Wednesday, March 25, 2015
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We
in the Midwest have a great selection of national parks with wonderful camping
and hiking opportunities. While Yosemite is one of the most beautiful places I’ve
ever visited, we do have great places closer to home.
1.
Badlands National Park,
Interior, South Dakota
This 244,000 acre park contains one of the richest fossil beds in the world. It also has plenty of live animals roaming the plains, from prairie dogs to buffalo. Personally I think for camping the nearby Black Hills are better. The badlands are an amazing site but it’s not my kind of camping.
This 244,000 acre park contains one of the richest fossil beds in the world. It also has plenty of live animals roaming the plains, from prairie dogs to buffalo. Personally I think for camping the nearby Black Hills are better. The badlands are an amazing site but it’s not my kind of camping.
2.
Ludington State Park, Ludington,
Michigan
This park offers beautiful forests, marshland, and over six miles of Lake Michigan shoreline with great hiking and camping opportunities.
This park offers beautiful forests, marshland, and over six miles of Lake Michigan shoreline with great hiking and camping opportunities.
3.
Devils Lake State Park, Baraboo,
Wisconsin
Devils Lake is filled with natural wonders including a sandstone bridge, gorges, and an incredible lake for boating and fishing.
Devils Lake is filled with natural wonders including a sandstone bridge, gorges, and an incredible lake for boating and fishing.
4.
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore,
Honor, Michigan
The dunes, hills, valleys, and lakes at Sleeping Bear can be traced back to the Ice Age. The shoreline provides great camping spots.
Official Website
The dunes, hills, valleys, and lakes at Sleeping Bear can be traced back to the Ice Age. The shoreline provides great camping spots.
Official Website
5.
Hocking Hills State Park, Laurelville,
Ohio
This park has everything from caves and bridges to waterfalls and gorges with great hiking trails and campgrounds.
This park has everything from caves and bridges to waterfalls and gorges with great hiking trails and campgrounds.
6.
Indiana Dunes State Park,
Chesterton, Indiana
In addition to some of the best beaches in the Midwest on 15 miles of shoreline this park has more than 70 miles of trails through prairies, forests and dunes. I’ve been there several times and loved it.
In addition to some of the best beaches in the Midwest on 15 miles of shoreline this park has more than 70 miles of trails through prairies, forests and dunes. I’ve been there several times and loved it.
7.
Voyageurs National Park, International
Falls, Minnesota
This is the only national park in Minnesota and it’s located on the border of the United States and Canada. Four unique lakes give way to 344 square miles for water sports.
This is the only national park in Minnesota and it’s located on the border of the United States and Canada. Four unique lakes give way to 344 square miles for water sports.
8.
Brown County State Park,
Nashville, Indiana
Indiana’s largest state park has plenty of rolling hills and waterfront for biking, hiking, swimming and fishing. Having grown up in Indianapolis I’ve been to Brown County many times. Brown County is so different from what people expect Indiana to look like. They expect corn fields, not the rolling hills of Brown County.
Official Website
Indiana’s largest state park has plenty of rolling hills and waterfront for biking, hiking, swimming and fishing. Having grown up in Indianapolis I’ve been to Brown County many times. Brown County is so different from what people expect Indiana to look like. They expect corn fields, not the rolling hills of Brown County.
Official Website
9.
Blue Bell Campground in Custer State
Park, Custer, South Dakota
Scenic views are everywhere at this campground inside one of the country’s great parks, which is filled with rock formations, green meadows, brooks, vistas, and lots of buffalo. We spend several years living in South Dakota back in the 1990s and visited Custer State Park. Great history and yes lots of buffalo.
Scenic views are everywhere at this campground inside one of the country’s great parks, which is filled with rock formations, green meadows, brooks, vistas, and lots of buffalo. We spend several years living in South Dakota back in the 1990s and visited Custer State Park. Great history and yes lots of buffalo.
10.
Hayward KOA, Hayward, Wisconsin
Families will especially enjoy this spot with a 300-foot waterslide, a Jumping Pillow bounce house, mini golf and two playgrounds, all next to the Namekagon River. No my thing but for families it can be great.
Families will especially enjoy this spot with a 300-foot waterslide, a Jumping Pillow bounce house, mini golf and two playgrounds, all next to the Namekagon River. No my thing but for families it can be great.
11.
Eugene T. Mahoney State Park,
Ashland, Nebraska
This state park is a modern camping spot which has a family-friendly aquatic center, a lodge and restaurant. The park also has a nature center.
This state park is a modern camping spot which has a family-friendly aquatic center, a lodge and restaurant. The park also has a nature center.
12.
Silver Dollar City’s Wilderness,
Branson, Missouri
Between the Silver Dollar City amusement park and popular Table Rock Lake, you can find scenic campgrounds in the Wilderness. It’s the Las Vegas of the Midwest without all that other stuff. But I still like the real Las Vegas better.
Between the Silver Dollar City amusement park and popular Table Rock Lake, you can find scenic campgrounds in the Wilderness. It’s the Las Vegas of the Midwest without all that other stuff. But I still like the real Las Vegas better.
13.
Shades State Park, Shades,
Indiana
Enjoy the quiet along the sandstone cliffs as you overlook Sugar Creek and hike to the Pine Hills Nature Preserve at this spring and summer camping destination. Again I grew up in Indiana and this is another great Indiana park.
Enjoy the quiet along the sandstone cliffs as you overlook Sugar Creek and hike to the Pine Hills Nature Preserve at this spring and summer camping destination. Again I grew up in Indiana and this is another great Indiana park.
14.
Walnut Point State Park,
Oakland, Illinois
Although bird and animal watchers love this park, the real attraction is the trees You’ll find sassafras, maple, oak, hickory, and walnut around the 59 acre Walnut Point Lake and hiking trails.
Although bird and animal watchers love this park, the real attraction is the trees You’ll find sassafras, maple, oak, hickory, and walnut around the 59 acre Walnut Point Lake and hiking trails.
15.
Peninsula State Park, Wisconsin
Just outside the 468 campsites available at this Door County park is a golf course, beach, lighthouse, bike trails, and high bluffs that are part of the Niagara Escarpment.
Just outside the 468 campsites available at this Door County park is a golf course, beach, lighthouse, bike trails, and high bluffs that are part of the Niagara Escarpment.
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