Roberts m...@robertstech.com
Subject: Re: how many (US) national parks have you been to?
Here's the list of all 58 U.S. National Parks:
Acadia
American Samoa
Arches
Badlands
Big Bend
Biscayne
Black Canyon of the Gunnison
Bryce Canyon
Canyonlands
Capitol Reef
Carlsbad Caverns
Channel Islands
of the outdoor experience
Rocky Mountain for the easily travelled mountain experience
Yosemite just because...
Kenneth Waller
http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f
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From: Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: how many (US) national parks have you been
On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 10:48 PM, Doug Brewer d...@alphoto.com wrote:
Mark Roberts wrote:
ann sanfedele wrote:
So I didnt see Mark's post - just this reply --
Doug - have you been to NONE?? or did you forget the list? or is your
list the one under Mark's indent?
boy am I confused!
I
On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 12:05 AM, ann sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote:
I'd have to go with a tie for 1st place between Arches/Canyonlands and
Denali...
But many of the places that are most vivid and loved are specific trails or
visitas in natural areas that
don't necessarily fall within park
Bob Sullivan wrote:
Mark,
Thanks for the list. I've been to about 20, but am confused.
I've been to Vicksburg battelfield and thought it was a national park.
Regards, Bob S.
It's probably a National Military Park, National Battlefield Park, or
National Battlefield Monument, all of which are
I'm not watching Ken Burns latest opus because I find it too frustrating. I
love national parks and have been to a few:
Acadia in Maine
Big Bend in Texas
Everglades in Florida
Hot Springs in Arkansas
Redwood in California
Then there's the National Monuments:
Castle Clinton in New York
George
Larry - just so you know -- Grand Canyon IS a National park ...
Re Burns - Too frustrating because you wish you could be in one of
those places ?
parts of it I found a bit ponderous but I really got into it... Didn't
like the very first one much.
I have to say I have no idea what Castle
On Oct 2, 2009, at 10:43, ann sanfedele wrote:
Are any of you guys watching Ken Burns's thing on the National
parks? I'm liking it more and more
but thought the first show was the weakest and may have put people
off the series...
And relative to that, how many National Parks have you
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From: ann sanfedele
Subject: how many (US) national parks have you been to?
Are any of you guys watching Ken Burns's thing on the National parks?
I'm liking it more and more
but thought the first show was the weakest and may have put people off the
series...
On 10/2/09, ann sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote:
I checked off 40 of the reported 58 though I think there might be more
that I visited before they were made into parks.
The National Park service maintains more than just the 58 parks. I
guess when you're making a TV show, you have to have
On Oct 2, 2009, at 10:51, Charles Robinson wrote:
A friend of mine just notched up 500... for this year... on a
motorcycle. I'm envious of his freedom and ambition!
I should clarify that he's collected 500 stamps (in some sorta book, I
guess?) from parks. Might be state parks, too -
Probably just one - the Yosemite.
I wish I could at least visit the Yellowstone and that place where Grand
Canyon is, assuming it is a national park.
Boris
P.S. I've been to some National parks locally, but I reckon this does
not count ;-).
ann sanfedele wrote:
Are any of you guys
Errr none I have only visited the States once... and I don't
think Austin Convention Centre is in a national park :-) I do however
live about 50 yards from the border of the new South Downs National Park
in the UK... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Downs_National_Park
Cheers,
2009/10/2 ann sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com:
And relative to that, how many National Parks have you been to? Possibly
some from the other side of the Pond
have more on their list than some of us who live here...
I had to look up the list:
I've been to 31 official US National Parks. Probably double that if
you count National Monuments and such. Almost all the National Parks
in Alberta and British Columbia, CA, and 1 in Mexico.
I find it mildly puzzling how concentrated the parks are in the
western half of the US. Maybe because
On Fri, Oct 02, 2009 at 10:51:10AM -0500, Charles Robinson wrote:
On Oct 2, 2009, at 10:43, ann sanfedele wrote:
Are any of you guys watching Ken Burns's thing on the National parks?
I checked off 40 of the reported 58 though I think there might be
more that I visited before they were
They do.
