# Which U.S. National Parks have you visited? (two separate polls) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** vacation-travel\ **Created:** [October 21, 2025, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-u-s-national-parks-have-you-visited-two-separate-polls/1024172 "2025-10-21T19:36:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2025, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-u-s-national-parks-have-you-visited-two-separate-polls/1024172/21 "2025-10-22T11:29:55Z")
I think I technically was in Theodore Roosevelt National Park, as I took a pullout on I94. Brian ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2025, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-u-s-national-parks-have-you-visited-two-separate-polls/1024172/22 "2025-10-22T11:49:11Z")
Channel Islands is off the beaten path a bit, but so close to so many people probably accounts for the moderate visitation. I wonder if people are counting the Visitor Center, which is easy to reach in Ventura? My daughter and I did the boat ride out the Santa Cruz Island last year - nice hike and fun day trip - saw hundreds of dolphins from the boat. Another one that’s out of the way is Great Basin - it’s an alpine oasis surrounded by high desert. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2025, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-u-s-national-parks-have-you-visited-two-separate-polls/1024172/23 "2025-10-22T12:17:32Z")
I’m pleasantly surprised that we have, as of now, 5 **Isle Royale** visitors. For some reason I neglected to select **Acadia**. I thought you could go back and edit poll selections (?) I just returned from **Glacier** a few weeks ago. We had beautiful sunshine and unseasonably warm temperatures over the course of 12 days. Three days after we got home, they closed Going to the Sun Road due to a snowstorm. Also, I’d love to hear tales from our lone **America Samoa** visitor, @J.1.3235. mmm ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2025, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-u-s-national-parks-have-you-visited-two-separate-polls/1024172/24 "2025-10-22T12:34:58Z")
A mere two National Parks for me- Everglades and Great Smoky Mtns. As a lifelong Michigan resident who has often visited the U.P., I’m sad to admit I’ve never made it to Isle Royale. If and when the National Parks ever reopen, I really need to visit more of them! ---
**Author:** ![abcdefghij](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/43a26b/32.png) [@abcdefghij](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abcdefghij)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2025, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-u-s-national-parks-have-you-visited-two-separate-polls/1024172/25 "2025-10-22T12:36:20Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > I thought you could go back and edit poll selections (?) Click the `< Vote` button at the bottom of the results ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2025, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-u-s-national-parks-have-you-visited-two-separate-polls/1024172/26 "2025-10-22T12:50:13Z")
The latest new one I’ve been to is the New River Gorge park. I’ve been wanted to stop to see the famous bridge carrying Highway 19 over the gorge since before it was a national park, but the few times I’ve been able to take the road, it’s been nighttime or foggy. My brother and I even stopped at the rest stop there a couple of decades ago but couldn’t see a thing due to the fog. I finally got my chance earlier this year and it was great. Not so much the view of the bridge - it’s just a big bridge, but the views of the valley from the lookout trail were spectacular, especially, oddly enough, a tinier bridge at the bottom of the gorge, since its remoteness adds to the sense of hugeness of the gorge. ---
**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:** [October 22, 2025, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-u-s-national-parks-have-you-visited-two-separate-polls/1024172/27 "2025-10-22T13:39:40Z")
> [@solost](#): > > If and when the National Parks ever reopen, I really need to visit more of them! Many (most?) parks are open, but don’t have many services available. Tough for overnights, but fine for day trips. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2025, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-u-s-national-parks-have-you-visited-two-separate-polls/1024172/28 "2025-10-22T13:55:50Z")
> [@JohnGalt](#): > > One that’s perenally in last place in these kinds of polls in Voyageurs in Minnesota. My dad and stepmom spend theor summers in Northern Minnesota, so I’m hoping to have some time at Voyageurs on a visit, someday. They winter in Phoenix, so I might be able to get to Saguaro or even Joshua Tree. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2025, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-u-s-national-parks-have-you-visited-two-separate-polls/1024172/29 "2025-10-22T13:56:55Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > The latest new one I’ve been to is the New River Gorge park. I did a two-day rafting trip down the New River almost 30 years ago; started near the bridge. Amazing place. ---
**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:** [October 22, 2025, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-u-s-national-parks-have-you-visited-two-separate-polls/1024172/30 "2025-10-22T14:08:48Z")
I went to Pinnacles when it was a National Monument, I haven’t been there since it was upgraded to a National Park. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2025, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-u-s-national-parks-have-you-visited-two-separate-polls/1024172/31 "2025-10-22T14:59:10Z")
