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Some people can't handle the experience of going to a national park: Unpredictable weather (namely any month that's not July or August), the occurrence of snow or clouds, the other people who go there, or the fact that it's not among the Seven Wonders of the World.

We culled Yelp, Google Reviews and TripAdvisor for some of the biggest national park sourpusses to ever visit one of Washington's national parks.
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Some people can't handle the experience of going to a national park: Unpredictable weather (namely any month that's not July or August), the occurrence of snow or clouds, the other people who go there, or the ... more
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Mount Rainier National Park: "Firewood concession guy kept driving around his stinky old truck. Over and over. Screaming children. Dirty bathrooms.

"Hiked Grove of the Patriarchs. Boy Scouts were holding the single-lane suspension bridge hostage. ... The kids were loud, obnoxious, kicking up dirt, screaming, running into people, etc.

"Then there's the traffic. Paradise is hell. No parking. Crazy drivers from Florida who seem to have little to no mountain driving experience. More grumpy rangers at Sunrise. Rangers leaning on their elbows on the VC desk. Rangers too bored to greet visitors as they enter. Rangers who don't make eye contact or say hello.

"Went to an evening program at the campground. Couldn't hear the ranger who couldn't figure out she needed to stand in front of the portable PA system. Her talk was hard to sit through as she verbally stumbled frequently. The talk ended up blaming global warming for the park's white bark pine problems, even though for the last 10 years, Rainier has cooled and its glaciers have advanced.

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Mount Rainier National Park: "Firewood concession guy kept driving around his stinky old truck. Over and over. Screaming children. Dirty bathrooms.

"Hiked Grove of the Patriarchs. Boy Scouts were holding the ... more
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"Worst National Park I have ever been to in my life.

"Four of us flew in to San Francisco and drove to Seattle in 2 and a half weeks, stopping at parks and cities.

"This place was the worst!!! I'm not saying it wasn't pretty, but it makes me remember an episode of the Cosby show where Vanessa is engaged to someone and Bill Cosby says that it was like a juicy piece of steak presented on a trash can lid. That's what this place was. Mount Rainier served on a trash can lid."

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"Worst National Park I have ever been to in my life.

"Four of us flew in to San Francisco and drove to Seattle in 2 and a half weeks, stopping at parks and cities.

"This place was the worst!!! I'm not saying

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"When I finally got to the Paradise visitor center, it was cloudy alright because the whole mountain that I drove all the way up here was hiding behind a super thick layer of fog/clouds. Every single hiking trails is also covered in snow so even with my regular hiking boots on, they were no help.

"Since I drove all the way up here, I didn't want to leave without hiking a single trail so I ended up doing the Nisqually Vista Loop (1.8 miles) which was just a short walk from the visitor center. The whole trail was actually covered in snow so the only way I could find my way was those color guided sticks put up by the rangers. For the entire trail, everything was covered in white so it wasn't that exciting."

DAMMIT WEATHER. YOU SUCK.
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"When I finally got to the Paradise visitor center, it was cloudy alright because the whole mountain that I drove all the way up here was hiding behind a super thick layer of fog/clouds. Every single hiking ... more
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"When my mother-in-law was in town, she wanted to hike Mount Rainier. I saw the opportunity to shove her over a cliff and took it.

"Needless to say, the presence of my children saved her life. Just barely.

"So, there we were, trudging along, with her flapping her yap the whole time. Out of the corner of my eye, I see something moving down below us. Upon closer scrutiny, I determine the aforementioned 'something' is a BEAR!

"Yup. Bear.

"Now, I'm waving my arms and trying to get good old Mom to shut the f**k up. She just keeps on yapping and clomping on through the woods like she owns the joint.

"I grab the kids and we scamper as far away from there as possible. Yes. I did. I left that loud mouth broad to fend for herself.

"She caught up with us about ten minutes later.

"'What happened to you guys? I looked up and y'all were gone.'"

Wow. Cool story.

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"When my mother-in-law was in town, she wanted to hike Mount Rainier. I saw the opportunity to shove her over a cliff and took it.

"Needless to say, the presence of my children saved her life. Just barely.

"So,

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"Went to Paradise. It was crowded. Not my usual scene for hiking. The path was mostly paved and the picnic area kinda sucked."
"Went to Paradise. It was crowded. Not my usual scene for hiking. The path was mostly paved and the picnic area kinda sucked."
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"A tall, DENSE forest + thick fog make good views hard to come by."

#nature
"A tall, DENSE forest + thick fog make good views hard to come by."

#nature
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"Weather - it can be unpredictable!!!!!"
"Weather - it can be unpredictable!!!!!"
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"an ok place"
"an ok place"
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Under heading, "government should be ashamed of itself!": "Entered from Rte 7 and roadway was only open up to the 2nd visitor center which was closed and due to very high snow banks from snowplowing, (sse attached pic) I only saw about 5% of the mountain's scenery and thus took a mere 20 photos. IMO the park should either be closed when conditions are this bad or the $15 fee reduced down to $5." less
Under heading, "government should be ashamed of itself!": "Entered from Rte 7 and roadway was only open up to the 2nd visitor center which was closed and due to very high snow banks from snowplowing, (sse ... more
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North Cascades National Park: "So disappointing for me. I guess I didn't do enough research about the weather before coming to the park. I was just really antsy to get away at the time I booked my trip. I visited North Cascades Park back in April and it was freezing cold and tons of snow. It did make for great scenic snow capped mountains, but I wasn't really able to leave my car or do any hiking."