On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 12:07 PM, John Francis jo...@panix.com wrote:
On Fri, Oct 02, 2009 at 10:51:10AM -0500, Charles Robinson wrote:
On Oct 2, 2009, at 10:43, ann sanfedele wrote:
Are any of you guys watching Ken Burns's thing on the National parks?
I checked off 40 of the
I think i can safely say, none. Unless driving 22 miles on the Blue
ridge parkway counts. Thank god for the slow speed limits on that
road. Only time i caught up to Mark on my first trip to GFM.
Dave
On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 12:29 PM, Drew d...@rileyelf.free-online.co.uk wrote:
Errr none
From: ann sanfedele
Are any of you guys watching Ken Burns's thing on the National parks?
I'm liking it more and more
but thought the first show was the weakest and may have put people off
the series...
And relative to that, how many National Parks have you been to?
Possibly some from the
On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 1:53 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote:
If my count is correct - 39.
40 is right out.
Dave
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I think i can safely say, none. Unless driving 22 miles on the Blue
ridge parkway counts. Thank god for the slow speed limits on that
road. Only time i caught up to Mark on my first trip to GFM.
According to nps.gov FAQ: http://www.nps.gov/blri/faqs.htm
Is the Blue Ridge
In a message dated 10/2/2009 8:43:06 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
ann...@nyc.rr.com writes:
Are any of you guys watching Ken Burns's thing on the National parks?
I'm liking it more and more
but thought the first show was the weakest and may have put people off
the series...
And relative
21 NP's and yes, I'm watching a good bit of it. Thus far, his work has always
been worth checking out.
Jack
--- On Fri, 10/2/09, ann sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote:
From: ann sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com
Subject: how many (US) national parks have you been to?
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Here's an online link to the video series if anyone is interested...
http://www.pbs.org/nationalparks/watch-video/#872
Marnie aka Doe (KTEH is not my local PBS station, but I still watch it
frequently. Comes from San Jose).
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Charles Robinson wrote:
On Oct 2, 2009, at 10:43, ann sanfedele wrote:
Are any of you guys watching Ken Burns's thing on the National
parks? I'm liking it more and more
but thought the first show was the weakest and may have put people
off the series...
And relative to that, how many
Not many. I tend to visit cities rather than go camping.
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Subject: how many (US) national parks have you been to?
In a message dated 10/2/2009 12:39:10 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
ann...@nyc.rr.com writes:
A friend of mine just notched up 500... for this year... on a
motorcycle. I'm envious of his freedom and ambition!
-Charles
I'm impressedwith his talent for fish stories, since there are only
ah ha -
for you counters - I found a list googling that showed National
parks... I think, Scott, you are counting some
they call historical Monuments etc...
The Blue Ridge isn't a National Park, nor is the WHite House...
Here are all 58 by date created
http://tinyurl.com/y92recv
Here is my
Charles Robinson wrote:
On Oct 2, 2009, at 10:51, Charles Robinson wrote:
A friend of mine just notched up 500... for this year... on a
motorcycle. I'm envious of his freedom and ambition!
I should clarify that he's collected 500 stamps (in some sorta book,
I guess?) from parks.
Boris Liberman wrote:
Probably just one - the Yosemite.
I wish I could at least visit the Yellowstone and that place where
Grand Canyon is, assuming it is a national park.
Boris
P.S. I've been to some National parks locally, but I reckon this does
not count ;-).
not for this quiz :)
Thanks for that list -- now I can start counting the monuments...
Some places I'd been to before they were made parks or monuments - my
parents towed me all over the place
when I was still in grade school.
AlunFoto wrote:
2009/10/2 ann sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com:
And relative to that,
On 10/2/09, ann sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote:
ah ha -
for you counters - I found a list googling that showed National parks... I
think, Scott, you are counting some
they call historical Monuments etc...
The Blue Ridge isn't a National Park, nor is the WHite House...
I pretty much
Tom Cakalic wrote:
I've been to 31 official US National Parks. Probably double that if
you count National Monuments and such. Almost all the National Parks
in Alberta and British Columbia, CA, and 1 in Mexico.
true with me for Canada and Monuments too.
I find it mildly puzzling how
John Sessoms wrote:
From: ann sanfedele
Are any of you guys watching Ken Burns's thing on the National
parks? I'm liking it more and more
but thought the first show was the weakest and may have put people
off the series...
