The old Roaddog hit 62 a while back and that means I can now get one of the great perks of being an American citizen. That is right! I now qualify for my lifetime National Parks pass. Can I get a big WOOO HOOOOO!!!

Over the years we have been to quite a few national parks and monuments and shown you some interesting things. We are now consolidating all the pictures, videos and whatever other info we find relevant. One of our goals for the Great Gypsy Experiment will be to visit as many National Parks and Monuments as we can. America is a beautiful country and there is much to see. We are within a few short years until we begin full time. Until then we will post as much as we can from our archives and before you know it this will become a valuable resource for any wannabe Roaddog.

Click on any colored button to see what information we have on that National Park or Monument. grayed out buttons mean we have info to show but it is not Online as of yet. We will add new info as we obtain it or see it for ourselves.

So what is the differences between a National Park or Monument? And how about National Historic landmarks?

First off a National Park can only be made through an act of Congress, while a National Monument can be created with the stroke of a presidents pen. Other types of historic landmarks have different requirements and you can learn more about these at Eligibility - National Historic Landmarks (U.S. National Park Service)

Currently there are 63 National Parks, 130 National Monuments and many many historical landmarks.

 

PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A "IN PROGRESS VERSION"

 

A total of 63 National Parks

Acadia National Park


Badlands National Park

Big Bend National Park

Biscayne National Park

Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park




Carlsbad Caverns National Park


Congaree National Park


Cuyahoga Valley National Park

Death Valley National Park

Denali National Park and Preserve

Dry Tortugas National Park

Everglades National Park

Gates of the Arctic National Park

Gateway Arch National Park 

Glacier National Park

Glacier Bay National Park


Grand Teton National Park

Great Basin National Park

Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Guadalupe Mountains National Park

Haleakala National Park

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park

Hot Springs National Park

Indiana Dunes National Park

Isle Royale National Park

Joshua Tree National Park

Katmai National Park and Preserve

Kenai Fjords National Park

Kings Canyon National Park

Kobuk Valley National Park

Lake Clark National Park


Mammoth Cave National Park

Mesa Verde National Park

Mount Rainier National Park

National Park of American Samoa

New River Gorge National Park 

North Cascades National Park

Olympic National Park

Petrified Forest National Park

Pinnacles National Park

Redwood National Park

Rocky Mountain National Park

Saguaro National Park

Sequoia National Park

Shenandoah National Park

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Virgin Islands National Park
Virgin Islands

Voyageurs National Park

White Sands National Park 
New Mexico

Wind Cave National Park
South Dakota

Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve
Alaska

Yellowstone National Park
Wyoming


Coming Soon


 

 

 

 

A total of 130 National Monuments

Admiralty Island
Alaska

African Burial Ground
New York

Agate Fossil Beds
Nebraska

Agua Fria
Arizona

Aleutian Islands World War 2
Alaska

Alibates Flint Quarries
Texas

Aniakchak
Alaska

Aztec Ruins
New Mexico

Bandelier
New Mexico

Basin and Range
Nevada

Bears Ears
Utah

Belmont-Paul Women's Equality
Washington D.C.

Berryessa Snow Mountain
California

Birmingham Civil Rights
Alabama

Booker T. Washington
Virginia

Browns Canyon
Colorado

Buck Island Reef
U.S. Virgin islands

Cabrillo
California

California Coastal
California

Camp Nelson Heritage
Kentucky

Canyon DE Chelly
Arizona

Canyons of the Ancients
Colorado

Cape Krusenstern
Alaska

Capulin Volcano
New Mexico

Carrizo Plain
California

Casa Grande Ruins
Arizona

Cascade-Siskiyou
Oregon/California

Castillo DE San Marcos
Florida

Castle Clinton
New York

Castle Mountains
California

Cedar Breaks
Utah

Cesar E. Chaves
California

Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers
Ohio

Chimney Rock
Colorado

Chiricahua
Arizona

Colorado
Colorado

Craters of the Moon
Idaho

Devils Postpile
California

Devils Tower
Wyoming


Dinosaur- Colorado/Utah
COMING SOON!

Effigy Mounds
Iowa

El Malpais
New Mexico

El Morro
New Mexico

Florissant Fossil Beds
Colorado

Fort Frederica
Georgia

Fort Matanzas
Florida

Fort McHenry
Maryland

Fort Monroe
Virginia

Fort Ord
California

Fort Pulaski
Georgia

Fort Stanwix
New York

Fort Union
New Mexico

Fossil Butte
Wyoming

Freedom Riders
Alabama

George Washington Birthplace
Virginia

George Washington Carver
Missouri

Giant Sequoia
California

Gila Cliff Dwellings
New Mexico

Gold Butte
Nevada

Governors Island
New York

Grand Canyon Parashant
Arizona

Grand Portage
Minnesota

Grand Staircase-Escalante
Utah

Hagerman Fossil Beds
Idaho

Hanford Reach
Washington

Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad
Maryland

Hohokam Pima
Arizona

Homestead
Nebraska

Hovenweep
Colorado/Utah

Ironwood Forest
Arizona

Jewel Cave
South Dakota

John Day Fossil Beds
Oregon

Jurassic
Utah

Kasha-Katuwe Ten Rocks
New Mexico

Katahdin Woods and Waters
Maine

Lava Beds
California

Little Bighorn Battlefield
Montana

Marianas Trench Marine
Guam

Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home
Mississippi

Military Working Dog Teams
Texas

Mill Springs Battlefield
Kentucky

Misty Fjords
Alaska

Mohave Trails
California

Montezuma Castle
Arizona

Mount Rushmore
South Dakota

Mount St. Helens Volcanic
Washington

Muir Woods
California

Natural Bridges
Utah

Navajo
Arizona

Newberry Volcanic
Oregon

Northeast Canyons and Seamonts Marine
Atlantic Ocean

Oregon Caves
Oregon

Organ Pipe Cactus
Arizona

Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks
New Mexico

Pacific Remote Islands Marine
US Minor Outlying Islands

Papahānaumokuākea Marine
Hawaii, US Minor Outlying Islands

Petroglyph
New Mexico

Pipe Spring
Arizona

Pipestone
Minnesota

Pompey's Pillar
Montana

Poverty Point
Louisiana

Prehistoric Trackways
New Mexico

President Lincoln and Soldiers' Home
Washington D.C.

Pullman
Illinois

Rainbow Bridge
Utah

Rio Grande del Norte
New Mexico

Rose Atoll Marine
American Samoa

Russell Cave
Alabama

Saint Francis Dam Disaster
California

Salinas Pueblo Missions
New Mexico

San Gabriel Mountains
California

San Juan Islands
Washington

Sand to Snow
California

Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains
California

Scotts Bluff
Nebraska

Sonoran Desert
Arizona

Statue of Liberty
New York/ New Jersey

Stonewall
New York

Sunset Crater Volcano
Arizona

Timpanogos Cave
Utah

Tonto
Arizona

Tule Lake
California

Tule Springs Fossil Beds
Nevada

Tuzigoot
Arizona

Upper Missouri River Breaks
Montana

Vermilion Cliffs
Arizona

Virgin Islands Coral Reef
US Virgin Islands

Waco Mammoth
Texas

Walnut Canyon
Arizona

Wupatki
Arizona

Yucca House
Colorado

 

 

Many, Many and we will post as we go.

Manzanar

Golden Spike National Historic Park

Mono Lake