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Family Travel – Fodor’s National Parks of the West

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This post is brought to you in partnership with Penguin Random House.grand canyon national park (2)Our family enjoys taking road trips, in fact it’s one of the things we like to do during our vacations. We have visited so many places within driving distance form our house and National parks are always a treasure trove of fun for our family. From Olympic National Park in Washington to the Grand Canyon and even here in California. channel island national park (20)We really enjoy exploring and hitting the road with our family isn’t out of the question.  With the new guidebook: Fodor’s The Complete Guide to the National Parks of the West and the Fodor’s online tool which helps you pick your park(s), set road trip itineraries, and more.

National Parks 101 tells you everything you need to know about planning a trip to the national parks, including booking, budgeting and packing tips; and National Parks Finder helps you find and compare national parks based on activity, region or season.fodors national parks bookFor our family we’re using this book to plan our next big trip and we even took it with us to Arizona on a fun trip and it helped us know all that we needed to know. There are so many National Parks to visit it’s nice to actually plan your visit and it’s an easy guide to help teach our children while we are visiting these places.

You might also want to check out all the Penguin Random House Listening Library of audiobooks – perfect for entertaining the family on a road trip!

What’s one National Park you’d like to visit in the west? 

 

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  5. Jammie says

    05/27/2016 at 7:13 pm

    Never been to the west coast, but want to go to Yellowstone so bad, I know my daughter would love it.

  6. Carolyn Daley says

    05/27/2016 at 7:11 pm

    I would love to visit Olympic National Park.

  7. Laurie Emerson says

    05/27/2016 at 6:46 pm

    My favorite is Yosemite National Park.

  8. Stefanie Gladden says

    05/27/2016 at 5:20 pm

    my favorite is the yellowstone national park

  9. Jason says

    05/27/2016 at 4:14 pm

    I love Yellowstone

  10. Tracy Shafer says

    05/27/2016 at 1:46 pm

    I am new to the PNW, just moving to Oregon from Ohio…so I don’t have a favorite yet! I am going to Silver Falls State Park this weekend!

  11. Jessica To says

    05/27/2016 at 1:15 pm

    I would say Yosemite Park.

  12. Sarah Mayer says

    05/27/2016 at 9:59 am

    Grand Canyon National Park is my favorite.

  13. kim h says

    05/27/2016 at 3:46 am

    Yellowstone is the one I want to visit

  14. Janine Hwang says

    05/27/2016 at 1:35 am

    Definitely Yosemite!

  15. Tina W says

    05/26/2016 at 9:07 pm

    I love Yosemite.

  16. Jessica M says

    05/26/2016 at 6:34 pm

    I’ve never been to the west coast but would love to visit Yosemite!

  17. Paula Michele Hafner says

    05/26/2016 at 8:58 am

    I have always loved the Mount Rainier National Park. It’s so beautiful there.

  18. Eileen Richter says

    05/26/2016 at 1:16 am

    We have not traveled West to the national parks but I have a daughter in AZ now and we’d like to go to the Grand Canyon National Park ! Planning a trip before fall if we can make it work.

  19. Robin says

    05/25/2016 at 3:42 pm

    Yellowstone is my favorite park

  20. Lisa V. says

    05/25/2016 at 12:23 pm

    I haven’t been, but would like to see Yosemite.

  21. Susan Smith says

    05/24/2016 at 7:34 pm

    My favorite National Park on the west coast is Yosemite National Park.

  22. Breanna Pollard says

    05/24/2016 at 5:31 pm

    Yosemite is my fave!

  23. courtney b says

    05/24/2016 at 4:23 pm

    living in Arizona, I gotta go with the grand canyon !:)

    thanks!

  24. Mary Cloud says

    05/24/2016 at 2:24 pm

    I’ve never visited any of them but would love to visit Yellowstone

  25. Stephanie Larison says

    05/24/2016 at 1:18 am

    Yosemite National Park is my favorite.

  26. Susan Christy says

    05/23/2016 at 8:39 pm

    Yosemite – such a beautiful place!

  27. Leigh Anne Borders says

    05/23/2016 at 7:21 pm

    I have not been to the west yet but when I do I am going to visit the Grand Canyon.

