National Park Visits by Year (2000-2022)

The National Park Sites we visited through 2022 (181/433)
2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022

Links to National Park Visit Albums in NP Visits by Name
The National Park Sites we’ve visited since 2022 (2023, 2024, 2025)

2000-2011 National Park Visits… Pre-Retirement

First Visits (17)
Re-Visits (4)
Meet me in St. Louis, September 2000 (after meeting at Reunion in June)
  1. Jefferson Expansion National Memorial, Missouri
    (#20 NP, made Gateway Arch National Park in 2018)
Visits from homes in Seattle/Jersey Shore
  1. Statue of Liberty National Monument, New York (’01)
  2. Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, Seattle Unit (’01)
  3. Olympic National Park, Washington (’01) (#1 NP)
  4. Independence National Historical Park, Pennsylvania (’02)
  1. Statue of Liberty NM-2nd (’02)
50th Bday Trip to Hawai’i, September 2003
  1. Pu’ukohola Heiau National Historic Site, Hawai’i
  2. Pu’uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park, Hawai’i
  3. Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park, Hawai’i (#2 NP)
  4. Pearl Harbor National Memorial, Hawai’i
More Visits from Seattle/Jersey Shore – Pre-Retirement
  1. Lewis and Clark National Historical Park, Oregon (’04)
  2. Gettysburg National Military Park, Pennsylvania (’05)
  3. Boston National Historical Park, Massachusetts (’06)
  4. Steamtown National Historic Site, Pennsylvania (’08)
  5. Golden Gate National Recreation Area, California (’09)
  6. San Juan Island National Historical Park, Washington (’09)
  7. Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, Pennsylvania (’10)
  1. Olympic NP-2nd (’04)
    Olympic NP-3rd (’05)
  1. Klondike Gold Rush NHP – Seattle Unit-2nd (’09)
  2. Olympic NP-4th (’09)
Vermont/New Hampshire/Maine Road Trip, July 2011 (and Gail’s decision to retire)
  1. Acadia National Park, Maine (#3 NP)

2012 National Park Visits… Gail now Retired, living largely in NJ

First Visits (12)
Re-Visits (1)
Visit from Jersey Shore
  1. Valley Forge National Historical Park, Pennsylvania
First X-Country Road Trip–>West (I-90)
  1. Badlands National Park, South Dakota (#4 NP)
  2. Minuteman Missile National Historic Site, South Dakota
  3. Mount Rushmore National Memorial, South Dakota
  4. Jewel Cave National Monument, South Dakota
  5. Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, Wyoming
  6. Glacier National Park, Montana (#5 NP)
Camping Trip from Seattle
  1. Olympic NP-5th
2nd X-Country Road Trip–>East (I-40)
  1. Yosemite National Park, California (#6 NP)
  2. Death Valley National Park, California (#7 NP)
  3. Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona (#8 NP)
  4. Antietam National Battlefield, Maryland (last stop, actually in 2013)

2013 National Park Visits… Begin Civil War Sesquicentennial Trips

First Visits (8, incls Antietam)
Re-Visits (1)
First Civil War Road Trip-Virginia/Pennsylvania
  1. Fredericksburg/Spotsylvania National Military Park, Virginia
  2. Richmond National Battlefield Park, Virginia
  1. Gettysburg NMP-2nd
60th Bday/Civil War Trip to Tennesee/Mississippi
  1. Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi
  2. Tupelo National Battlefield, Mississippi
  3. Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site, Mississippi
  4. Shiloh National Military Park, Tennessee
  5. Natchez Trace Parkway, Mississippi

2014 National Park Visits… Mark now Retired, more travel time

First Visits (19)
Re-Visits (1)
Road Trip to Eastern Washington
  1. Manhattan Project National Historical Park, Washington
  2. Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area, Washington
  3. North Cascades National Park, Washington (#9 NP)
  4. Ross Lake National Recreation Area, Washington
Visit from Jersey Shore on trip to MA family with Alyson
  1. Salem Maritime National Historic Site, Massachusetts
Civil War Road Trip to Virginia & DC
  1. Colonial National Historical Park, Virginia
  2. Shenandoah National Park, Virginia (#10 NP)
  3. National Mall & Memorial Parks, DC
  4. Thomas Jefferson Memorial, DC
  5. Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, DC
  6. Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial, DC
  7. Arlington House, Robert E. Lee Memorial, Virginia
  1. Richmond NMP-2nd
Star-Spangled Banner Bicentennial Road Trip to Baltimore
  1. Fort McHenry National Monument & Historic Shrine, Maryland
3rd X-Country Road Trip–>West (I-94)
  1. Women’s Rights National Historic Park, New York
  2. Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Indiana
    (#25 NP, made Indiana Dunes National Park in 2019)
  3. Mississippi National River & Recreation Area, Minnesota
  4. Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site, North Dakota
  5. Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site, North Dakota/ Montana
  6. Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota (#11 NP)

