Plan Your Trip To Every National Park

[Dean Pinter]

This might come in handy for some ambitious camper. Some data scientist calculated the most efficient route to every National Park in the lower 48.

Data Scientist Creates Fully Optimized Road Trip Map To Every National Park

 

[Ken & Peggy]

Nice link! I think you'd need quite a bit more than the 2 months he says to do it right, though...

 

[Theresa]

47 national parks, huh? And I have visited 10 from that list. I think I just made a new retirement goal!

However, his list doesn't include some places I thought were national parks: The St. Louis Arch (actually called the Jefferson National Expansion Monument), Mt. Rushmore, the Old Post Office in Washington DC. Perhaps those are officially something else?

I agree that -- to do this justice -- you'd need more than two months. I don't want to run through so I can say I've visited; rather, I want to stay and experience the place! For example, I've been to Yellowstone twice and haven't done everything it offers.

 

[jfocallag]

They are officially national memorials:

List of National Memorials of the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The old post office is on the National Register of Historical Places.