About Beautiful Places right here in the U.S.A. (no passport needed!!)

[Stuart G]

1. Yosemite National Park
2. Yellowstone National Park
3. Glacier National Park .(.one of the most beautiful roads in the world.)
4. Midwest Farmlands...(hundreds of miles of corn, mile after mile)
5. Chicago's Lakefront on Lake Michigan..or any of Great Lakes.
6. New York City...take a ride around Manhattan...that is a boat tour..You will never forget it.
7. So many places & beaches on the Atlantic & Pacific Ocean (some of us have never seen either)
8. Grand Canyon
9. Sequoia National Park--some of the oldest living plants in the world
10. Arcadia National Park on the Ocean
11. Carlsbad Cavern National Park, incredible cave beauty..you got to see to believe...
12 Everglades National Park...what can one say?..like a giant lagoon or whatever, hard to describe
13. Mississippi River...say...St Louis..? (truly incredible,)

Add as many as you desire..or links if you want...We have a beautiful and incredible country...
.........(unfortunately not enough of our people appreciate it)

[Cracklin Charlie]

1. All of those.

But, the Mississippi River just around Davenport Iowa is so much prettier.

I also like the drive from St. Louis to Nashville TN.

Also, driving the “Land Between the Lakes” in Kentucky is wonderful. Smells like fresh grass.

And, driving north to south in Virginia around Halloween. So pretty. Find a two lane road.

Sedona, Arizona.

I could go on all day.

[Marthe48]

2. We were at OBX several times

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One of the beaches was on the top 10 U.S. beaches one time. I think it was Ocracoke. We stopped for about 1/2 hour. I wanted to brag that I visited a top 10 beach I think this is the first time I ever mentioned it. lol We are going to OBX in late summer, staying at the north end this time.

In 2012, we went to Maine and my s-i-l took us on a day trip to Acadia. It was beautiful. He is well-traveled and knows all kinds of ways to make a visit easier and stress-free. Like parking, best dates and things like that. I'm going to Maine pretty soon, to visit that s-i-l and daughter, but I don't know if we'll go to Acadia. My other daughter and her family just went to Maine as guests, and went to the coast, not sure if they are up for another trip so soon. I'll be by a lake in a forest. Beautiful!

In 2019, my other son-in-law drove me through some of the s.w. Everglades. He took me on an airboat, just the two of us with the captain. We saw a manatee while we were waiting to board. We had lunch at an iconic restaurant in Everglades City and then went searching for alligators. Saw a lot of them.

I've been to Yellowstone, the Grand Canyon 2 times, and NYC.

I forgot how lucky I've been to travel and how blessed we are to have these beautiful places in our own country. Thank for posting!

[Stuart G]

13. The letters OBX are short for "Outer Banks" which is a chain islands located off the coast of N.C.

The letters OBX are short for “Outer Banks” which is a chain of barrier islands located off the coast of North Carolina

[Marthe48]

15. Yes, after being there so many times, I use the abbreviation

I didn't realize for a long time that the residents were called Bankers, and I didn't understand why financiers were so interested and vocal about local government

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

3. True, but be aware that many of the national parks

are enforcing limits on the number of people there, so plan ahead.

[dhol82]

4. I will second that cruise around Manhattan!

It’s one of my favorite things to do with visitors.

[Marthe48]

16. My kids have gone for weekends to NYC several times

My younger daughter said she could spend a day on a ferry people watching

[dhol82]

19. I love going just to see different aspects of the NY area

You get to look at New Jersey, Queens, Brooklyn, Harlem, The Bronx; go through Spuyten Duyvil and see the Pallisades on one side and Fort Tryon on the other. Going under the GW Bridge is fascinating. It’s just a fun trip.
Make sure you sign for the whole circuit of Manhattan. Some of the excursions are shorter.

[wryter2000]

5. Muir Woods

[link:https://www.nationalparks.org/connect/explore-parks/muir-woods-national-monument|

First growth redwoods. Gorgeous

[Hugh_Lebowski]

6. San Francisco Bay Area (my top 10)

1) Area around Baker Beach/Seacliff/Legion of Honor/Cliff House (SF)
2) Ferry Boat ride from Tiburon to SF piers
3) Cable Car ride from Union Square to the Wharf (SF)
4) Golden Gate Park (SF)
5) The neighborhoods of the Berkeley Hills, up to Tilden Park area, the ridge road up there that gives you a full view of both bridges, Berkeley, Oakland, and SF Bay (and other cities).
6) The neighborhoods surrounding the golf course at the Orinda Country Club, and Sleepy Hollow/Orinda Downs neighborhoods
7) Mt Diablo
8) Briones Regional Park
9) Half Moon Bay and Pacifica
10) Mills College (not really a public place per se but the campus is BEAUTIFUL) in Oakland.

