10Best Readers' Choice explores the great outdoors!
School is out, summer has arrived and Americans from coast to coast are heading out the door for recreation in the fresh air. For the latest round of 10Best Readers' Choice contests, we're exploring outdoor recreation, and we want to know your favorites. We teamed up with a panel of outdoor travel and recreation experts to select 20 nominees for the categories of Best Urban Trail, Best Scenic Campground, Best Recreational Lake, Best Swimming Hole and Best Park for Hiking. You can vote once per day in each category until voting ends on Monday, July 20 at noon ET. Click on each category below to vote, or visit 10Best.com.
The nominees in each category are as follows:
Arches National Park - Utah
Baxter State Park - Maine
Bryce Canyon National Park - Utah
Chugach National Forest - Alaska
Denali National Park - Alaska
Glacier National Park - Montana
Grand Canyon National Park - Arizona
Great Smoky Mountains National Park - North Carolina & Tennessee
Isle Royale National Park - Michigan
Mt. Hood National Forest - Oregon
North Cascades National Park - Washington
Ocala National Forest - Florida
Olympic National Park - Washington
Rocky Mountain National Park - Colorado
Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks - California
Shenandoah National Park - Virginia
Superior National Forest - Minnesota
White River National Forest - Colorado
Yosemite National Park - California
Zion National Park - Utah
Blue Hole - Santa Rosa, N.M.
Blue Hole Regional Park - Wimberley, Texas
Bridal Veil Falls - Tallulah Falls, Ga.
Cummins Falls - Cookeville, Tenn.
Devil's Den Springs - Williston, Fla.
Devil's Waterhole - Burnet, Texas
Falling Water Falls - Sand Gap, Ark.
Hamilton Pool - Dripping Springs, Texas
Havasu Falls - Havasu Canyon, Ariz.
Jacob's Well - Wimberley, Texas
Johnson's Shut-Ins - Middlebrook, Mo.
Juniper Springs - Silver Springs, Fla.
Madison Blue Springs - Lee, Fla.
Queen's Bath - Kauai, Hawaii
Slide Rock - Sedona, Ariz.
Sliding Rock - Brevard, N.C.
The Sinks - Gatlinburg, Tenn.
Three Pools - Santiam River, Ore.
Three Sisters Springs - Crystal River, Fla.
Warren Falls - Warren, Vt.
Arch Rock - Valley of Fire State Park
Bartlett Cove - Glacier Bay National Park
Chisos Basin - Big Bend National Park
Gallo - Chaco Culture National Historic Park
Garden Key - Dry Tortugas National Park
Haena Beach Park - Kauai, Hawaii
Jedediah Smith - Jedediah Smith Redwood State Park
Kayenta - Dead Horse Point State Park
Kirk Creek - Los Padres National Forest
North Rim - Grand Canyon National Park
Oceanside - Assateague Island National Seashore
Okefenokee Canoe Shelters - Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge
Sage Creek Primitive - Badlands National Park
Salmon River - Sawtooth National Forest
Tuolumne Meadows - Yosemite National Park
Twelvemile Beach - Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
Watchman - Zion National Park
White River - Mount Rainier National Park
White Tank - Joshua Tree National Park
Wonder Lake - Denali National Park
Big Bear Lake - California
Caddo Lake - Texas & Louisiana
Crater Lake - Oregon
Flathead Lake - Montana
Lady Bird Lake - Austin
Lake Champlain - New York & Vermont
Lake Charles - Louisiana
Lake Chelan - Washington
Lake Coeur d'Alene - Idaho
Lake Cumberland - Kentucky
Lake Havasu - Arizona
Lake Michigan - Illinois, Indiana, Michigan & Wisconsin
Lake of the Ozarks - Missouri
Lake Placid - New York
Lake Powell - Arizona & Utah
Lake Superior - Michigan, Minnesota & Wisconsin
Lake Tahoe - California & Nevada
Lake Winnebago - Wisconsin
Norris Lake - Tennessee
West Okoboji Lake - Iowa
American River Bike Trail - Sacramento
Atlanta BeltLine - Atlanta
Boulder Creek Path - Boulder, Colo.
Buffalo Bayou Park - Houston
Burke-Gilman Trail - Seattle
Forest Park Trails - Portland, Ore.
Grand Rounds/Midtown Greenway - Minneapolis
Griffith Park Trails - Los Angeles
Indianapolis Cultural Trail - Indianapolis
Lady Bird Lake Hike and Bike Trail - Austin
Lakefront Trail - Chicago
Louisville Loop Trail - Louisville
Manhattan Waterfront Greenway - New York
Minuteman Bikeway - Boston
MKT Nature and Fitness Trail - Columbia, Mo.
Mount Vernon Trail - Washington
River Walk and Mission Trail - San Antonio
Rose Kennedy Greenway - Boston
Schuylkill River Trail - Philadelphia
Swamp Rabbit Trail - Greenville, S.C.
Best of luck to all our nominees!