“Oh, beautiful for spacious skies”
(Places in bold are places I have been to.)
Alaska
1. Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve (a World Heritage Site)
2. Denali National Park and Preserve (America the Beautiful quarter image)
3. Katmai National Park and Preserve
4. Sitka National Historical Park
Honorable mention: Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park – Skagway
Washington
1. Olympic National Park (a World Heritage Site; America the Beautiful quarter image)
2. Seattle (including Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park – Seattle)
3. Mount Rainier National Park
4. North Cascades National Park
Honorable mentions: San Juan Island National Historical Park and Manhattan Project National Historical Park – Hanford
Oregon
1. Crater Lake National Park
2. Portland
3. Oregon’s Pacific Coast and Lewis and Clark National Historical Park
4. Columbia River Gorge (including Mount Hood – an America the Beautiful quarter image)
Honorable mention: John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, including the Painted Hills
Idaho
1. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve
2. Sawtooth National Recreation Area
4. Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness (America the Beautiful quarter image)
5. City of Arco and EBR-I (Experimental Breeder Reactor I Museum), Atomic City
6. Nez Perce National Historical Park
7. Shoshone Falls and Twin Falls
Montana
1. Glacier National Park (a World Heritage Site; Reynolds Mountain – America the Beautiful quarter image)