And relative to that, how many National Parks have you been to?
Well, including national historical sites, national monuments, etc:
Acadia
Alcatracz
Anacostia
Appalacian Trail
Arches
Badlands
Biscayne
Blue Ridge
Bryce
Canaveral
Canyonlands
Cape Cod
Cape Hattaras
Carlsbad
Castle Clinton
Death Vallyey
Delaware Water Gap
Denali
Devil's Tower
Edison
Eisenhower
I linked to a list in a reply to one of you a few mins ago
I just checked off Parks... been to tons more when one includes
Monuments and forests
ann
eactiv...@aol.com wrote:
.
ann
http://annsan.smugmug.com
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Yes, I am really enjoying it. Second episode made me cry. :-) I
Desjardins, Steve wrote:
Not many. I tend to visit cities rather than go camping.
camping? I've hardly camped at any... hiked, yes... there are so many
lovely places
to stay in the parks and near them that fear of camping shouldn't
keep you away. :-)
But I do remember ONE camping
Staying at the Ahwahnee is hardly cmping . . .
Dan
Desjardins, Steve wrote:
Not many. I tend to visit cities rather than go camping.
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Here's the list of all 58 U.S. National Parks:
Acadia
American Samoa
Arches
Badlands
Big Bend
Biscayne
Black Canyon of the Gunnison
Bryce Canyon
Canyonlands
Capitol Reef
Carlsbad Caverns
Channel Islands
Congaree
Crater Lake
Cuyahoga Valley
Death Valley
Denali
Dry Tortugas
On Fri, 2 Oct 2009 18:43:26 +0200 AlunFoto wrote:
And relative to that, how many National Parks have you been to? Possibly
some from the other side of the Pond
have more on their list than some of us who live here...
I had to look up the list:
In a message dated 10/2/2009 1:17:51 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
ann...@nyc.rr.com writes:
Desjardins, Steve wrote:
Not many. I tend to visit cities rather than go camping.
camping? I've hardly camped at any... hiked, yes... there are so many
lovely places
to stay in the parks and near
On that official list, I have visited 33
Dan M
On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 4:29 PM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote:
Here's the list of all 58 U.S. National Parks:
Acadia
American Samoa
Arches
Badlands
Big Bend
Biscayne
Black Canyon of the Gunnison
Bryce Canyon
Canyonlands
Capitol
A bunch of National Monuments that you need to check before counting them as
NP's.
Jack
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Date: Friday
Thanks, Mark! I just re-counted from this list and found two more. Now a total
of 23.
Jack
--- On Fri, 10/2/09, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote:
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On Fri, Oct 02, 2009 at 03:37:35PM -0400, eactiv...@aol.com wrote:
Here's an online link to the video series if anyone is interested...
http://www.pbs.org/nationalparks/watch-video/#872
Marnie aka Doe (KTEH is not my local PBS station, but I still watch it
frequently. Comes from San
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Subject: Re: how many (US) national parks have you been to?
To: pdml@pdml.net
Date: Friday, October 2, 2009, 12:40 PM
In a message dated 10/2/2009 12:39:10
P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
ann...@nyc.rr.com
writes:
A friend of mine just notched up 500... for this
year
In a message dated 10/2/2009 1:50:10 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
jo...@panix.com writes:
Here's an online link to the video series if anyone is interested...
http://www.pbs.org/nationalparks/watch-video/#872
Marnie aka Doe (KTEH is not my local PBS station, but I still watch
it
On 10/2/09, ann sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote:
I linked to a list in a reply to one of you a few mins ago
I just checked off Parks... been to tons more when one includes Monuments
and forests
The National Forests are under the jurisdiction of the National Forest
Service. So they don't
Approximately 24 national parks, not counting national monuments.
More than I thought, less than I would like.
Marnie aka Doe :-)
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On Fri, Oct 02, 2009 at 04:29:05PM -0400, Mark Roberts wrote:
Here's the list of all 58 U.S. National Parks:
Hmm - I've been to more than I thought ..
Not all that many, but still more than I estimated.
Acadia
Bryce Canyon
Death Valley
Kings Canyon
Sequoia
Yosemite
Zion
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On 10/2/09, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote:
Now, we should list our favorites.
