There are 59 National Parks in the USA. In December 2007 I visited 4 of them - Death Valley, Zion, Bryce Canyon and the Grand Canyon, all in the south west region of the USA. After a couple more trips to the USA visiting and photographing the parks, I was coming to the realisation that it would be quite an achievement to visit all the parks and so Quest 59 was conceived. As of March 2013, my partner Debbie and I have made it to 50 different parks.
Twenty-seven states have national parks, as do the insular areas of American Samoa and the United States Virgin Islands. Alaska with 8 and California (now nine) have the most, followed by Utah with five and Colorado with four. The largest national park is Wrangell–St. Elias, at over 8,000,000 acres (32,000 km2), followed by three more in Alaska; the smallest is Hot Springs, at less than 6,000 acres (24 km2). The total area protected by national parks is approximately 51,900,000 acres (210,000 km2), for an average of 895,000 acres (3,620 km2) but a median of only 317,000 acres (1,280 km2). The most-visited national park is Great Smoky Mountains, with over nine million visitors in 2008, followed by the Grand Canyon, with over four million. Fourteen national parks are designated World Heritage Sites.
Death Valley, California
National Park info page to view
Haleakalā National Park, Hawai’i
Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park
Parks still to be visited and photographed: 8 Parks in Alaska and The National Park of American Samoa
Great Sand Dunes, Colorado
Thanks to Wikipedia for Park information http://en.wikipedia.org