/out/ help.
the significant other and I want to plan our first hiking/camping trip this summer. We're stuck on location though. we really have no idea where to start looking, and the entire US is an option for us.
We want to find somewhere pretty, with water access.
Where are your favorite hiking / camping spots /out/? Even suggestions on which states to start looking in would be helpful.
Thanks
> mfw any National Park in the US or Canada will do nicely
Colorado.
>>651032
This.
Palmer Lake, Colorado. Park, nice short-ish uphill hike into mountains, pass 1 small lake, come to larger lake. Fill water bottles, fish, cook lunch. Hike farther (away from water) and camp for the night, then head back down.
Since you wanted specifics, I mean.
>>650985
I would recommend Havasupai if you want a lenient backpacking trip. If you have more time than I would suggest a road trip through Southern / Eastern Utah and Northern Arizona.
>>651050
You keep recommending Havasupai, may I ask when was the last time you went there?
>Protip, I was there Oct 2015, I do NOT rec
>>650985
What do you like? National parks where I've camped/hiked/et cetera:
>awesome scenery with mountains and critters
Rocky Mountain NP
Yellowstone NP
Grand Tetons NP
>awesome scenery with desert and mountains
Big Bend NP
Guadalupe Mountains NP
>awesome scenery with a really big hole in the ground
Grand Canyon NP
>beautiful cave
Carlsbad Caverns NP
>big, boring cave
Mammoth Cave NP
>beautiful mountains with history lessons
Great Smoky Mountains NP
Mesa Verde NP
>three deserts come together on the San Andreas Fault
Joshua Tree NP
>fun for a day trip
Great Sand Dunes NP
>fucking why?
Hot Springs NP
Mostly this: >>650997
>any National Park in the US or Canada will do nicely
>>650985
>We want to find somewhere pretty, with water access.
When we visited Rocky Mountain National Park, there were no reserved sites available and we didn't want to take a chance on driving that far and not having a place to stay, so we set up camp at Arapaho Bay Campground on Lake Granby and made day trips into the national park. The campground is on the edge of the lake and takes reservations. The jokers who were in the site we had reserved left quickly when I made it clear I was staying and they were going with or without NPS police assistance.
Pic related, took it standing within a few feet of our tent.
>>651523
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