There are 9 Nationwide Parks in California — greater than every other state. With greater than 270 state parks, recreation areas and landmarks, there’s a ton of locations to go to within the Golden State.
However a brand new ballot performed by a luxurious expedition firm discovered that the most well-liked landmark in America isn’t in California.
The ballot of greater than 3,100 folks was performed by Aqua Expeditions. It discovered that America’s No. 1 landmark that folks wish to go to is within the south: Nice Smoky Mountains Nationwide Park on the border of North Carolina and Tennessee.
The Nice Smokys is the most-visited Nationwide Park in America, drawing in additional than 14 million guests final yr.
Whereas not main the way in which, a handful of California’s pure wonders did make the record.
These are the most well-liked pure landmarks and parks in California.
Redwood Nationwide and State Parks
The house of California’s iconic redwoods was the most well-liked landmark in California. It got here in at No. 5 on the record. The world’s tallest timber may be discovered alongside the Northern California coast.
Based on the Nationwide Park Service, the California Redwood parks “shield huge prairies, oak woodlands, wild rivers, and 40 miles of rugged shoreline.”
Yosemite Valley
The Nationwide Park nestled within the Sierra Nevada is thought for its waterfalls, massive sequoias and the well-known Tunnel View overlook.
Yosemite is the third-oldest Nationwide Park behind solely Yellowstone and its California neighbor, Sequoia Nationwide Park.
Yosemite completed at No. 12 within the ballot.
Lake Tahoe
Not a Nationwide Park, however it’s inside a Nationwide Forest, and it has as many guests as different landmarks on the record.
Lake Tahoe took the No. 43 spot on the record.
The freshwater lake was shaped over 2 million years in the past by way of “faulting of the Earth’s crust, volcanism and glaciation,” based on KeepTahoeBlue.org.
Huge Sur
The stretch of California shoreline follows alongside the trail of one of many world’s most stunning drives, Freeway 1.
The area has quite a few seaside cliffs, mountaineering trails for exploring, quiet spots for tenting and loads of locations to dip your toes within the Pacific Ocean or the Huge Sur River.
Pfeiffer Huge Sur State Park is on the western slope of the Santa Lucia Mountains and options waterfalls and a few Redwood timber.
Huge Sur was No. 65 on the record.
Runyon Canyon
The ultimate California landmark to make the record of prime 250 landmarks in America is L.A. personal Runyon Canyon.
It’s positioned inside Los Angeles metropolis limits and is nestled on the jap facet of the Santa Monica Mountains.
The 160-acre park options infinite trails for mountaineering, the vast majority of that are dog-friendly, and unmatched views of downtown Los Angeles from the highest of the Inspiration Level path.
Runyon Canyon Park is managed by the Los Angeles Division of Recreation and Parks. You possibly can enter the park from Hollywood or from Mulholland Drive.
Runyon Canyon was No. 151 within the ballot.
General, California had essentially the most landmarks within the prime 250, trailing solely Hawaii and Tennessee.
The highest 10 pure landmarks People say they’d most like to go to are:
- Tennessee’s Nice Smoky Mountains Nationwide Park
- New York’s Niagara Falls
- Missouri’s Elephant Rocks
- Wyoming’s Yellowstone Nationwide Park
- California’s Redwood Nationwide and State Parks
- Hawaii’s Hawai’i Volcanoes Nationwide Park
- Hawaii’s Hanauma Bay
- Iowa’s Pikes Peak State Park
- Arizona’s The Grand Canyon
- Hawaii’s Waikīkī Seashore
For extra on the ballot, in addition to the worldwide locations that folks stated they needed to go to, click on right here.
