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Favorite scenic place that's not in a National Park that you have visited

dncdnc Member Posts: 56,748
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I won't even pole this one because there's billions of options. What's the coolest place for natural beauty you have been to that isn't in a National Park (or looking at one, so not "my favorite view of Mount Rainier is at _____________)?

I've been blessed to see a bunch of really cool places from name stuff like Pikes Peak, Garden of the Gods, Four Corners and Monument Valley to hidden gems like Chimney Rock and Hickory Nut Falls in NC and Hell in the Cayman Islands.

I love all those places and many more but I think Monument Valley was my favorite. It's well known for a reason. Kinda surreal visiting a place like that you've seen in a hundred movies, commercials and pictures.
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  • RaceBannonRaceBannon Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 106,018 Founders Club
    I love the high desert.
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  • backthepackbackthepack Member Posts: 19,861
    Santa Barbara hikes/beaches.
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  • dncdnc Member Posts: 56,748
    RaceBannon said:

    I love the high desert.

    I'm surprised I'm surprised


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  • dncdnc Member Posts: 56,748
    CFetters_Nacho_Lover said:

    - Garden of the Gods is pretty fucking cool.

    - My commute to Fort Carson had me going westbound up and over a hill that gave an awesome view of Pike's Peak at sunrise.

    - Anything in Maltby.

    I expected to love the drive up Pike's Peak and be meh about Garden of the Gods but it was the other way around.

    Royal Gorge is another cool spot a little further out of the Springs.

    The Black Hills and Needles Highway deserve mention as well.
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  • dncdnc Member Posts: 56,748
    YellowSnow said:

    Domestic travel only ?

    If I can use @Logistics might have to go international.

    I mentioned Grand Cayman above as a nod to all you international travelers. It's all up for grabs. Maybe your favorite domestic and foreign spot?
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  • dncdnc Member Posts: 56,748
    YellowSnow said:

    dnc said:

    YellowSnow said:

    Domestic travel only ?

    If I can use @Logistics might have to go international.

    I mentioned Grand Cayman above as a nod to all you international travelers. It's all up for grabs. Maybe your favorite domestic and foreign spot?
    I can never pick one domestically, so I will go with my backyard.


    That Bachelor?
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  • YellowSnowYellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 35,438 Founders Club
    International...


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  • dncdnc Member Posts: 56,748
    dnc said:

    YellowSnow said:

    dnc said:

    YellowSnow said:

    Domestic travel only ?

    If I can use @Logistics might have to go international.

    I mentioned Grand Cayman above as a nod to all you international travelers. It's all up for grabs. Maybe your favorite domestic and foreign spot?
    I can never pick one domestically, so I will go with my backyard.


    That Bachelor?
    dnc said:

    YellowSnow said:

    dnc said:

    YellowSnow said:

    Domestic travel only ?

    If I can use @Logistics might have to go international.

    I mentioned Grand Cayman above as a nod to all you international travelers. It's all up for grabs. Maybe your favorite domestic and foreign spot?
    I can never pick one domestically, so I will go with my backyard.


    That Bachelor?
    NM, South Sister
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  • YellowSnowYellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 35,438 Founders Club
    dnc said:

    YellowSnow said:

    dnc said:

    YellowSnow said:

    Domestic travel only ?

    If I can use @Logistics might have to go international.

    I mentioned Grand Cayman above as a nod to all you international travelers. It's all up for grabs. Maybe your favorite domestic and foreign spot?
    I can never pick one domestically, so I will go with my backyard.


    That Bachelor?
    Close. South Sister.
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  • dncdnc Member Posts: 56,748
    YellowSnow said:

    International...



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  • chuckchuck Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 11,067 Swaye's Wigwam
    My favorites are all places I had to work to get to and most of them are waterfalls. My favorite is probably Rush Creek falls in the Lewis River basin. Two hellish miles upstream on a raging creek flowing through a narrow, almost vertical canyon choked with virgin timber -


    The entire stream looks like this for two miles...high gradient and ripping even in late summer (it's spring fed).

    And eventually you arrive at this -


    Bring a snack. The walk back out is a slog. Theres another way in from above but I've never been that way.

    And fuck off anyways. The fewer people walking around in there the better!



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  • dncdnc Member Posts: 56,748
    chuck said:

    My favorites are all places I had to work to get to and most of them are waterfalls. My favorite is probably Rush Creek falls in the Lewis River basin. Two hellish miles upstream on a raging creek flowing through a narrow, almost vertical canyon choked with virgin timber -


    The entire stream looks like this for two miles...high gradient and ripping even in late summer (it's spring fed).

    And eventually you arrive at this -


    Bring a snack. The walk back out is a slog. Theres another way in from above but I've never been that way.

    And fuck off anyways. The fewer people walking around in there the better!



    You were at the top of the list of people I was hoping wood chime in on this.

    @dflea and @Swaye as well.

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  • dncdnc Member Posts: 56,748
    CFetters_Nacho_Lover said:

    dnc said:

    CFetters_Nacho_Lover said:

    - Garden of the Gods is pretty fucking cool.

    - My commute to Fort Carson had me going westbound up and over a hill that gave an awesome view of Pike's Peak at sunrise.

    - Anything in Maltby.

    I expected to love the drive up Pike's Peak and be meh about Garden of the Gods but it was the other way around.

    Royal Gorge is another cool spot a little further out of the Springs.

    The Black Hills and Needles Highway deserve mention as well.
    I lived in Colorado Springs off & on (deployments and shit) for about 3 years and never went to either Pike's Peak or GotG while I was there. Went back in 2017 and someone recommend GotG over Pike's Peak. It was worth it.

    I've driven through the Black Hills and it was nice. I drove through eastern Montana and western North Dakota. Both were fucking spectacular from what I saw. I didn't have tim to stop as I had a long way to go and a short tim to get there.
    I hate eastern Montana but I've spent way too many days there (mom's other dad's parents lived there. Wasn't a big fan of most of western ND either though I do want to check out Teddy Roosevelt NP one day, I've just kinda of driven the edge of it two or three tims.

    Western SD is tits.

    Shoutout Governor Noem!
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  • RaceBannonRaceBannon Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 106,018 Founders Club
    There is a piece of the Oregon Trail on the old pass from Nebraska into Wyoming. The badlands made me think of it because we had gone south in South Dakota through the badlands to the classy state of Nebraska

    You can touch the wagon ruts and read the graffiti on the cliffs from the 1800s. Pretty cool
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  • dncdnc Member Posts: 56,748
    Beartooth Highway is another one that deserves mention. We drove it one night coming northeast out of Yellastone in the fog and hail. Scary as hell.

    In daylight the view at the top is about as good as it gets.
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  • dfleadflea Member Posts: 7,233
    The Gifford Pinchot national forest between Mt. St. Helens and Mt. Adams is very wild with awesome scenery. The Klickitat valley is awesome as well. Also Makah Bay and Shi Shi beach. The wildest coast in the lower 48, and it's awesome.
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