How long should I spend in XXX National Park? Is X days enough time to visit this park?
Post Summary: How long should I spend in XXX National Park? I hate when people ask these questions in the National Park Obsessed Facebook group or any of the other Parks FB groups or email me with this question. It’s not that I don’t like answering questions. It is that these questions are what I call a “you” question with no right or wrong answer. In the Facebook groups, it isn’t uncommon for someone to tell you “that’s not nearly enough time,” “that hardly worth visiting for that amount of time,” or you have to spend xx number of days. In an ideal world, everyone would have unlimited vacation and…
Going-to-the-Sun Road: Everything You Need to Know For Summer 2021
Post Summary: Things To See On Going-To-The-Sun Road in Glacier National Park, Montana Consider to by many to be the most scenic roads in the United States as well as one of the most amazing drives in the world, Glacier National Park‘s Going-To-The-Sun Road is a road jam-packed with scenic view after scenic view. The Going-To-The-Sun Road features imposing peaks, phenomenal valleys and incredible viewpoints. As epically stunning as this road is, Going-to-the-Sun Road should be taken seriously and drivers should keep their eyes on the road. Going-to-the-Sun Road Ticketed Entry Do you need a Going-to-the-Sun Road Permit? If you have overnight accommodations along the Going to the Sun Road…
Yosemite National Park Entrance Reservations: What you need to know for Summer 2021
Post Summary: Yosemite National Park Timed Entrance Reservations Yosemite National Park has announced that they will be doing day-us entry reservations for summer 2021. These entry reservation will be required for visits from May 21 to September 30. This information is accurate as of April 8, 2021 and is subject to change. Do you need a Yosemite National Park Entrance Reservations? If you have camping or lodging reservations inside Yosemite National Park, you do NOT need a Yosemite Entrance Reservation. These include: Upper Pines, Lower Pines, or North Pines Campgrounds, Camp 4, Wawona Campground, Bridalveil Creek Campground, or Tuolumne Meadows Campground Curry Village, Housekeeping Camp, Yosemite Valley Lodge, The Ahwahnee, or the Wawona Hotel Private lodging or vacation rental reservation in Wawona,…
19 Things To Do Near Zion National Park (that don’t involve the Zion Shuttle)
Post Summary: Things To Do Near Zion National Park; Shuttle Free Zion Activities When you hear Zion National Park, one of two things comes to mind – the scenic canyon view from Angel’s Landing or people standing in the river surrounding by the towing canyon walls of the Narrows. These spectacular hikes are regularly on people’s hiking bucket lists. As bucket list-worthy hikes go they are Zion must-dos but getting to their trailheads can be a little bit of a pain. That was before a certain global event, forced the Zion Shuttle to reduce capacity and require reservations. If you don’t want to mess with transportation into Zion’s main canyon…
How to spend an Amazing Weekend in Shenandoah National Park
Post Summary: 2 Days in Shenandoah National Park; Weekend in Shenandoah Looking to spend two days in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia? Shenandoah National Park may not be the biggest or the most-visited park in the US national park system, but it’s still pretty darn big. It’s popular, too. Given that it’s one of the closest national parks to the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area, proper planning is critical for your visit. Especially if you only have a short amount of time. Read on to learn how you can make the most of your weekend visit to Shenandoah National Park. This 2 Days in Shenandoah National Park guide is perfect for those looking…
Rocky Mountain National Park Timed Entry Permits: What you need to know for Summer 2022
Post Summary: Rocky Mountain National Park Timed Entry Permits Rocky Mountain National Park is a mountainous National Park full of mountain summits, alpine lakes, and a range of ecosystems. This popular National Parks. This mountainous National Park Rocky Mountain National Park has decided to do timed entry permits for Summer 2022 What are Rocky Mountain National Park Timed Entry Permits? Rocky Mountain National Park Timed Entry Permits are being implemented to help the park manage park visitation. As one of the busiest National Parks in the United States, Rocky Mountain has been facing numerous challenges including Covid-19 concerns, seasonal staff housing challenges, reduced shuttle bus capacity, and fire damage, and…
The Ultimate Guide to Camping in Canyonlands National Park
Most people have seen the photographs of Mesa Arch at sunrise, but they might not realize that Mesa Arch is in Canyonlands National Park. Canyonlands doesn’t have a lot of arches like the nearby Arches National Park. That doesn’t make Canyonlands any less spectacular of a national park. The park features an extensive network of mesas, buttes, and canyons along with parks of the Green and Colorado Rivers. This large national park has four districts – Island of the Sky, the Needles, the Maze, and the rivers. Camping in Canyonlands is a bit of a challenge since the districts spaced out and front-country camping is only offered in Island of…
The 15 Most Visited National Parks in the US in 2020
Post Summary: Find out which are the US’s Most Visited National Parks I canceled visits to dozen-plus national parks and I avoid my local National Park due to the crowds so I was expecting National Park visitation to down as a whole this year. As I dug into the National Park Service’s 2020 Annual Visitor’s Statistics report I found some interesting things. Overall, 68 million people visited the 63 National Parks. That is a 25% decrease in total park visitors which makes sense given that the country was shut down for about 3 months. Most parks saw a decrease in visitation. The average decrease is about 32% There is 1…
The Least Visited National Parks in 2020
Post Summary: Find out which are the US’s Least Visited National Parks I canceled visits to dozen-plus national parks and I avoid my local National Park due to the crowds so I was expecting National Park visitation to down as a whole this year. As I dug into the National Park Service’s 2020 Annual Visitor’s Statistics report I found some interesting things. Overall, 68 million people visited the 63 National Parks. That is a 25% decrease in total park visitors which makes sense given that the country was shutdown for about 3 months. Most parks saw a decrease in visitation. The average decrease is about 32% There are 3 new…
The Ultimate Guide to Camping in Arches National Park
Are you considering camping in Arches National Park? Click HERE for the ultimate guide Arches Campgrounds and get ready for a Arches camping trip.
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