2015 National Park Visits… Took first Looong (2 month) Road Trip

First Visits (29)
Re-Visits (2)
4th X-Country Road Trip–>East (I-10 & around Florida, for 2 months)
  1. Joshua Tree National Park, California (#12 NP)
  2. Saguaro National Park, Arizona (#13 NP)
  3. White Sands National Monument, New Mexico
    (#29 NP, made White Sands National Park in 2019)
  4. Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico (#14 NP)
  5. Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas (#15 NP)
  6. Big Bend National Park, Texas (#16 NP)
  7. Rio Grande Wild & Scenic River, Texas
  8. San Antonio Missions National Historical Park, Texas
  9. New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park, Louisiana
  10. Jean Lafitte National Historical Park & Preserve, Louisiana
  11. Everglades National Park, Florida (#17 NP)
  12. Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida (#18 NP)
  13. Biscayne National Park, Florida (#19 NP)
  14. Castillo de San Marcos National Monument, Florida
  15. Fort Sumter & Fort Moultrie National Historical Park, South Carolina
Civil War Road Trip to Virginia & DC
  1. Petersburgh National Battlefield, Virginia
  2. Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site, Virginia
  3. Appomattox Court House National Historical Park, Virginia
  4. Manassas National Battlefield Park, Virginia
  5. Ford’s Theater National Historic Site, DC
  6. Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site, DC
  7. Washington Monument, DC
  8. World War II Memorial, DC
  9. Lincoln Memorial, DC
  10. Vietnam Veterans Memorial, DC
  11. Word War I Memorial, DC
  1. Richmond NMP-3rd
  1. National Mall & Memorial Parks-2nd
Visits from Jersey Shore on trips to PA family, RPI, MA family
  1. Fort Necessity National Battlefield, Pennsylvania
  2. Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site, New York
  3. Springfield Armory National Historic Site, Massachusetts

2016 National Park Visits… Start specs to buy Truck & Airstream

First Visits (16)
Re-Visits (2)
Visit from Jersey Shore (visiting MA family)
  1. Lowell National Historical Park, Massachusetts
Civil War Road Trip to Virginia (return from PA family visit)
  1. Cedar Creek & Belle Grove National Historical Park, Virginia
  2. Appalachian National Scenic Trail, West Virginia (in VA)
  3. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, Maryland
  4. Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, West Virginia
  1. Appalachian NST (VA-WV-MD)-2nd
Visits from Jersey Shore (visiting MA family)
  1. Minute Man National Historical Park, Massachusetts
  1. Lowell NHP-2nd
5th X-Country Road Trip–>West (I-80 & I70) (taking Prius back to Seattle, to stay)
  1. Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial, Indiana
  2. Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site, Missouri
  3. Harry S Truman National Historic Site, Missouri
  4. Homestead National Monument of America, Nebraska
  5. Scotts Bluff National Monument, Nebraska
  6. Agate Fossil Beds National Monument, Nebraska
  7. Fort Laramie National Historic Site, Wyoming
  8. Golden Spike National Historical Park, Utah
  9. Minidoka National Historic Site, Idaho
  10. Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument, Idaho
  1. Gateway Arch NP-2nd

2017 National Park Visits… Buy Truck & Airstream, Prep Mark’s house to sell

First Visits (4)
Re-Visits (0)
Visits from Jersey Shore
  1. Gateway National Recreation Area, New York/New Jersey
  2. Morristown National Historical Park, New Jersey
  3. Flight 93 National Memorial, Pennsylvania
First (Dry Run) Airstream Trip!
  1. Saratoga National Historical Park, New York

2018 National Park Visits… Longer Airstream Trips, sell Mark’s house

First Visits (37)
Re-Visits (5)
Airstream Trip– NJ to Florida & back
  1. Fort Pulaski National Monument, Georgia
  2. Fort Matanzas National Monument, Florida
  3. De Soto National Memorial, Florida
  4. Andersonville National Historic Site, Georgia
  5. Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park, Georgia
  1. Fredericksburg/Spotsylvania NMP-2nd
Airstream Trip– NJ to Cape Cod & back
  1. Roger Williams National Memorial, Rhode Island
  2. Blackstone River Valley National Historic Park, Rhode Island
  3. New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park, Massachusetts
  4. Cape Cod National Seashore, Massachusetts
  5. Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site, Massachusetts
  6. John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site, Massachusetts
  7. Adams National Historical Park, Massachusetts
Airstream Trip– X-Country–>West (I-90) (Sept thru Oct)
  1. Johnstown Flood National Memorial, Pennsylvania
  2. Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site, Pennsylvania
  3. Friendship Hill National Historic Site, Pennsylvania
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  4. Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Ohio (#21 NP)
  5. James A. Garfield National Historic Site, Ohio
  6. River Raisin National Battlefield Park, Michigan
  7. Perry’s Victory and International Peace Memorial, Ohio
  8. Pullman National Monument, Illinois
  9. Herbert Hoover National Historic Site, Iowa
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  10. Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota (#22 NP)
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  11. Devils Tower National Monument, Wyoming
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  12. Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area, Montana/Wyoming
  13. Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site, Montana
  14. Big Hole National Battlefield, Montana
  15. Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming (#23 NP)
  16. John D Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway, Wyoming
  17. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming (#24 NP)
  18. Craters of the Moon National Monument, Idaho
  19. Craters of the Moon National Preserve, Idaho
  20. Whitman Mission National Historic Site, Washington
  1. Indiana Dunes NP-2nd
    1st NP Airstream Camping
  1. Badlands NP-2nd
  1. Jewel Cave NM-2nd
  1. Little Bighorn BNM-2nd
Visits from Seattle and an NYC stop visiting NJ family at Xmas
  1. Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, Washington
  2. Federal Hall National Memorial, New York
  3. African Burial Ground National Monument, New York
  4. Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site, New York
  5. Castle Clinton National Monument, New York