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North Cascades National Park: "So disappointing for me. I guess I didn't do enough research about the weather before coming to the park. I was just really antsy to get away at the time I booked my trip. I ... more
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Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest: "After the seventh picture phone started acting up. wouldn't connect to the network. What I did see is beautiful though."
Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest: "After the seventh picture phone started acting up. wouldn't connect to the network. What I did see is beautiful though."
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Olympic National Park: "Beautiful park, but the park service employees kept on making dumbing rules like how many friends we can have."

What?

Olympic National Park: "Beautiful park, but the park service employees kept on making dumbing rules like how many friends we can have."

What?
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"Just as we thought we had escaped, yet another deer ran right in front of our car. Luckily our rental car had good brakes. I can not believe the lady in the booth took our money without a word of warning. I wanted to get out of the car and scream at her on the way out but my husband restrained me. What a way to spend Memorial Day!!!" less
"Just as we thought we had escaped, yet another deer ran right in front of our car. Luckily our rental car had good brakes. I can not believe the lady in the booth took our money without a word of warning. ... more
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"I've seen a lot better. Try going to Utah. You will be blown away by the parks there."

Hipster.

"I've seen a lot better. Try going to Utah. You will be blown away by the parks there."

Hipster.
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"If you're from the northern coast of California or from the Oregon coast, you won't be wowed by the coast of northern Washington - it's very similar."
"If you're from the northern coast of California or from the Oregon coast, you won't be wowed by the coast of northern Washington - it's very similar."
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"This place is overrated. Nothing special, IMO. Big trees covered by moss are all over western WA."
"This place is overrated. Nothing special, IMO. Big trees covered by moss are all over western WA."
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"After eating that bland Mexican lunch, we were looking forward to hiking some nature trails and admiring the many varieties of trees and plants thriving in this unique ecosystem along with the opportunity to photograph the wild life. Not so that Sunday. It seems that all the animals must have went to Forks to gawk at the tourists. ...

"The hall of mosses was disappointing, the moss draped 100 year old oak trees that line the streets of Savanah [sic] put these to shame and you can see them from your car!" less
"After eating that bland Mexican lunch, we were looking forward to hiking some nature trails and admiring the many varieties of trees and plants thriving in this unique ecosystem along with the opportunity ... more
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"I would never come back to see this stuff again. Probably you have never seen greenery anywhere else if you are awestruck about these."
"I would never come back to see this stuff again. Probably you have never seen greenery anywhere else if you are awestruck about these."
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Sol Duc Hot Springs Resort at Olympic National Park: "A huge disappointment. Do yourself a favor and Google Image search the place before you make plans to go there. As a vacationer, you crave an experience. Thankfully there's plenty of that in Olympic. This place, however unfortunately, is a gimmick. Hot Springs though they may be, it has a YMCA feel to it. If you're a romantic, you'll be disappointed. If you're not, perhaps this is right up your cheap alley." less
Sol Duc Hot Springs Resort at Olympic National Park: "A huge disappointment. Do yourself a favor and Google Image search the place before you make plans to go there. As a vacationer, you crave an experience. ... more
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Klondike Gold Rush National National Historic Park: "It took us took 20 or so minutes trying to find the place. We thought it would be an actual park, you know, with trees and green stuff."

Another n00b.
Klondike Gold Rush National National Historic Park: "It took us took 20 or so minutes trying to find the place. We thought it would be an actual park, you know, with trees and green stuff."

Another n00b.
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"Ok"
"Ok"
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"There isn't much to see here just a small museum. Don't attempt to walk here from Pioneer Square. It is really sketchy, a lot of homeless people everywhere and numerous people come up asking for money. My husband and I did not feel comfortable walking through this area and were afraid we were going to get mugged." less
"There isn't much to see here just a small museum. Don't attempt to walk here from Pioneer Square. It is really sketchy, a lot of homeless people everywhere and numerous people come up asking for money. My ... more
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"It turns out that Seattle was a place where people came to get supplies prior to going to Canada and Alaska to search for gold in the Klondike Gold Rush era. That's it. Big deal."
"It turns out that Seattle was a place where people came to get supplies prior to going to Canada and Alaska to search for gold in the Klondike Gold Rush era. That's it. Big deal."
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Lake Chelan National Recreation Area: "This park is cluttered and disarrayed! Want to meet your neighbor? Just stick your head out your rv kitchen window into their rv kitchen window! ... We got the LAST rv space and it had no view of lake. The kids running the store were more into summer activities than attending to business. As soon as the father left, they closed the store midday and went 'on the prowel for *****!' Another drawback was being stuck the second day by being surrounded by yet another family reunion spread on both sides, kids and dogs with no supervision or leash and cars, cars, cars and boats, boats, boats. Total Okieville! If your camping in summer to get away, avoid this park!" less
Lake Chelan National Recreation Area: "This park is cluttered and disarrayed! Want to meet your neighbor? Just stick your head out your rv kitchen window into their rv kitchen window! ... We got the LAST rv ... more
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One hundred years after their creation, it's hard to find people who don't love our national parks. They make up the very best of America's -- and Washington's -- natural landscape.

But some people truly cannot handle the experience. They don't know that it takes time to reach many of them. They don't look up the weather forecast or the park conditions. They resent the many other people who had the exact same idea they did to visit the park. Or they think an active volcano or temperate rainforest is just so #basic.

We culled Yelp, Google Reviews and TripAdvisor for some of the biggest sourpusses to ever visit some of Washington's national parks, forests and recreation sites. It was actually a bit difficult to pluck poor reviews from the gobs of glowing ones, but these people who took the time to rant about how our parks aren't perfect (as if!) are pretty hilarious.

Happy 100th birthday, national parks.

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