@jupiterscompass: A national parks road trip across the west has to be one of my favorite travel experiences ever! The variety of nature you can find in California alone is incredible. From the deserts of Joshua Tree to the majestic redwoods, there’s so much to explore. And once you travel further north to the PNW you’ll get to experience the magic of the parks in Oregon and Washington. Here’s the plan: 1. Joshua Tree National Park 2. Channel Islands National Park 3. Sequoia National Park 4. Death Valley National Park 5. Kings Canyon National Park 6. Pinnacles National Park 7. Yosemite National Park 8. Lassen Volcanic National Park 9. Redwood National Park 10. Crater Lake National Park 11. Mount Rainier National Park 12. Olympic National Park 13. North Cascades National Park If you haven’t made this trip yet, put it on your list and start planning! #WestCoast #RoadTrip #nationalparks #ExploreCalifornia #PNW

River :

Waste of time going to Channel Islands

user5550913283700 :

Only ONE stop in Oregon is CRAZY😂

Kate :

I feel like it makes more sense to do a loop around and try to get the PCH in.

traveling cooking mama :

never EVER skip Great Basin - it’s the best place to stargaze in the U.S with a bortle one sky, has a GLACIER (IN NEVADA!) and is home to Bristlecombe trees (oldest living organisms)

Josiah :

Good luck trying to get to death valley from sequoia

Chante :

Why would you not do kings canyon and sequoia back to back?

zobo68 :

This map makes some of these look deceptively close, especially since it’s zig zagging across the sierras were there is not necessarily a road to pass

ry 🌲 pnw :

That crater to rainier leg goes CRAZY

Ryan :

as someone who loves this nations natural areas and landscapes joshua tree is so mid

qu33r_fairy :

now is a great time to go to Joshua tree, just don't pass through Palmdale or use the 138, washed out roads

rwyxn :

OneAlmond :

I drove this route this year! left on Christmas 2024 and spent 6+ months on a road trip up the west coast. from border to border, it's incredible, would def do again

Derfbox :

raul :

How long did this trip take you

drew :

No Tahoe?

BRAG the pro :

So no one’s gonna talk about how Clark County got absorbed by Arizona😭🙏

lydsquidz :

I’ve taken this roadtrip but didn’t do crater! It was one of the best things I’ve ever done

MrRaspberryJam :

Why Nevada shaped like that? you gave Vegas to Arizona 😂😂

m :

the fact that i live in oxnard and still have yet to visit ci national park, im glad you went!

. :

I went to sequoia

Leslie :

My dreammmmm

Reeeed! :

You should have gone to Shasta also

🌙Hubble⭐️ :

I could press so many pennies

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#saving this