Dead Horses, Flower-Packed Deserts & Whales: State Parks Who?
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- •Emily Hart traveled across all 50 US states and explored hundreds of parks, including all 63 national parks by 2025.
- •She champions lesser-known state parks such as Dead Horse Point in Utah, Hawaii's 'Akaka Falls, and California's massive Anza-Borrego Desert.
- •The story highlights unique features like a 442-foot waterfall, 130 metal sculptures by Ricardo Breceda, and the easternmost point of the contiguous US in Maine.
- •The article was originally published in January 2025 and updated in November to keep up with the rapidly changing foliage and metal dinos.
Emily Hart, apparently the Indiana Jones of state parks, visited all 50 states and somehow exhausted all 63 national parks — yet insists you really shouldn't sleep on Dead Horse Point State Park, Utah's undervalued gem. This kid confidently ranks some park with a 442-foot waterfall in Hawaii, a huge California desert named Anza-Borrego boasting 130 bizarre metal sculptures, and Maine's Quoddy Head, home of the US’s easternmost contiguous spot, higher than your local hipster’s Instagram hype. Oh, and Valley of Fire in Nevada gets a plug for being 'otherworldly,' probably because it looks like a landscape on Mars, minus Elon Musk's protests. Story first saw daylight January 29, 2025, last updated November 20, 2025. Fascinating stuff, if you’re THAT into rocks and trees.
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Visited 50 states, 63 national parks, but still swears Dead Horse Point deserves more love. Because nothing screams excitement like a dark-sky park with a 2,000-foot drop.
Who knew deserts with wildflower parties and 130 metal sculptures are the secret to happiness? Not your average stroll in the park.
Visiting so many parks while we binge-watch shows is the highly underrated 21st-century Olympic sport nobody talks about.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 11/20/2025 | Author: Emily Hart
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