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If you re looking for a national landmark or park within driving distance of Greater Cincinnati, you also have plenty of options.
On top of that, the region has two of the 10 most visited national parks in 2020 nearby.
According to the National Park Service, Ohio s Cuyahoga Valley National Park was the seventh most visited park in 2020 with more than 2.8 million visitors.
If you re up for a longer drive, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park was the most visited park, with 12.1 million visitors in 2020.
Ready to pack up the car? Check out these 10 national parks and landmarks to drive to this summer.
The Ultimate New River Gorge National Park Travel Guide outsideonline.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from outsideonline.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Photographed after unveiling a new sign at the Canyon Rim Visitor Center on Wednesday are U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., in front; and U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., back left, state Sen. Jack David Woodrum, 10th District; Lizzie Watts, superintendent of the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve; and state Del. Austin Haynes. In December 2020, the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve Designation Act â legislation that redesignated the New River Gorge National River as the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve â was included and passed in a year-end legislative package. The redesignation made the site the 63rd National Park and the 20th National Preserve in the United States.
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Chaco Culture National Historical Park, New Mexico: Join a guided tour of the Ancestral Puebloan ruins at this Unesco World Heritage site, then bed down in the shadow of ancient cliff dwellings.
Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument, Utah: Gawk at fossil-stuffed, multihued rock layers stacked like prehistoric pancakes that trace 275 million years of human and geologic history.
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A viewing platform at Cumberland Island National Seashore (
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Cumberland Island National Seashore, Georgia: Consult a tide table, then kayak across Cumberland Sound to pitch your tent at one of five campgrounds scattered around this barrier island.