  28. Sadie B. says

    05/23/2016 at 5:57 pm

    Yosemite National Park is our favorite on the West coast.

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  30. Tracie Cooper says

    05/23/2016 at 10:26 am

    I would love to see the Grand Canyon with my hubby! My email is traciemichelle0515@gmail.com

  31. Linda says

    05/23/2016 at 9:58 am

    Yosemite National Park is my favorite.

  32. Gabrielle Compolongo says

    05/23/2016 at 5:39 am

    Yosemite for sure!

  33. Sherrie C. says

    05/23/2016 at 2:22 am

    I haven’t been to any on the West coast but I would love to visit the Olympic National Park in Washington state and Joshua Tree National Park in Southern California.

  34. Aubrey says

    05/23/2016 at 12:13 am

    My favorite national park is Yosemite.

  35. Erica B. says

    05/22/2016 at 9:52 pm

    Yosemite is good.

  36. Brittney House says

    05/22/2016 at 5:06 pm

    It’s always been a dream of mine to visit Yosemite National Park!

  37. julie says

    05/22/2016 at 5:04 pm

    yosemite is my favorite

  38. mita says

    05/22/2016 at 3:36 pm

    I would like to visit Yellowstone national park.

  39. Terri Irvin says

    05/22/2016 at 2:58 pm

    We have traveled to most of the National Parks in the West Coast. Our favorite is Yosemite National Park for camping. We also love the Redwoods National Park.

  40. Natalie says

    05/22/2016 at 2:52 pm

    I have always wanted to visit Zion National Park ever since my mom went there.

  41. Erika W. says

    05/22/2016 at 2:14 pm

    I really want to visit Zion. My brother has been but I haven’t. It looks amazing.

  42. Richard Hicks says

    05/22/2016 at 12:43 pm

    My favorite is Yellowstone. Visited as a kid and still dream of seeing it again!

  43. Karla R. says

    05/22/2016 at 10:09 am

    I would say Grand Canyon.

  44. Sarah L says

    05/21/2016 at 9:47 pm

    On the west coast I’d like to visit Yosemite.
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  45. Rachel says

    05/21/2016 at 5:18 pm

    I’ve never been to a national park on the west coast. I would love to visit the Redwood National Forest.

  46. susan smoaks says

    05/21/2016 at 4:00 pm

    Yosemite national park is my favorite. i can’t wait to visit it again.

  47. Karen M says

    05/21/2016 at 3:34 pm

    I would love to visit the Redwood National Park. I’ve heard and read that it is awesome and beautiful. Thanks

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    05/21/2016 at 3:09 pm

    grand canyon

  49. Kyl Neusch says

    05/21/2016 at 11:16 am

    Yosemite National Park

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    05/21/2016 at 7:36 am

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  51. Kristie says

    05/21/2016 at 5:27 am

    I’ve never been to the west coast, but I’ve wanted to visit Yellowstone! 🙂

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    05/21/2016 at 5:11 am

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    05/20/2016 at 10:19 pm

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    05/20/2016 at 7:45 pm

    I like Bryce National Park.

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    05/20/2016 at 7:01 pm

    Oh I have to say my favorite has always been the Grand Canyon! Just breathtaking!

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    05/20/2016 at 6:22 pm

    I Like Yellowstone National Park.

  57. Kim Henrichs says

    05/20/2016 at 5:54 pm

    Yellowstone is near my hometown where I grew up and I miss it so much!

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    05/20/2016 at 12:26 pm

    Grand Canyon National Park!

  59. Rosanne says

    05/20/2016 at 11:59 am

    Yellowstone! Loved our visit there

  60. Lauren says

    05/20/2016 at 10:21 am

    Yellowstone is my favorite National Park.

  61. Ashley C says

    05/20/2016 at 10:01 am

    Yosemite is my favorite! We are actually going there tomorrow

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    05/20/2016 at 9:26 am

    I have always loved Yosemite.

  63. DEBIJOT says

    05/20/2016 at 3:19 am

    Yellowstone National Park would be my favorite.

  64. shelly peterson says

    05/19/2016 at 9:47 pm

    the Grand Canyon National Park is my favorite.

  65. heather says

    05/19/2016 at 7:52 pm

    My favorite National Park on the west coast is Crater Lake National Park it is so magical and amazing.