2019 National Park Visits… Explore northwest, begin Life-on-the-Road

First Visits (27)
Re-Visits (7)
Airstream Trips– Oregon Coast & Columbia River
  1. Lewis & Clark NHP-2nd
  1. Fort Vancouver NHP-2nd
  1. Lewis & Clark NHP-3rd
Road Trips – Penninsula, Eastern Washington & & Idaho
  1. Lake Chelan National Recreation Area, Washington
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  2. Nez Perce National Historical Park, Idaho
  1. Oympic NP-6th
  1. Lake Roosevelt NRA-2nd
  2. North Cascades NP-2nd
  1. Manhattan Project NHP-2nd
Visits while in Northeast to see MA & NJ family
  1. Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site, Massachusetts
  2. Weir Farm National Historic Site, Connecticut
  3. Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park, New Jersey
  4. Stonewall National Monument, New York
  5. Governors Island National Monument, New York
More Road Trips around Washington & Airstream Trip to Central Oregon
  1. Ebey’s Landing National Historic Reserve, Washington
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  2. John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Oregon
  3. Crater Lake National Park, Oregon (#26 NP)
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  4. Mount Rainier National Park, Washington (#27 NP)
  1. North Cascades NP-3rd
  2. Ross Lake NRA-2nd
Airstream Life-on-the-Road— South to the Bay Area (mid-Sept to mid-Nov)
  1. Oregon Caves National Monument & Preserve, Oregon
  2. Tule Lake National Monument, California
  3. Lava Beds National Monument, California
  4. Lassen Volcanic National Park, California (#28 NP)
  5. Whiskeytown National Recreation Area, California
  6. Point Reyes National Seashore, California
  7. San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, California
  8. John Muir National Historic Site, California
  9. Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial, California
  10. Eugene O’Neill National Historic Site, California
  11. Rosie the Riveter/WW II Home Front National Historical Park, California
  12. Fort Point National Historic Site, California
  13. Muir Woods National Monument, California
  1. Golden Gate NRA-2nd
Visits while in Northeast to see MA & NJ family at Xmas
  1. Hamilton Grange National Memorial, New York
  2. General Grant National Memorial, New York
  3. Thomas Edison National Historical Park, New Jersey

2020 National Park Visits… Continue Life-on-the-Road… until …

First Visits (9)
Re-Visits (1)
Road trip – Seattle to Bay Area
  1. Redwood National Park, California (#30 NP)
Airstream Life-on-the-Road— SoCal Coast and east into Arizona (mid-Jan to mid-Mar)
  1. Pinnacles National Park, California (#31 NP)
  2. Channel Islands National Park, California (#32 NP)
  3. Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, California
  4. Cabrillo National Monument, California
  5. Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Arizona
  6. Tumacacori National Historical Park, Arizona
  7. Casa Grande Ruins National Monument, Arizona
  8. Tonto National Monument, Arizona
  1. Saguaro NP-2nd

COVID!

Hang in Arizona (mid-Mar thru April), then head home (for a couple of years)

Airstream Trip – Gail Bday Mini Trip to Astoria with Alyson
  1. Lewis and Clark NHP-4th

2021 National Park Visits… Hang at Home, take mini/local trips

First Visits (0)
Re-Visits (2)
Valentine Trip to Penninsula & return to share with friends in July
  1. Oympic NP-7th & 8th

2022 National Park Visits… Mini/local trips & one longer Airstream Trip

First Visits (5)
Re-Visits (7)
Valentine Trip to Penninsula
  1. Oympic NP-9th
Airstream Trip— Loop to Denver & back (Jun & Jul)
  1. Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado (#33 NP)
  2. Dinosaur National Monument, Utah/Colorado
  3. Fossil Butte National Monument, Wyoming
  4. Timpanogos Cave National Monument, Utah
  5. City of Rocks National Reserve & Castle Rocks State Park, Idaho
  1. Bighorn Canyon NRA (MT)-2nd
  1. Craters of the Moon NM-2nd
  2. Craters of the Moon NPres-2nd
  1. Minidoka NHS-2nd
  2. Hagerman Fossil Beds NM-2nd
October road trip to the NW Coast with friends
  1. Oympic NP-10th

The National Park Sites we’ve visited 2023 on, in NP Visits by Year (2023-2025)