MrsFaceless and I though it would be interesting to compile a list of where we’ve been over the last few years, keeping count as you may say. OK, maybe more than the last few. This shouldn’t be too difficult so no need for a Difference Engine! But anyway, here it is. We’ll continue to update as we go and hopefully we’ll manage to knock of a few more States and National Parks each year!
A Breakdown Of Locations
| AZ – Grand Canyon |
| AZ – Petrified Forest |
| CA – Death Valley |
| CA – Joshua Tree |
| CO – Rocky Mtns |
| HI – Volcanoes |
| ME – Acadia |
| NC – Great Smoky Mtns |
| NM – Carlsbad Caverns |
| TN – Great Smoky Mtns |
| TX – Big Bend |
| TX – Guadaloupe Mtns |
| UT – Arches |
| UT – Canyonlands |
| UT – Capitol Reef |
| UT – Zion |
| VA – Shenandoah |
| WV – New River Gorge |
| AL – DeSoto State Park |
| AR – Petit Jean State Park |
| AR – Queen Wilhelmina State Park |
| CA – Bodie State Historic Park |
| CA – Carmel River State Beach |
| CA – Emerald Bay State Park |
| CA – Huntington State Beach |
| CA – Malibu Lagoon State Beach |
| CA – Montery State Beach |
| CA – Pigeon Point Light Station State Historic Park |
| CA – Santa Monica State Beach |
| CA – Topanga State Park |
| HI – Akaka Falls State Park |
| HI – Wailuku River State Park |
| ID – Lake Cascade State Park |
| ID – Land Of The Yankee Fork State Park |
| KY – Cumberland Falls State Resort Park |
| ME – Two Lights State Park |
| NC – Chimney Rock State Park |
| NC – Jockey’s Ridge State park |
| NV – Lake Tahoe State Park |
| NV – Valley Of Fire State Park |
| NY – Bear Mountain State Park |
| NY – Hudson River State Park |
| OK – Talimena State Park |
| PA – Archbald Pothole State Park |
| PA – Hickory Run State Park |
| PA – Lackawanna State Park |
| PA – Lehigh Gorge State Park |
| PA – Ricketts Glen State Park |
| PA – Salt Springs State Park |
| PA – Worlds End State Park |
| TX – Caddo Lake State Park |
| WV – Babcock State Park |
| WV – Hawks Nest State Park |
| Alabama |
| Arizona |
| Arkansas |
| California |
| Colorado |
| Connecticut |
| Delaware |
| Georgia |
| Hawaii |
| Idaho |
| Illinois |
| Indiana |
| Iowa |
| Kentucky |
| Louisiana |
| Maine |
| Maryland |
| Massachussets |
| Mississippi |
| Missouri |
| Nebraska |
| Nevada |
| New Hampshire |
| New Jersey |
| New Mexico |
| New York |
| North Carolina |
| Ohio |
| Oklahoma |
| Pennsylvania |
| Rhode Island |
| South Carolina |
| Tennessee |
| Texas |
| Utah |
| Vermont |
| Virginia |
| West Virginia |
| Wyoming |
The Anomolies
To make things more interesting, there are a whole host of places MrsFaceless or I have been which fall into a completely different classification structure. These include National Forests, National Monuments, National Memorials, National Register of Historic Places and National Natural Landmarks.
Sense And Sensibility
The Natural Landmarks and National Forests at least makes some sense, such as the Boulder Field in Hickory Run State Park, Pennsylvania or the Red River Gorge, a National Natural Landmark within the Daniel Boone National Forest in Kentucky. It appears there is an awful lot of overlap where a location could be in two or even three different categories and little to no logic as to why something is a National Park (such as Gateway Arch National Park, Missouri), a National Monument (such as Castle Clinton, New York), a National Memorial (such as Wright Brothers National Memorial, Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina) or designated a National Register Of Historic Places (such as Clarkson Bridge, Cullman County, Alabama).