Western Parks Road Trip

[Pujsek]

I'm not sure how you're going to fit two, possibly three more national parks into your itineraryHarry

Yellowstone part of the trip will replace Colorado and New Mexico part.

Here is a new draft:

Day 1 [Thursday, 23rd June]: Venice, Italy to Istanbul, Turkey

Day 2 [Friday, 24th June]: Istanbul, Turkey to Ridgecrest, CA [160 miles]
- Sleeping: America Inn & Suites

Day 3[Saturday, 25th June]: Ridgecrest to Hilltop Campground [315 miles]
- Stops: via Death Valley NP sights
o Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes
o Harmony Borax Works
o Badwater Basin
o Artist's Palette
o Zabriskie Point
o Dante's View
- Sleeping: Hilltop Campground

Day 4: [Sunday, 26th June]: Hilltop Campground to Valley of Fire SP [148 miles]
- Stops:
o Las Vegas (The Strip)
o Hoover Dam
- Sleeping: Valley of Fire camp

Day 5: [Monday, 27th June]: Valley of Fire SP to Zion NP [317 miles]
- Stops:
o Bryce Canyon NP
- Sleeping: Watchman Campground

Day 6: [Tuesday, 28th June]: Zion NP [0 miles - shuttles]
- Sleeping: Watchman Campground

Day 7 [Wednesday, 29th June]: Zion NP to Jacob Lake [165 miles]
- Stops:
o North Rim of Grand Canyon
- Sleeping: Jacob Lake Campground [NO showers]

Day 8 [Thursday, 30th June: Jacob Lake to South Rim [178 miles]
- Stops:
o Vermillion Cliff
o Cliff Dwellers
o Glen Canyon – Lees Ferry
o Navajo Bridge
o Viewpoints between east gate and campground
- Sleeping: Mather Campground

Day 9 [Friday, 1st July]: South Rim of Grand Canyon
- Sleeping: Mather Campground

Day 10 [Saturday, 2nd July]: South Rim to Page [235 miles]
- Stops:
o Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument
o Wupatki National Monument
o Horseshoe Bend
o Glen Canyon Dam
- Sleeping: Page Campground

Day 11 [Sunday, 3rd July]: Page to Natural Bridges [200 miles]
- Stops:
o Agathla Peak
o Monument Valley
o Mexican Hat
o Gooseneck's State Park
o Moki Dugway
o Natural Bridges
- Sleeping: Natural Bridges Campground or dispersed

Day 12 [Monday, 4th July]: Natural Bridges to Arches [155 miles]
- Sleeping: Devil's Garden Campground

Day 13 [Tuesday, 5th July]: Arches to Canyonlands National Park [90 miles]
- Stops:
o Dead Horse Point State Park
- Sleeping: Willow Flat Campground [NO showers]

Day 14 [Wednesday, 6th July]: Canyonlands to Colorado National Monument [205 miles]
- Sleeping: Saddlehorn Campground

Day 15 [Thursday, 7th July]: Colorado National Monument to Flaming Gorge [200 miles]
- Stops:
o Dinosaur National Monument
- Sleeping:

Day 16 [Friday, 8th July]: Flaming Gorge to Yellowstone [315 miles]
- Stops:
o Grand Teton
- Sleeping: Grant Village Campground

Day 17 [Saturday, 9th July]: Yellowstone [? miles]
- Stops:
o Old Faithfull
o Upper Geyser Basin
o Midway Geyser Basin
o Lower Geyser Basin
o Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone
- Sleeping: Canyon Campground

Day 18 [Sunday, 10th July]: Yellowstone [? miles]
- Stops:
o Tower Fall
o Historic Fort Yellowstone
o Lower Terraces
o Upper Terraces
- Sleeping: Madison Campground

Day 19 [Monday, 11th July]: Yellowstone to Jerome [345 miles]
- Stops:
o Craters of the Moon National Monument
- Sleeping: Jerome KOA

Day 20 [Tuesday, 12th July]: Jerome to Crystal Crane [325 miles]
- Stops:
o Shoshone Falls
o Malheur Butte
- Sleeping: Crystal Crane Hot Springs Cabins

Day 21 [Wednesday, 13th July]: Crystal Crate to Crater Lake [265 miles]
- Sleeping : Mazama Campground

Day 22 [Thursday, 14th July]: Crater Lake to June Lake [460 miles]
- Stops:
o Mono Lake
- Sleeping : June Lake Beach Campground

Day 23 [Friday, 15th July] : June Lake to Yosemite village [120 miles]
- Stops:
o Devil's Postpile National Monument
- Sleeping : Lower Pines Campground

Day 24 [Saturday, 16th July]: Yosemite [0 miles - shuttles]
- Sleeping : Lower Pines Campground

Day 25 [Sunday, 17th July]: Yosemite [0 miles – shuttles]
- Sleeping : Lower Pines Campground

Day 26 [Monday, 18th July]: Yosemite to Sequoia [150 miles]
- Sleeping: Sunset Campground

Day 27 [Tuesday, 19th July]: Sequoia [0 - Miles]
- Sleeping: Sunset Campground

Day 28 [Wednesday, 20th July]: Sequoia to Mojave National Preserve [380 miles]
- Sleeping: Hole in the Wall Campground

Day 29 [Thursday, 21th July]: Mojave to Serrano [330 miles]
- Stops:
o Joshua Tree National Park
- Sleeping: Serrano Campground

Day 30 [Friday, 22nd July]: Serrano to LAX [115 miles]