I counted it up last night while watching the program ;-). If we are just talking about the 58 national parks then I've been to 8. If the other parks under the NPS umbrella are added, I've been to many more (e.g. the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, San Juan Island National Historic Park and the Cape Code National Seashore, to name just a few).

Acadia, Arches, Badlands, Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Bryce Canyon, Denali, Everglades, Glacier, Glacier Bay, Grand Canyon, Grand Teton, Great Smoky Mountains, Hawaii Volcanoes,
Mammoth Cave, Mesa Verde, Mount Rainier, Petrified Forest,
Rocky Mountain, Shenandoah, Yellowstone, Yosemite, and Zion; 22 parks. I feel very blessed and am thoroughly enjoying the program.

Just returned from a trip that included Arches, Canyonlands, Bryce,Zion Escalante and Cap Reef.

Boy was I blown away by the hike down into Bryce Canyon. I think that NP is underrated....

Wonderful way to spend a vacation!

Oh, and also Niagara Falls... if this counts

>>Boy was I blown away by the hike down into Bryce Canyon. I think that NP is underrated....

What a fun question! I love it and am going to steal it for my blog

In any case, I've been to 23 official National Parks, using the NP designation that's in the official Fodors guide sitting at my desk. I didn't count monuments and the like.

Acadia, Shenandoah, Everglades, Hot Springs, Theodore Roosevelt, Badlands, Grand Canyon, Petrified Forest, Saguaro, Carlsbad Caverns, Arches, Bryce, Canyonlands, Zion, Great Sand Dunes, Rocky Mountains, Grand Tetons, Yellowstone, Death Valley, Redwood, Sequoia, Yosemite and Hawaii volcanos.

Wow. Just reading the list makes me want to go back!

Chris

Have been to nine US National Parks so far: Grand Canyon, Petrified Forest, Acadia, Arches, Zion, Bryce Canyon, Yellowstone, Grand Teton, and (just barely over the border as a float-in on a Colorado River boat trip) Canyonlands.

Found this alphabetical list of the 58 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
Everglades
Gates of the Arctic
Glacier
Glacier Bay
Grand Canyon
Grand Teton
Great Basin
Great Sand Dunes
Great Smoky Mountains
Guadalupe Mountains
Haleakalā
Hawaiʻi Volcanoes
Hot Springs
Isle Royale
Joshua Tree
Katmai
Kenai Fjords
Kings Canyon
Kobuk Valley
Lake Clark
Lassen Volcanic
Mammoth Cave
Mesa Verde
Mount Rainier
North Cascades
Olympic
Petrified Forest
Redwood
Rocky Mountain
Saguaro
Sequoia
Shenandoah
Theodore Roosevelt
Virgin Islands
Voyageurs
Wind Cave
Wrangell-St. Elias
Yellowstone
Yosemite
Zion

Thanks, NWW; that's the list I was using.

Nothing like bringing up an old post.
The ones with * I have been to.
I am finished with traveling for this year. Next year I hope to see Olypmic with my wife, Shenandoah with my wife and daughter, drive, hike to Leconte Lodge and then camp at Elkmont at Smoky Mountains with my nephew. I have my lodging all lined up for these.
And then I am debating about a trip with my daughter to either Mt. Rainier, North Cascades, Glacier, or Great Basin around the 2nd week of August. That would give me 3 new ones for next year.
I like to stay in each park usually 3 to 4 days each.

I am not sure about King's Canyon. I think I visited it when I was at Sequoia and I have always been a little confused by why they always put those two together anyway. I know they are side by side and jointly operated, but I would like them seperated for naming purposes.
I hope to go back to Kings Canyon soon and hike Rae Lake Loop.

I thought I was up to 30, but see that I'm at 27 or 28(depending on Kings Canyon).
Acadia
American Samoa
*Arches
Badlands
*Big Bend
Biscayne
Black Canyon of the Gunnison
*Bryce Canyon
*Canyonlands 2 times
*Capitol Reef 2 times
*Carlsbad Caverns 3 times
Channel Islands
Congaree
*Crater Lake
Cuyahoga Valley
*Death Valley
Denali
Dry Tortugas
*Everglades
Gates of the Arctic
Glacier
Glacier Bay
*Grand Canyon 3 times
*Grand Teton
Great Basin
*Great Sand Dunes
*Great Smoky Mountains
*Guadalupe Mountains
Haleakalā
Hawaiʻi Volcanoes
*Hot Springs many times
Isle Royale
* Joshua Tree was born there(Twenty-Nine Palms)
Katmai
*Kenai Fjords
Kings Canyon
Kobuk Valley
*Lake Clark
*Lassen Volcanic
*Mammoth Cave
*Mesa Verde
Mount Rainier
North Cascades
Olympic
*Petrified Forest 3 times
*Redwood 2 times
*Rocky Mountain 2 times
Saguaro
*Sequoia
Shenandoah
Theodore Roosevelt
Virgin Islands
Voyageurs
Wind Cave
Wrangell-St. Elias
*Yellowstone
*Yosemite
*Zion

Acadia
Arches
Black Canyon of the Gunnison
Carlsbad Caverns
Crater Lake
(Denali - flyover)
Everglades
Glacier
Grand Canyon
Grand Teton
Great Sand Dunes
Great Smoky Mountains
Hawaiʻi Volcanoes
Mammoth Cave
Mesa Verde
Olympic
Petrified Forest
Redwood
Rocky Mountain
Saguaro
Shenandoah
Virgin Islands
Yellowstone
Yosemite

Update:
Add Cuyahoga Valley NP to my list.

