You didn’t say it had to be American… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2018, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-national-park-did-you-last-visit/825960/22 "2018-12-11T22:02:41Z")
Smokey Mountain NP. Wife and I where on a long road trip and took a 3 night break in Gatlinburg. Did a bit of hiking. ---
**Author:** ![DinoR](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dinor/32/2821_2.png) [@DinoR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DinoR)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2018, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-national-park-did-you-last-visit/825960/23 "2018-12-11T22:04:50Z")
For actual National Parks it’s either Acadia in 1993 or the Everglades in early 2003. That more recent visit was a multiday guided kayak trip in the 10,000 Islands area. Part of that overlaps with area that is within the boundaries of the Everglades National Park. I don’t think we crossed into that area. Gulf Islands National Seashore in early 2014 is probably the most recent area administered by the National Park Service. I tend to avoid the actual parks in the system. I prefer more wild, fewer amenities, and fewer visitors when I’m heading into nature. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2018, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-national-park-did-you-last-visit/825960/24 "2018-12-11T22:31:20Z")
I am in GCNP right now, do I win? ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2018, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-national-park-did-you-last-visit/825960/25 "2018-12-11T22:43:20Z")
Zion NP in the spring. We’re headed back to Capitol Reef and Bryce in April. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2018, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-national-park-did-you-last-visit/825960/26 "2018-12-11T22:45:20Z")
Yellowstone, last summer. Simply stunning. I would go back again in a hot minute. ---
**Author:** ![Wilson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@Wilson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wilson)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2018, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-national-park-did-you-last-visit/825960/27 "2018-12-11T22:52:20Z")
Technically, the OP’s answer isn’t a National Park - it’s a National Historic Site. So the answer to the question for most people really depends on what you allow. For me, for true National Park - it’s Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve - almost 20 years ago. Expanding the definition to all NPS locations, it’s probably the Lincoln Memorial National Monument, last July. Really stretching it, I drive across the Appalachian Trail almost every day. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2018, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-national-park-did-you-last-visit/825960/28 "2018-12-11T23:03:39Z")
Assateague National Seashore, in September ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2018, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-national-park-did-you-last-visit/825960/29 "2018-12-11T23:37:34Z")
Last National Park, strictly defined: Yellowstone, more than a decade ago. Last park that is administered by the NPS: Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park and Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, both about 18 months ago Last land that is administered by the NPS but not designated as a park: Appalachian National Scenic Trail, in October. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2018, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-national-park-did-you-last-visit/825960/30 "2018-12-11T23:47:57Z")
Rouge National Urban Park, in Scarborough, ON. We go for a walk there at least once a year. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2018, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-national-park-did-you-last-visit/825960/31 "2018-12-12T00:04:50Z")
Badlands in South Dakota last August. On the same trip we were also at Mt. Rushmore and Wind Cave. My 7-year old granddaughter got Junior Ranger badges at all three of them. ---
**Author:** ![kk\_fusion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kk_fusion/32/15276_2.png) [@kk\_fusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kk_fusion)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2018, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-national-park-did-you-last-visit/825960/32 "2018-12-12T00:10:29Z")
One of the 500+ NPs in Australia. Let’s say Byfield, but it’s well possible we went through another one afterwards without being aware. ---
**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 12, 2018, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-national-park-did-you-last-visit/825960/33 "2018-12-12T00:23:35Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > I am in GCNP right now, do I win? You win a fabulous prize! You can pick it up at Phantom Ranch anytime within the next 24 hours. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2018, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-national-park-did-you-last-visit/825960/34 "2018-12-12T01:48:01Z")
[Mt. Shasta](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Shasta), which is part of the Shasta-Trinity National forest. Before that it was Yosemite. ---
**Author:** ![pendgwen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3da27b/32.png) [@pendgwen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pendgwen)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2018, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-national-park-did-you-last-visit/825960/35 "2018-12-12T01:56:47Z")
Yellowstone with my family this past August ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2018, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-national-park-did-you-last-visit/825960/36 "2018-12-12T02:13:16Z")
Smokey Mountain National Park. We approached from the southeast, climbed Clingman’s Dome, and drove north. (Avoiding Gatlinburg, but not all the other built-up touristy stuff). This was in September, just after Hurricane Florence, although the real goal was to see what the Smokies looked like post fire-- we didn’t see any burned buildings, but we could tell where the undergrowth looked different as a result of the fire a couple years ago. ---
**Author:** ![ataraxy22](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ataraxy22/32/307_2.png) [@ataraxy22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ataraxy22)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2018, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-national-park-did-you-last-visit/825960/37 "2018-12-12T02:17:21Z")
Fords Theatre. I’ve been to 406/418 of the US park (NPS) units so far. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2018, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-national-park-did-you-last-visit/825960/38 "2018-12-12T02:49:33Z")
The National Mall in Washington, DC counts, right? Was just there last Monday. ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2018, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-national-park-did-you-last-visit/825960/39 "2018-12-12T02:50:23Z")
Memorial Day week spent at Dinosaur National Monument, both states. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2018, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-national-park-did-you-last-visit/825960/40 "2018-12-12T03:11:13Z")
[Denali National Park](http://www.mebuckner.com/photogallery/AlaskaRange.htm), this August. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-national-park-did-you-last-visit/825960.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-national-park-did-you-last-visit/825960.md?page=3)