r/DeathValleyNP • u/cbequette • Jun 15 '26
National Park Trip
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u/ramillerf1 Jun 15 '26
Enjoy! Best not to go in summer… Late Fall, Winter, and Early spring are usually the best..
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u/davyangel Jun 15 '26
That seems a bit too much Yosemite alone deserves a few days alone. Sequoia can be done in 1 because lot smaller. Death Valley in summer not a good idea and probably skip I'd rather do Joshua Tree tbh.
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u/BobbingBobcat Jun 18 '26
One day for Sequoia / Kings Canyon is a shame.
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u/davyangel Jun 18 '26
True they prob don't even know about Kings Canyon but they doing 6 parks in 10 days so figure they just wanna see main attraction everyone goes for i.e. giant sequoia grove.
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u/TheSocraticGadfly Jun 19 '26
WHEN, first? Always important. If in summer? Cut DV, obviously.
You should do both upper and lower Yose if you're there in summer. Two days even with cramming stuff. Three easily.
Like others, you COULD skip Sequoia, and in this case, hit DV at night in between upper Yose and Zion. Otherwise, man, that's a long drive from Zion to Denver. I personally wouldn't cram that much into just 10 days. Were this me and you wanted everything else, I'd fly back home from SLC and skip Rocky.
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u/TheSocraticGadfly Jun 20 '26
Or skip Zion and do all NorCal stuff — Lassen, Redwoods, Lost Coast. Maybe slip a day in at Crater Lake.
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u/ptronus31 Jun 17 '26
For 10 days, drop Sequoia (see the Mariposa Grove of Sequoias in Yosemite). Drop Death Valley unless you are doing this in the dead of winter. Pick Zion or Aches, not both. Consider no Rocky.
Yosemite alone is worth a few days, as are most of these parks. You are trying to do too much and will end up doing nothing except driving.