Tracking National Parks I’ve Visited

I have a soft life goal of visiting every National Park in the US. I’m tracking my progress here. I’m currently at 17 of 63.

In alphabetical order:

Acadia, Maine

American Samoa, American Samoa

Arches, Utah

Date: September, 2020

Coming back from KY to SF during covid.

Badlands,South Dakota

Big Bend,Texas

Biscayne,Florida

Black Canyon of the Gunnison,Colorado

Bryce Canyon,Utah

Canyonlands,Utah

Capitol Reef,Utah

Carlsbad Caverns,New Mexico

Channel Islands,California

Congaree,South Carolina

Crater Lake, Oregon

Cuyahoga Valley,Ohio

Death Valley,California; Nevada

Date: August, 2021

Driving through on the way back to AZ.

Denali, Alaska

Date: July, 2022

Visiting Drake’s sister, Leiren.

Dry Tortugas,Florida

Everglades,Florida

Gates of the Arctic,Alaska

Gateway Arch, Missouri

Date: Februrary, 2014

In St. Louis for my WashU grad school visit. Laura joined because a blizzard a day before had canceled my flight and it was faster to drive than wait for the next flight.

Glacier,Montana

Glacier Bay,Alaska

Grand Canyon, Arizona

Date: November, 2024

I’ve been to the Grand Canyon multiple times, but this Friendsgiving trip was particularly unique. Photo credit to my brother Mahlon.

Grand Teton,Wyoming

Great Basin,Nevada

Great Sand Dunes,Colorado

Date: November, 2021

On the ‘Triple Birthday!’ trip up to Denver.

Great Smoky Mountains, North Carolina; Tennessee

I’ve been as a kid with my uncle, but I’ll have to track down a photo.

Guadalupe Mountains,Texas

Haleakalā,Hawaii

Hawai‘i Volcanoes,Hawaii

Hot Springs,Arkansas

Indiana Dunes,Indiana

Isle Royale,Michigan

Joshua Tree, California

Date: July, 2020

My favorite memory of this trip was sitting on one of these rocks with Ray and some other friends, in perfect weather at 2am, watching the moon make it’s nightly trip across the sky.

Katmai,Alaska

Kenai Fjords,Alaska

Date: July, 2022

Visiting Drake’s sister, Leiren.

Kings Canyon, California

I need to remember if the trip to Bishop took us through Kings Canyon. I think it did.

Kobuk Valley,Alaska

Lake Clark,Alaska

Lassen Volcanic,California

Mammoth Cave,Kentucky

Date: May, 2014

My camera was broken when Drake and I took this trip after graduating college.

Mesa Verde,Colorado

Mount Rainier,Washington

New River Gorge,West Virginia

North Cascades,Washington

Olympic, Washington

Date: July, 2025

Went with Drake for a quick 4th of July trip.

Petrified Forest,Arizona

Pinnacles,California

I went in 2020 for a hot (literally and figuratively) minute, but didn’t take a picture.

Redwood,California; Oregon

Rocky Mountain,Colorado

Saguaro, Arizona

Date: April, 2021

For having lived here for 5 years, I have surprising few photos in the park proper. But this particularly odd Saguaro is from one of my first trips to the park itself.

Sequoia, California

Date: August, 2020

The detail of the sunset reflecting in the mountain lake makes this one of my favorite photos I’ve ever taken. This was after an 11 mile hike with Rishi and some other friends.

Shenandoah,Virginia

Theodore Roosevelt,North Dakota

Virgin Islands,Virgin Islands

Voyageurs,Minnesota

White Sands,New Mexico

Wind Cave,South Dakota

Wrangell–St. Elias,Alaska

Yellowstone,Wyoming; Montana; Idaho

Yosemite, California

Date: September, 2019

Not the most beautiful of photographs, but this ‘slightly before everyone is ready’ captures both the vibe of the individuals and the collective feel of the trip.

Zion, Utah

Date: September, 2020

Coming back from KY to SF during covid.