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I have years of national park visits to write about. I thought about putting them in order of how much I liked them, but then I decided reverse chronological order was easiest since choosing a favorite national park is difficult! Read on to learn about my last national park trip to Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park near Montrose, Colorado . Getting to Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park  is no easy feat from New York. The closest major airport is in Montrose , but there are no direct flights from New York. Friends of ours flew from New York to Dallas to Montrose . Our trip was mainly based in Telluride, Colorado , with only a day trip to Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park . Since Telluride is roughly equidistant between Montrose and Durango, Colorado , we flew into Durango (via Denver). Our flight into Durango got in late so we spent the night in Durango then drove to Telluride the next morning. A couple of tips if you also fly into Durango . First, D...

Love Nature, Hate Camping: A Manhattanite's Quest To Visit All 59 National Parks I'm a 31 year old woman living in Manhattan. Sadly, because of where I live, nature isn't a big part of my daily life (drinks at the Boat Basin , bike riding in Central Park, and tanning at the Jersey Shore don't really count as bouts with nature, as fun as they are...). Despite the lack of nature in my normal life, in fall of 2011, I found myself in Rocky Mountain National Park , celebrating my 28th birthday with one of my closest friends from college and one of my closest friends from high school. During a long hike, I mentioned that I love visiting national parks and that I wish I had visited more while I lived in Los Angeles since so many are more accessible to West Coasters. This lead to a conversation about how many I had visited at that point. The answer was 12 ( Acadia , Glacier Bay , Grand Canyon , Grand Teton , Great Sand Dunes , Haleakala , Joshua Tree , Kings Canyon , Mesa Ver...