>>2645239>ShenendoahEither bike the entire parkway or do this loop:
https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/virginia/shenandoah-national-park-loop in a day in mid October and you will have done the entire park
> Grand CanyonBeen once in the winter and going back to do the R2R2R in a day. It is a must see, it is literally the largest thing I've ever seen in my life and you can't describe it in words. Best times to go to hike in the Rim are April and November
> Pinnacles Small park with some cool rock climbing and volcanic structures, worth a long day hike if you are in the area, fairly unique climate among the parks
> Mount RainierBeen multiple when I was super young and climbed it this summer. Mount Rainier is the "biggest" mountain I've ever seen in the lower 48. It just keeps going up and if I wanted to go again I would backpack the Wonderland trail in September
> Olympic Went twice this summer for two day hikes, one short, one long. Literal cold rainforests. It has everything and great backcountry and mountaineering opportunities. I really want to go back to peakbag the area, it is just so vast and untamed.
> Rocky MountainWent twice, once for a climbing course with my school and once on Columbus day weekend to climb Longs Peak. Phenomenal. Has some of the best climbing in CO (The diamond is the Rocky's equal of the Yosemite big wall climbs) not to mention the hiking and the ski touring and such. I would live there in a heart beat, Estes is a nice town. It does get really crowded though but you just need to get away from the drives and easy hikes like everywhere else.
>WantsTeton (for climbing)
Yosemite (for climbing, I'm not good enough yet so I'm holding off)
North Cascades (for climbing)
Sequoia and Kings Canyon (backpacking and climbing)
Great Smokies (peakbagging to finish the SB6K, can not stand the permit and backpacking rules)
Literally anything in Alaska
