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Reader Participation Day: What is the Most Romantic Place in the National Park System?

Submitted by Bob Janiskee on February 8, 2012 - 3:59am

Last February we asked you whether tent camping is more romantic than staying at a lodge. With Valentine's Day again in the offing, we pose this related question: Where in the National Park System is the most romantic place to spend the most romantic day of the year with your spouse or significant other?

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Submitted by Rick Smith on February 8, 2012 - 9:00am.

How about the Ostrander Ski Hut near Badger Pass in Yosemite?

Rick

Submitted by Heather Zaiger (not verified) on February 8, 2012 - 9:37am.

The shore of Jenny Lake in Grand Teton National Park is by far the most romantic.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on February 8, 2012 - 10:05am.

The Lodge at Death Valley this February 14th.

Submitted by Anonymoussteve gerard (not verified) on February 8, 2012 - 10:23am.

Sunrise at Bryce Canyon.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on February 8, 2012 - 12:02pm.

The Rock Cathedral in Caesars Head Park.

Editor's Note—Cesars Head is a State Park in South Carolina.

Submitted by Tom (not verified) on February 8, 2012 - 12:06pm.

How about the Dry Tortugas. Nice and warm.

Submitted by Dick G. (not verified) on February 8, 2012 - 12:09pm.

I 'd say Glacier Point in Yosemite.

Submitted by Tom (not verified) on February 8, 2012 - 12:10pm.

Dry Tortugas

Submitted by Faith (not verified) on February 8, 2012 - 1:17pm.

Anyplace can be romantic, but it's the person you're sharing it with that makes a spot special.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on February 8, 2012 - 4:07pm.

Trunk Bay, Virgin Islands National Park (and not taking the park's name too literally).

Submitted by Connie Hopkins on February 9, 2012 - 7:28am.

One of the most romantic memories I have of time spent with my Hubby (in a NP) is when he took me on my first overnight back country hike. We hiked up to Upper Two Medicine Lake in Glacier NP. He showed me how to hang our bear bag, we prepared our meal, Freeze-dried Southwest Chili (with SPAM), sat on the shore of the lake for hours just talking, watched an eagle soar overhead and enjoyed our time together. Of course, we did this ion July and NOT on Valentines's Day!

Submitted by Bob Janiskee on February 9, 2012 - 8:12am.

Night on the beach at Cape Hatteras National Seashore, with moonlight on the water and gentle surf washing the sand that accumulates a pair of barefoot tracks and makes them glow with ghostly phosphorescence.

Submitted by Jenny (not verified) on February 9, 2012 - 8:17am.

How about...watching Old Faithful erupt with no one else around? It can happen late at night, and is quite romantic under a full moon!

Submitted by Connie Hopkins on February 10, 2012 - 10:15am.

Jenny! That is one of our favorite things to do! We stay at the Old Faithful Inn and will go out when everyone has gone and sit under the stars waiting for Old faithful to erupt. We watch "shooting stars" and sattelites streak across the sky!

Submitted by Don Morris (not verified) on February 10, 2012 - 7:50pm.

Santa Rosa Island, Channel Islands National Park

Submitted by y_p_w on February 10, 2012 - 9:39pm.

How about Lovers' Lane at the Presidio of San Francisco?

I thought maybe the name was worth some bonus points. It used to be the trail that soldiers stationed at the Presidio used to visit and walk with their girlfriends who lived in San Francisco.

http://www.nps.gov/prsf/planyourvisit/lovers-lane.htm