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When Death Valley became a National Park it ruined it.

[Pangloss62]

Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
Blue Ridge Parkway
Blue Ridge Parkway
Booker T. Washington National Monument
Colonial National Historical Park
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park
George Washington Memorial Parkway
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
Manassas National Battlefield Park
Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site
Petersburg National Battlefield
Prince William Forest Park
Richmond National Battlefield Park
Shenandoah National Park

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Originally Posted by Pangloss62

Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
Blue Ridge Parkway
Blue Ridge Parkway
Booker T. Washington National Monument
Colonial National Historical Park
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park
George Washington Memorial Parkway
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
Manassas National Battlefield Park
Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site
Petersburg National Battlefield
Prince William Forest Park
Richmond National Battlefield Park
Shenandoah National Park

I've been to many of those places. So have my kids. And I don't mean to be a nitpicker, but only one of them is a National Park, and that one is rather unimpressive compared to the dozens of western national parks I've visited.

I'm not trying to pick a fight with you. I like and support the national parks. But the East doesn't have anything even close to resembling what the West has in terms of size and wilderness and remarkable landscape.

In the East, many of my favorite places to hike are national forests or are owned by lumber companies, etc.