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Canada
Canada has 37 national Parks
Gwaii Haanas
July 10th to 16th, 2024
Full name: Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve, National Marine Conservation Area, and Haida Heritage Site. We spent a week on a Sailboat visiting a variety of locations in the park.
Pacific Whitesided Three Phases Of Jump
Kids On Snow With Mountains
Revelstoke National Park
July 19th, 2022

Went to Mayne Island to See the Made on Mayne Art Festival.  We visited half a dozen artists around the island.
Nara With Fallen Ice Block
Jasper National Park
July 13th to 17th, 2022

Pender Island has a long running fall art crawl with 20+ artists.  We visited the Saturday morning market, Thieves Bay Park for lunch and artist studios all over the island. 
Side View Of Lake Louise
Banff National Park
July 10th - 13th, 2022

Banff is the number one National Park in Canada by number of visitors.  We biked to the Vermilion Lakes, took the bus to Lake Louise and hiked up to Johnston Canyon. 

Banff National Park
October 17th, 2003

We walked the trail in Johnston Canyon
Impromptu Wet Trail
Kootney National Park
July 9th, 2022

Kootney National Park doesn't have any retail in it - most people just drive through on their way Banff. There are a number of great stops in the park - Paint Pots is most famous, but Marble Canyon is also worth a stop.

Kootney National Park
October 1st, 2002
 
Visited Numa falls and the Paint Pots
Dock For Ferry And Pleasure Boats
Gulf Islands National Park
May 19th - 21st, 2007

Gulf Islands National Park is a number of fragments of islands so there is no one place to visit.
View Back To Long Beach
Pacific Rim National Park Reserve
May 20th to 23rd, 2022
Pacific Rim National Park Reserve has a significant part between Tofino and Ucluelet but also includes the broken island ground and the West Coast Trail.

United States National Parks

There are 63 National Parks in the United States.

Haleakalā National Park
March 15th, 2022
Haleakalā National extends from the very peak of the volcano all the way to the ocean.
Brief Clearing Of Shifting Sands Trail
Path Up To Muir Camp
Mount Rainier National Park
July 6th, 2007
May Long Weekend on Mudge Island! We flew in on a De Havilland Beaver.
Sidney Spit
Walking Devastation Trail
Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park
April 22nd, 2002
There is a small private ferry from a dock in Sidney to the Island. The North part of the island is part of Gulf Islands National Park.
Sidney Spit
Sulfur Works
Lassen Volcanic National Park
October 4th, 1998
Just to show how little I had planned for this trip - I picked Lassen Park because it had an open camp ground, but I didn't know of all of the attractions.
Path up Canyon
Grand Canyon National Park
October 6th, 1998
My first ever road trip!

Taiwan National Parks

Taiwan has 9 national Parks and 1 national natural park

Yangmingshan National Park
April 1st, 2019
Yangmingshan National Park is just outside of Taipei and it's has waterfalls and hot springs.
Foot Bath
Claira Running Up The Beach
Kenting National Park
March 10th - 12th, 2016
At the far south is Kenting National Park - a combination of resorts and small towns as well as wind swept coastline.

India National Parks

India has 106 National Parks.

Jim Corbett National Park
December 18th to 21st, 2006
The first national park in India! This park is 1318 square km and you stay a in a resort in the middle of the park.
Two Cubs
Tiger Walking Down Road
Ranthambore National Park
December 6th - 8th, 2006
Ranthambore (Rajasthan) has a core area of 275 square km with lots of hotels and services just outside of the gates. This is a Tiger Park - people spend days trying to spot them.
Guide And Tourists In Park
Keoladeo National Park
December 4th, 2006
Keoladeo (Rajasthan) is a 28.7 square km park that is a Ramsar Wetland. Tourists aren't allowed in vehicles so there is an industry in local bike gudes and drivers.


Path Up To Muir Camp
Altitude: 1832m (6010 feet)
Location: Go To...
Tags: hiking, snow, trail
Walking Devastation Trail
Tags: hiking, trail, volcanism
Kids On Snow With Mountains
Altitude: 1938m (6358 feet)
Location: Go To...
Dock For Ferry And Pleasure Boats
Location: Go To...
Tags: boat, dock
Tiger Walking Down Road
Species: Panthera tigris (tiger)
Tags: India, safari
Path up Canyon
Tags: canyon, trail
View Back To Long Beach
Altitude: 4m (13 feet)
Location: Go To...
Brief Clearing Of Shifting Sands Trail
Altitude: 3019m (9904 feet)
Location: Go To...
Sulfur Works
Location: Go To...
Tags: gyser, volcanism
Claira Running Up The Beach
Tags: beach, resort, Taiwan
Impromptu Wet Trail
Altitude: 1424m (4671 feet)
Location: Go To...
Foot Bath
Person: Claira, Nara
Altitude: 752m (2467 feet)
Location: Go To...
Tags: foot bath, hot spring, Taiwan
Guide And Tourists In Park
Tags: biking, India, safari
Side View Of Lake Louise
Altitude: 1924m (6312 feet)
Location: Go To...
Tags: Rocky Mountains
Two Cubs
Species: Panthera tigris (tiger)
Tags: India, safari
Nara With Fallen Ice Block
Altitude: 1764m (5787 feet)
Location: Go To...
Tags: glacier, Rocky Mountains, snow
Pacific Whitesided Three Phases Of Jump
Species: Sagmatias obliquidens (Pacific White-sided Dolphin)
Altitude: 5m (16 feet)
Location: Go To...
Tags: Do Not Tag(1)

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