Only 6 here Disney World, Grand Canyon, Chicago River, River Walk, Alamo, Mall of America
20.
I’ve lived and/or worked within walking distance of 3. Worked near the Space Needle, lived and worked near the Chicago River, and live near the Hollywood Sign (but working from home).
Glacier is 10x better than Yellowstone.
I should mention, beware of Grizzlies up there. About 20 min after I took this, I had a run in with one walking right down the trail at me. It turned away, thank god. But I about had to break the whole “leave no trace” rule and abandon my stained undies at 11,000 ft after that encounter.It’s enormous. Stay in the park if you can. I didn’t but I would if I went again. It’s beautiful. Like a whole other world or something from Avatar.
Took this up there:
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Me either, but 17 others.12, only Iowa native that hasn’t been to the Mall of America.
Grand Teton right near Yellowstone is imho the best national park in terms of pure total # of outdoor activities and has a ton of wildlife too. Glacier is top of my list I haven’t been to yet.
It’s kind of random to pick 3 nat parks. I could see Yosemite as king of parks (since people have to pick the best of anything) but it’s 10-15 that are equally worthy of noteriety. There are plenty of places in CA and Utah (where I’ve been most) that are as beautiful as any nat park that aren’t even part of the nat parks.