Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada - Best State Parks in the United States of America
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11 American State Parks That Beat Some of the National Parks

ByBram Reusen

Although it’s the national parks that get all the spotlight, it’s often the state parks where families, friends and couples go for weekend outings. Whether it’s for a Saturday hike, a Sunday picnic or an overnight camping trip, the state parks in America might just be more closely interwoven with people’s everyday life than their national cousins.

Russell Falls, Mount Field National Park, Tasmania - Tasmania National Parks
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2-Week Tasmania Adventure – 5 National Parks to Visit

ByBram Reusen

Although it may look small, dwarfed by the Australian mainland, Tasmania is actually a pretty large island. Only 25 islands in the world are bigger in size. And what’s more, over 40% of its surface area is protected, including a huge UNESCO World Heritage Site and no fewer than nineteen Tasmania national parks.

Resting atop a knob in Grayson Highlands, Virginia
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Virginia’s Grayson Highlands: Eastern America’s Most Rewarding Hiking

ByBram Reusen

If there’s one place that proves that America’s state parks can sometimes compete with its national parks, it has to be Virginia’s Grayson Highlands. As you will discover as you read this post, the hiking in Grayson Highlands State Park is world-class and surprisingly rewarding. Music, Wildlife and Adventure in Virginia’s Grayson Highlands In the…

Schiessentümpel waterfall
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Hiking the Müllerthal Trail, Luxembourg

ByBram Reusen

In October, Caroline and I hiked the 112-kilometer (70-mile) Müllerthal Trail in Luxembourg’s Little Switzerland. By doing so I checked off one of my main goals for this year: completing a long-distance hike. Although it is definitely one of Europe’s less known long-distance hiking trails—I, myself, didn’t even know it until a week or two…

Bass Harbor Head Lighthouse
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What to Do in Acadia National Park? 5 Suggestions!

ByBram Reusen

This post about what to do in Acadia National Park contains affiliate links. You can read more about our Terms of Use / Disclosure here. Acadia National Park, the oldest national park in the United States east of the Mississippi, is located on Mount Desert Island, a relatively compact island off the Atlantic Coast in Maine….

North Ridge Trail on Champlain Mountain.
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Camping on the Maine Coast – Acadia National Park

ByBram Reusen

Before packing up and leaving our campsite in New Harbor, we prepared a pretty great pancake-and-maple-syrup breakfast. The night before we’d enjoyed a hot-dog-and-Budweiser dinner; this was clearly turning into an all-American road trip. I loved it. It’s a three-hour coastal drive from New Harbor to Bar Harbor. The small town of Bar Harbor would…

Monhegan Island village, seen from the lighthouse, Maine.
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Camping on the Maine Coast – Monhegan Island

ByBram Reusen

After spending a day in Portland, we pitched our tent at a campground in the picturesque town of New Harbor, near Pemaquid Beach and Pemaquid Lighthouse. Yep, everywhere you go on the Maine coast there are lighthouses. We spent a wonderful evening near the campfire, surrounded by candles, eating s’mores and enjoying each other’s company….