> [@abcdefghij](#): > > > [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > > > I thought you could go back and edit poll selections (?) > > Click the `< Vote` button at the bottom of the results That used to work for me but it no longer does. mmm ---
**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:** [October 22, 2025, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-u-s-national-parks-have-you-visited-two-separate-polls/1024172/32 "2025-10-22T15:38:03Z")
I just tried it and it works. Phone or computer, what theme? ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Krupe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@Leo\_Krupe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Krupe)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2025, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-u-s-national-parks-have-you-visited-two-separate-polls/1024172/33 "2025-10-22T15:53:21Z")
I missed New River Gorge on the poll. We’ve been to a total of 12 or 13, with hopes of going to more. The act of creating national parks is, to me, in the top 5 greatest inventions of humankind. ---
**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:** [October 22, 2025, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-u-s-national-parks-have-you-visited-two-separate-polls/1024172/34 "2025-10-22T16:09:37Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > The latest new one I’ve been to is the New River Gorge park…it’s just a big bridge, but the views of the valley from the lookout trail were spectacular, especially, oddly enough, a tinier bridge at the bottom of the gorge, since its remoteness adds to the sense of hugeness of the gorge. The view looking _up_ from the river there ain’t half bad either. [![](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54871731517_4cc3899f0f_c.jpg) ](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54871731517_4cc3899f0f_c.jpg) However, if you decide to go down there, don’t be like the person I encountered who decided to go the wrong way on the steep, very narrow one way road going back to the rim. They met a shuttle van carrying rafters that was heading up and got stuck in a ditch when they pulled over to let it pass. ---
**Author:** ![abcdefghij](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/43a26b/32.png) [@abcdefghij](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abcdefghij)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2025, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-u-s-national-parks-have-you-visited-two-separate-polls/1024172/35 "2025-10-22T16:37:21Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > That used to work for me but it no longer does. I thought it didn’t work, but then scrolled up. At least for me, having one poll right after the other made it look like it didn’t work. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2025, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-u-s-national-parks-have-you-visited-two-separate-polls/1024172/36 "2025-10-22T19:44:19Z")
My Yellowstone trip was formative - I was nine and the fires of '88 were burning. Yosemite just doesn’t feel like it’s a real-life place, even seeing it with your own eyes. Sunrise at the summit of Haleakalā is likewise unreal, as is swimming ʻOheʻo Gulch. Count me as another who visited Pinnacles before its National Park destination. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2025, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-u-s-national-parks-have-you-visited-two-separate-polls/1024172/37 "2025-10-22T19:52:25Z")
> [@abcdefghij](#): > > > [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > > > That used to work for me but it no longer does. > > I thought it didn’t work, but then scrolled up. At least for me, having one poll right after the other made it look like it didn’t work. When I click on the “Vote” button (in the blue rectangle), it just takes me to where I was before down in the thread. When I scroll up from there, the blue “Vote” button reappears. > [@Telemark](#): > > Phone or computer, what theme? Laptop with Windows. Don’t know which theme (or how to determine). mmm ETA: Ok, weirdly I am able to re-do my vote in Poll #1 but not in Poll #2. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2025, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-u-s-national-parks-have-you-visited-two-separate-polls/1024172/38 "2025-10-22T20:04:50Z")
I had the same issue— could redo poll #1 but not #2. Brian ---
**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:** [October 22, 2025, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-u-s-national-parks-have-you-visited-two-separate-polls/1024172/39 "2025-10-22T20:12:43Z")
> [@N9IWP](#): > > I had the same issue— could redo poll #1 but not #2. Ah, I’m seeing the same thing. Maybe time for a bug report. ---
**Author:** ![abcdefghij](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/43a26b/32.png) [@abcdefghij](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abcdefghij)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2025, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-u-s-national-parks-have-you-visited-two-separate-polls/1024172/40 "2025-10-22T21:20:04Z")
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