Yellowstone National Park is in Top 10 US Travel Destinations for 2012

The US: it’s a big place, and there’s a lot of ground for travelers to cover. So what’s buzzing for travelers in the coming year? It’s an annual tradition at Lonely Planet to try to answer that question, so the editors in our US office put their travel-noggins together to carve out a list of what’s new, interesting, and in some cases likely to be overlooked by travelers both domestic and international. Here are our 10 top picks that should be on your travel radar in 2012:

  1. US Virgin Islands
  2. Hudson River Valley, New York
  3. Cincinnati, Ohio
  4. Four Corners Region, Southwest USA
  5. Culebra, Puerto Rico
  6. California Gold Country
  7. Boulder, Colorado
  8. Hawai’i: The Big Island
  9. Chicago
  10. Yellowstone National Park

(Source: Lonely Planet, 12/20)