Also, I've been to Joshua Tree, Congaree, and Death Valley when they were national monuments, but they are now national parks.

And, depending on how you want to count it, I've been to both Sequoia and Kings Canyon.

That makes it either 43 or 44 -- or maybe 38 or 39.

I get to add 2 to my list above...
Glacier Bay and Kenai Fjords.

I still have lots to go.

37 National Parks
Acadia National Park
Arches National Park
Badlands National Park
Big Bend National Park
Black Canyon of the Gunnison NM#1 NP#2
Bryce National Park
Canyonlands National Park (Island in the Sky and Needles)
Capitol Reef National Park
Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Crater Lake National Park
Death Valley National Park
Denali National Park
Glacier Bay National Park
Glacier National Park
Grand Canyon National Park (North and South Rims)
Grand Tetons National Park
Guadalupe Mountains National Park
Joshua Trees National Park
Kenai Fjords National Park
Kings Canyon
Lassen National Park
Lehman Caves Trip#1 (Big Basin National Park Trip#2)
Mammoth Cave National Park, Frozen Niagara Tour
Mesa Verde National Park
Mt. Rainer National Park
North Cascades National Park
Olympic National Park
Petrified Forest National Park
Rocky Mountain National Park
Sequioa
Smokey Mountain National Park
Theodore Roosevelt National Park North & South Unit
Voyageurs National Park
Wind Cave National Park
Yellowstone National Park
Yosemite National Park
Zion National Park

7 National Recreational Areas, Seashores and Memorials:
Big Horn National Recreational Area
Flaming George National Recreational Area
Glen Canyon National Recreational Area Lake Powell
Lincon Memorial Park
Point Reyes National Seashore
Sawtooth National Recreational Area
Thomas Jefferson Memorial Park


31 National Monuments:
Aztec Ruins National Monument
Bandelier National Monument
Canyon de Chelly National Monument
Cedar Breaks National Monument
Chiricahua National Monument
Colorado National Monument
Craters of the Moon National Monument
Devils Tower National Monument
Dinosaur National Monument
El Morrow National Monument
Escalante-Grand Staircase National Monument
Florissant Fossil Bed National Monument
Great Sand Dunes National Monument
Hovenweep National Monument
John Day Fossil Bed National Monument
Lava Beds National Monument
Misty Fjords National Monument
Montezuma Castle National Monument
Montezuma Well
Mount Rushmore National Memorial
Natural Bridges National Monument
Navajo National Monument
Petroglyph National Monument
Pipe Springs National Monument
Pompeys Pillar (National Monument 1-2001)
Rainbow Bridge National Monument
Scotts Bluff National Monument
Tuzigout National Monument
Walnut National Monument
Washington National Monument
White Sands National Monument
Wupatki National Monument

Utahtea

Utahtea, you are my hero.
Always so nice, always so helpful. Thanks for all of your wonderful help to me in planning great vacations in the SW.

Thank you starrs! I will admit I've been doing National Parks for 38 years now so I've had plenty of time to accumulate them!

Utahtea

I have no clue to the Seashores, river, monuments, battlefields, etc that I have been to. And I still count Joshua Tree as a National Park even though it was a Monument when I saw it.

Utahtea, I did the Frozen Niagra Tour in Mammoth as well, did the Wild Cave there as well. I have done all of the cave tours at Carlsbad, including the two Wild Cave Tours that they do there. They only allow 8 people per week on each of those. I usually wind up doing a pretty tough trail at each park-like Lassen Peak or Guadalupe Peak.

It looks like you have most all of them done in the west. Channel Islands and Saquaro to go?

spirolbulldog, Yes, we've done a pretty good job of the National Parks in the west. I guess it helps that we live out here.

Did I mention that we've been to Yosemite 33 times, Zion 30 times, Capitol Reef 14 times, Arches 13 times, Canyonlands Island in the Sky 11 times, Yellowstone, Bryce and Glen Canyon National Park 9 times each...to name a few!

Utahtea

utahtea,
I would say you've experienced those for sure-wow.

Do you have a favorite? I really have several of them that I really love. I think mine is Yosemite. My wife and daughters would be Yellowstone. Although my daughter and I both really like Arches. My least favorite for sure is one that isn't on your list-Hot Springs National Park. And is is the only one close to me(2hrs).
I do love love love Buffalo National River(it was the first NR)and it is also about 2 hours from me. We go there at least 4 or 5 times a year. I like to be in the area after we have had several inches of rain and the waterfalls are some of the best(somewhat like the Columbia River Gorge). They generally are good in the spring. There is one little waterfall called Glory Hole Falls, that is the best small waterfall I've ever seen. It is only 16 foot, but I would still rate it 9 out of 10. There is also one there called Triple Falls that is really awesome.

I always say my favorite national park is the one I'm in...LOL.

As much as I love Utah, Yellowstone is my all time favorite National Park. Then tied for second are Arches, Capitol Reef and Zion. They are listed in alphabetical order because I just can't rank them.

We were suppose to go to Hot Springs NP in 2001, but we were having RV issues that year with our older motor home and we ran out of time after being delayed 10 days. Luckily we made it to our son's house in South Carolina and got to spend those 10 days with him & our DIL.

I do love all the waterfalls in the south! Lush and beautiful areas!

I might make it to all the parks, but you really do more at each one. I just can't do really long hikes so we do miss some things.

Utahtea