US National Parks with good overlanding opportunities?

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Besides Death Valley (which is great!), what other USNPs have good overland/backcountry driving opportunities? I'm looking for another trip to take my son on and this time he would like to see something more green. lol For the purposes of my next trip, I'm ruling out anything in Alaska due to the logistics of getting there.

So, what parks have you overlanded in and been able to escape civilization?
 
That one looks interesting. Can it be done with 4 wheels? It references "riders" so I assume it is a two wheel route.
 
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It was mostly put together by dual sport Riders but yes you can do it in a 4x4 no problem I did more than half of it in a bone-stock 91 4Runner
 
Joshua Tree NP has some fun trails that are on the park that lead pass the park boundaries. Super fun and not super difficult.
 
Moab, UT. Surprisingly can be pretty green if you go in the springtime. Moab is a lot like Death Valley but bigger and somewhat more varied terrain. Between the La Sal Mountains, Arches NP, Canyonlands NP, etc. you should have plenty of options for overlanding.
 
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It was mostly put together by dual sport Riders but yes you can do it in a 4x4 no problem I did more than half of it in a bone-stock 91 4Runner
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Thanks for the additional info.

@Tex68w , @Ol Red , I'll look into those some more. Thanks.

@Saints&Sailors I'd be hard pressed to do Moab in Overlanding mode instead of in rock crawling mode. lol But you are correct that there is a lot to do up there.
 
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Thanks for the additional info.

@Tex68w , @Ol Red , I'll look into those some more. Thanks.

@Saints&Sailors I'd be hard pressed to do Moab in Overlanding mode instead of in rock crawling mode. lol But you are correct that there is a lot to do up there.
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I know. I have the same issue every time I go to Moab - overlanding goes out the window and I'm amp'd to crawl up every petrified sand dune I can find. :P
 
Etoimos said:
Besides Death Valley (which is great!), what other USNPs have good overland/backcountry driving opportunities? I'm looking for another trip to take my son on and this time he would like to see something more green. lol For the purposes of my next trip, I'm ruling out anything in Alaska due to the logistics of getting there.

So, what parks have you overlanded in and been able to escape civilization?
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How about Big Sur? Los Padres National Forest. There are some amazing camp site and views up there.
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