  66. Ellie Wright says

    05/19/2016 at 7:36 pm

    My favorite is Yellowstone National Park.

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    05/19/2016 at 3:26 pm

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  69. Will G says

    05/19/2016 at 1:28 pm

    My favorite is Yellowstone.

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    05/19/2016 at 1:05 pm

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  75. Alan Saxon says

    05/19/2016 at 12:09 pm

    My favorite park is Yellowstone.

  76. Elena says

    05/19/2016 at 12:00 pm

    I love Yosemite Park

  77. Tabathia B says

    05/19/2016 at 9:52 am

    I would like to visit yellowstone national park

  78. Kelly D says

    05/19/2016 at 9:49 am

    I like the Joshua Tree National Park.

  79. Carly Williams says

    05/19/2016 at 9:28 am

    The Grand Canyon is my favorite since it is the only one I have been to, but there are so many more I would love to explore!

  80. HilLesha says

    05/19/2016 at 9:09 am

    Grand Canyon National Park is my favorite.

  81. Lisa Brown says

    05/19/2016 at 8:32 am

    My favorite is Yosemite National Park. Thanks for the chance 🙂

  82. Candice says

    05/19/2016 at 8:07 am

    I love Yellowstone the most for sure. I haven’t been in awhile, but used to go as a kid.

  83. Sandy Klocinski says

    05/19/2016 at 7:54 am

    My favorite national park on the west coast is Yosemite National Park

  84. Suzanne K says

    05/19/2016 at 7:26 am

    So far Grand Canyon National Park, but I’d love to visit more

  85. Barbara Montag says

    05/19/2016 at 7:19 am

    My favorite is Yellowstone National Park.
    thank you

  86. Bridgett Wilbur says

    05/19/2016 at 6:56 am

    I would love to go see Yellowstone National Park.

  87. nickie says

    05/19/2016 at 6:40 am

    My favorite is Yosemite.

  88. brandy c says

    05/19/2016 at 6:11 am

    I’d like to visit the Olympic National Park.

  89. Dandi D says

    05/19/2016 at 4:56 am

    I would really like to take my family to visit Yellowstone or the Grand Canyon!

  90. Julie Wood says

    05/19/2016 at 4:41 am

    Yellowstone National Park is the one that I love!

  91. Cynthia C says

    05/19/2016 at 4:35 am

    My favorite is Yosemite for the breathtaking views.

  92. Cheryl says

    05/19/2016 at 4:01 am

    My favorite National Park on the west coast is Yosemite National Park.

  93. Shannon Baas says

    05/19/2016 at 3:21 am

    Yellowstone is my favorite.

  94. Janet W. says

    05/19/2016 at 1:37 am

    Grand Canyon National Park is my favorite on the west side of the United States!

  95. Maria C. says

    05/19/2016 at 12:41 am

    We love visiting the Grand Canyon

  96. Kristen says

    05/18/2016 at 10:08 pm

    My favorite is Yosemite….though I’ve heard Zion is gorgeous…haven’t been.

  97. HS kraftmaking says

    05/18/2016 at 9:33 pm

    I love Yosemite National Park.

  98. Emily Morelli says

    05/18/2016 at 9:30 pm

    I haven’t been to many parks but I am hoping to make it to Glacier National Park this summer.

  99. Steve Weber says

    05/18/2016 at 8:57 pm

    I would like to visit Yellowstone national park.

  100. Betsy Barnes says

    05/18/2016 at 7:21 pm

    My favorite National Park on the west coast is the Grand Canyon. I would love to visit some day! 🙂

  101. harolde says

    05/18/2016 at 7:03 pm

    Yellowstone National Park for sure.

  102. Mami2jcn says

    05/18/2016 at 6:42 pm

    My favorite is Yosemite.

  103. Katie K says

    05/18/2016 at 5:54 pm

    I would love to visit Yosemite National Park!

  104. Margaret Smith says

    05/18/2016 at 5:05 pm

    Never been there, but I’d love to visit Yellowstone Nat’l. Park. Thanks so much.

  105. Ann Fantom says

    05/18/2016 at 4:22 pm

    I would like to visit Yellowstone national park.

  106. katherine says

    05/18/2016 at 2:32 pm

    I would love to visit YOsemite

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