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Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park is a special place to visit if you are ever in the Polynesian area of the Pacific Ocean. Located on the big island of Hawai'i, the Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park is comprised of two active volcanoes, Kilauea and Mauna Loa. While Mauna Loa offers a scenic drive to a vista view point (which as of November 2025 is temporarily closed), the Kilauea area of the park offers much more diverse and accessible outdoor experiences. There are plenty of tra

Locations: The Everglades: Ernest F. Coe Visitor Center, 40001 State Hwy 9336, Homestead, FL 33034 Biscayne: Dante Fascell Visitor Center, 9700 SW 328th St, Homestead, FL 33033 Entry Fees: The Everglades has a $30 per vehicle entry fee. Biscayne has no entry fee unless camping overnight. More information about the Everglades park fees HERE and the Biscayne park fees HERE. Parking: There are free parking lots at visitor centers and within the parks. Biscayne and The Everglades

Location: Painted Desert Visitor Center, 1 Park Rd, Petrified Forest National Park, AZ 86028 Entry Fee: $25 per vehicle or a valid National Parks pass. More about the park fees HERE. Parking: Free parking lots and turn-outs at most points of interest. Petrified Forest National Park is a small national park in Northeastern Arizona. It includes the Painted Desert and part of historic Route 66. It's a park that can easily be seen in a day, which is exactly what we did, and there

Location: Valley of Fire Visitor Center, Overton, NV 89040 Entry Fee: $10 per NV vehicle, $15 per non-NV vehicles Parking: Free parking lots at most points of interest. Recently, we've been to a few places where we explored multiple points of interest in a day instead of sticking to one long trail. So this review is a little bit different! Instead of a review of a single trail, this is going to be a review of a whole park! The Valley of Fire is a Nevada State Park about an ho