Also agree on Muir Woods ^^^ but it's a trek from the City.

Also of course Wine Country has some amazing places!

[dhol82]

20. Love SF.

I have family in El Cerrito so get to come visit a lot.
There is always something else to see and somewhere else to go.

[we can do it]

29. Yes SF!

[rsdsharp]

7. Maybe it's a matter of familiarity breeds contempt,

but having lived my entire life in Iowa, I can’t see farmland as a vacation destination. Endless miles of corn (and soybeans) enlivened with the smell of large hog confinement facilities, isn’t much of a draw.

There are beautiful things to see in the Midwest, such as the Loess Hills along the Missouri, but if you’re seen one field of corn, you’ve seen ‘em all.

[Stuart G]

10. What if you are from Europe..and never seem mile after mile of corn & soybeans??forget the hog smell

[rsdsharp]

17. I'm guessing you've never smelled a confinement lagoon filled with

several thousand gallons of pig shit. You wouldn’t forget it, even though you would want to. After five or ten miles the fields would be boring.

[WhiteTara]

8. Buffalo River

Arkansas

[yellowdogintexas]

26. I love the Buffalo River and the nearby Blanchard Springs Caverns nt

[Stuart G]

9. Explore National Parks...National Park Foundation..hit the link below

https://www.nationalparks.org/connect/explore-parks

[Scrivener7]

11. The Adirondacks, the Catskills...

[Enter stage left]

12. Some of my favorites

Pretty much the whole Oregon coast

all 5 National Parks in Utah

Mackinac Island in Michigan

The wine country of California

Lake Tahoe & Crater Lake

and many more in this beautiful country of ours.

[Stuart G]

14. Arches National Park...Utah...lots of beautiful arches as rock formations & mountains.

lots of cliffs, and lots of great views....(so many rock cliffs...stationary arches...Yes, it is where Road Runner & Wiley E. Coyote ran around and around...And cliffs to fall off of .....Of Course..!!!!.

You don't believe it....visit it & take a look..


https://www.google.com/search?q=Arches+Natopmal+PARK&sitesearch=

[we can do it]

23. Bryce, Zion, Capitol Reef, Escalante all top Arches IMHO.

[doc03]

18. Living all my life on the Ohio River I was disappointed

when I went to St. louis. The river is a little wider that's all. I think Pittsburgh PA has about the nicest riverfront of any place I have seen. The only city with a front door or grand entrance, you go into a tunnel under a tree covered hill and on the other side it's Pittsburgh beautiful skyline and rivers.

[we can do it]

21. Move Glacier to number 1, Grand Canyon 2.

Capitol Reef NP is intensely beautiful. Grand Tetons and Alaska. Yosemite should be much lower on list, too much grey. Redwoods and Sequoia much higher. Kauai, Maui, Cape Cod.

[OilemFirchen]

22. Don't leave out the New River Gorge.

[Staph]

27. Especially on Bridge Day!

Bridge Day is West Virginia's largest single-day festival and one of the largest extreme sports events in the world. Held annually every third Saturday in October on the New River Gorge Bridge in Fayette County, West Virginia, this is the only day each year thousands of spectators can walk across the bridge and watch as serious BASE jumpers get their chance to fly 876 feet into the Gorge below and rappellers ascend and descend from the catwalk. Come and enjoy the view from the bridge, one of the best overlooks in the New River Gorge!

This is Bridge Day, and it's unlike anything you've ever experienced.

https://officialbridgeday.com/

[we can do it]

24. Let's throw in Cuyahoga Valley NP.

[doc03]

25. I've done that several times Akron to Rockside on the

train then bike back. Even biked both ways one time 56 miles.Hocking Hills is also nice in Ohio and Holmes County Amish country.

[yellowdogintexas]

28. Texas bluebonnets in the spring.

Miles and miles of nothing but blue blue fields.

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