Oh, man. That's tough. My top 5.
1. Ozark Scenic Riverways - I spent a lot of time canoing those
rivers. My only regret is that I didn't give a damn about photography
back then.
2. Antietam - Much
On Oct 2, 2009, at 14:40, ann sanfedele wrote:
Charles Robinson wrote:
I've probably just been to a handful - I'm recording the series on
my TiVo but haven't watched any of the episodes yet.
A friend of mine just notched up 500... for this year... on a
motorcycle. I'm envious of
Top 5
1. Yosemite (CA) - amazing.
2. Sequoia (CA) - for me, can't beat big trees.
3. Haleakala National Park (HI) - Turns out I hadn't been to Hawaii
Volcanoes National Park, but to a defunct volcano on Maui (sort of defunct).
But
the above, near the falls and stuff, is just beautiful. I
ann sanfedele wrote:
Are any of you guys watching Ken Burns's thing on the National parks?
Haven't been watching it, but agree with the premise. :-)
And relative to that, how many National Parks have you been to?
Oh, geez, there's no way I could recall them all. At least most of the
Mark Roberts wrote:
Arches
Big Bend
Black Canyon of the Gunnison
Bryce Canyon
Canyonlands
Capitol Reef
Carlsbad Caverns
Glacier
Grand Canyon
Grand Teton
Great Smoky Mountains
Guadalupe Mountains
Hot Springs
Mammoth Cave
Mesa Verde
Petrified Forest
Redwood
Rocky Mountain
So I didnt see Mark's post - just this reply --
Doug - have you been to NONE?? or did you forget the list? or is your
list the one under Mark's indent?
boy am I confused!
ann
Doug Brewer wrote:
Mark Roberts wrote:
Arches Big Bend Black Canyon of the Gunnison Bryce Canyon
Canyonlands
ann sanfedele wrote:
So I didnt see Mark's post - just this reply --
Doug - have you been to NONE?? or did you forget the list? or is your
list the one under Mark's indent?
boy am I confused!
I posted the full list of all 58 parks.
Doug posted a list of 22 of them.
Presumably these are the
Here's an online link to the video series if anyone is interested...
http://www.pbs.org/nationalparks/watch-video/#872
Marnie aka Doe (KTEH is not my local PBS station, but I still watch it
frequently. Comes from San Jose).
Thanks. I'll try to watch it.
But, I thought of something
Mark Roberts wrote:
ann sanfedele wrote:
So I didnt see Mark's post - just this reply --
Doug - have you been to NONE?? or did you forget the list? or is your
list the one under Mark's indent?
boy am I confused!
I posted the full list of all 58 parks.
Doug posted a list of 22 of them.
From: ann sanfedele
John Sessoms wrote:
From: ann sanfedele
Are any of you guys watching Ken Burns's thing on the National
parks? I'm liking it more and more
but thought the first show was the weakest and may have put people
off the series...
And relative to that, how many
In a message dated 10/2/2009 7:36:27 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
jsessoms...@nc.rr.com writes:
Thanks. I'll try to watch it.
But, I thought of something ... Does the National Mall in DC count as a
National Park? If so, change my count to 40.
==
Different lists seem to say different
Only 10 for me. Time to do a road trip!
stan
On Oct 2, 2009, at 10:43 AM, ann sanfedele wrote:
Are any of you guys watching Ken Burns's thing on the National
parks? I'm liking it more and more
but thought the first show was the weakest and may have put people
off the series...
And
John Sessoms wrote:
Here's an online link to the video series if anyone is interested...
http://www.pbs.org/nationalparks/watch-video/#872
Marnie aka Doe (KTEH is not my local PBS station, but I still
watch it frequently. Comes from San Jose).
Thanks. I'll try to watch it.
But,
I'd have to go with a tie for 1st place between Arches/Canyonlands and
Denali...
But many of the places that are most vivid and loved are specific trails
or visitas in natural areas that
don't necessarily fall within park boundaries... I'm so lucky to have
been able to visit all those
Mark,
Thanks for the list. I've been to about 20, but am confused.
I've been to Vicksburg battelfield and thought it was a national park.
Regards, Bob S.
On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 3:29 PM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote:
Here's the list of all 58 U.S. National Parks:
Acadia
Badlands
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