California is home to three of the best national parks in the country, according to Lonely Planet. The travel guide recently ...

but it would be super impressive to hit all nine in one trip. The 9 best national parks in California ranked by yours truly after a ton of exploring! Hands down, this is my favorite national park ...

which includes everything from national rivers to national monuments. The Park Service calls them all parks even though only 63 have national park in their name, like Acadia and Zion.