National Parks Master Thread

[SSLPhD]

https://www.afar.com/magazine/the-u-s-could-be-getting-a-new-national-park-in-2023

[Something Fishy]

New in blue.

57 in total.

United States:

• Acadia, ME (2011, 2017)
• Arches, UT (2020)
• Badlands, SD (2020)
• Black Canyon of the Gunnison, CO (2020)
• Bryce Canyon, UT (2020)
• Canyonlands, UT (2020)
• Cuyahoga Valley, OH (2014, 2020)
• Death Valley, CA/NV (2020)
• Denali, AK (2020, 2022)
• Everglades, FL (2010, 2019, 2021, 2021)
• Gateway Arch, MO (2019, 2020)
• Grand Teton, WY (2012, 2020x2)
• Great Smoky Mountains, NC/TN (2013, 2020)
• Haleakala, HI (2014)
• Hawaii Volcanoes, HI (2012, 2018)
• Indiana Dunes, IN (2020)
• Joshua Tree, CA (2020)
• Katmai, AK (2020)
• Kenai Fjords, AK (2013)
• Lake Clark, AK (2020 x2)
• Mammoth Cave, KY (2020)
• Rocky Mountain, CO (2009)
• Shenandoah, VA (2020)
• Yellowstone, WY/ID/MT (2012, 2020x2)
• Yosemite, CA (2020)
• Zion, UT (2020)

International:

• Banff, Canada (2017)
• Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda (2021)
• Cape Hillsborough, Australia (2023)
• Chagres, Panama (2021)
• Chobe, Botswana (2021, 2023)
• Eungella, Australia (2023)
• Galapagos, Ecuador (2022, 2023)
• Guanacaste, Belize (2021)
• Jasper, Canada (2017)
• Jozani Chwaka Bay, Tanzania (2022, 2023)
• Lake Malawi, Malawi (2021)
• Lake Manyara, Tanzania (2023)
• Lençóis Maranhenses, Brazil (2021)
• Lovćen, Montenegro (2018)
• Mosi-oa-Tunya, Zambia (2021)
• Nairobi, Kenya (2022)
• Ranthambore, India (2022)
• Sassen–Bünsow Land, Svalbard (2016, 2018)
• Serengeti, Tanzania (2021, 2022, 2023)
• Skadar Lake. Montenegro (2018)
• Snæfellsjökull, Iceland (2016)
• Soberanía, Panama (2021, 2022x2)
• Table Mountain, South Africa (2023)
• Þingvellir, Iceland (2021x2, 2022)
• Tierra del Fuego, Argentina (2018)
• Vatnajökull, Iceland (2015, 2016, 2019x2, 2020, 2021x3, 2022x5)
• Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe (2021, 2023)
• Viñales, Cuba (2015)
• Whitsunday Islands, Australia (2023)
• Yoho, Canada (2017)
• Zambezi, Zimbabwe (2021, 2023)

[Kobe Bryant]

https://thepointsguy.com/guide/free-national-park-days/

[Dan]

https://www.cnn.com/travel/death-valley-national-park-kayaking-temporary-lake/index.html

[Something Fishy]

New in blue.

61 in total.

United States:

• Acadia, ME (2011, 2017)
• Arches, UT (2020)
• Badlands, SD (2020)
• Black Canyon of the Gunnison, CO (2020)
• Bryce Canyon, UT (2020)
• Canyonlands, UT (2020)
• Cuyahoga Valley, OH (2014, 2020)
• Death Valley, CA/NV (2020)
• Denali, AK (2020, 2022)
• Everglades, FL (2010, 2019, 2021, 2021)
• Gateway Arch, MO (2019, 2020)
• Grand Canyon, AZ (2023)
• Grand Teton, WY (2012, 2020x2)
• Great Smoky Mountains, NC/TN (2013, 2020)
• Haleakala, HI (2014)
• Hawaii Volcanoes, HI (2012, 2018)
• Indiana Dunes, IN (2020)
• Joshua Tree, CA (2020)
• Katmai, AK (2020)
• Kenai Fjords, AK (2013)
• Lake Clark, AK (2020 x2)
• Mammoth Cave, KY (2020)
• Petrified Forest, AZ (2023)
• Rocky Mountain, CO (2009)
• Shenandoah, VA (2020)
• Yellowstone, WY/ID/MT (2012, 2020x2)
• Yosemite, CA (2020)
• Zion, UT (2020)

International:

• Andohahela, Madagascar (2023)
• Banff, Canada (2017)
• Black River Gorges, Mauritius (2023)
• Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda (2021)
• Cape Hillsborough, Australia (2023)
• Chagres, Panama (2021)
• Chobe, Botswana (2021, 2023, 2024)
• Eungella, Australia (2023)
• Galapagos, Ecuador (2022, 2023
• Guanacaste, Belize (2021)
• Jasper, Canada (2017)
• Jozani Chwaka Bay, Tanzania (2022, 2023)
• Lake Malawi, Malawi (2021)
• Lake Manyara, Tanzania (2023x2, 2024)
• Lençóis Maranhenses, Brazil (2021)
• Lovćen, Montenegro (2018)
• Mosi-oa-Tunya, Zambia (2021, 2024)
• Nairobi, Kenya (2022)
• Ranthambore, India (2022)
• Sassen–Bünsow Land, Svalbard (2016, 2018)
• Serengeti, Tanzania (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
• Skadar Lake. Montenegro (2018)
• Snæfellsjökull, Iceland (2016)
• Soberanía, Panama (2021, 2022x2)
• Table Mountain, South Africa (2023)
• Þingvellir, Iceland (2021x2, 2022)
• Tierra del Fuego, Argentina (2018)
• Vatnajökull, Iceland (2015, 2016, 2019x2, 2020, 2021x3, 2022x5, 2024)
• Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe (2021, 2023, 2024)
• Viñales, Cuba (2015)
• Whitsunday Islands, Australia (2023)
• Yoho, Canada (2017)
• Zambezi, Zimbabwe (2021, 2023, 2024)

[Something Fishy]

New in blue.

66 in total.

United States:

• Acadia, ME (2011, 2017)
• Arches, UT (2020)
• Badlands, SD (2020)
• Black Canyon of the Gunnison, CO (2020)
• Bryce Canyon, UT (2020)
• Canyonlands, UT (2020)
• Carlsbad Caverns, NM (2024)
• Cuyahoga Valley, OH (2014, 2020)
• Death Valley, CA/NV (2020)
• Denali, AK (2020, 2022)
• Everglades, FL (2010, 2019, 2021, 2021)
• Gateway Arch, MO (2019, 2020)
• Grand Canyon, AZ (2023)
• Grand Teton, WY (2012, 2020x2)
• Great Smoky Mountains, NC/TN (2013, 2020)
• Guadalupe Mountains, TX (2024)
• Haleakala, HI (2014)
• Hawaii Volcanoes, HI (2012, 2018)
• Indiana Dunes, IN (2020)
• Joshua Tree, CA (2020, 2024))
• Katmai, AK (2020)
• Kenai Fjords, AK (2013)
• Lake Clark, AK (2020 x2)
• Mammoth Cave, KY (2020)
• New River Gorge, WV (2024)
• Petrified Forest, AZ (2023)
• Rocky Mountain, CO (2009)
• Shenandoah, VA (2020)
• White Sands, NM (2024)
• Yellowstone, WY/ID/MT (2012, 2020x2)
• Yosemite, CA (2020)
• Zion, UT (2020)

International:

• Andohahela, Madagascar (2023)
• Banff, Canada (2017)
• Black River Gorges, Mauritius (2023)
• Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda (2021)
• Cape Hillsborough, Australia (2023)
• Chagres, Panama (2021)
• Chobe, Botswana (2021, 2023, 2024
• Eungella, Australia (2023)
• Galapagos, Ecuador (2022, 2023
• Guanacaste, Belize (2021)
• Jasper, Canada (2017)
• Jozani Chwaka Bay, Tanzania (2022, 2023)
• Lake Malawi, Malawi (2021)
• Lake Manyara, Tanzania (2023x2, 2024)
• Lençóis Maranhenses, Brazil (2021)
• Lovćen, Montenegro (2018)
• Maloti-Drakensberg, South Africa (2023)
• Mosi-oa-Tunya, Zambia (2021, 2024)
• Nairobi, Kenya (2022)
• Ranthambore, India (2022)
• Sassen–Bünsow Land, Svalbard (2016, 2018)
• Serengeti, Tanzania (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
• Skadar Lake. Montenegro (2018)
• Snæfellsjökull, Iceland (2016)
• Soberanía, Panama (2021, 2022x2)
• Table Mountain, South Africa (2023)
• Þingvellir, Iceland (2021x2, 2022)
• Tierra del Fuego, Argentina (2018)
• Vatnajökull, Iceland (2015, 2016, 2019x2, 2020, 2021x3, 2022x5, 2024x2)
• Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe (2021, 2023, 2024
• Viñales, Cuba (2015)
• Whitsunday Islands, Australia (2023)
• Yoho, Canada (2017)
• Zambezi, Zimbabwe (2021, 2023, 2024)

[Something Fishy]

Tagline recommendation for New River Gorges National Park: "Hey, at least we're not in Ohio!"

[cgr]

No dedicated thread for Isle Royale NP so here it goes:
Day trip to the park- Windigo or Rock Harbor?

[SSLPhD]

No dedicated thread for Isle Royale NP so here it goes:
Day trip to the park- Windigo or Rock Harbor?

Windigo.  The trip is much shorter.  Do they even do a day trip to Rock Harbor?  Or are you thinking of flying in?

https://isleroyaleforums.com/

[cgr]

Windigo.  The trip is much shorter.  Do they even do a day trip to Rock Harbor?  Or are you thinking of flying in?

https://isleroyaleforums.com/

Flying in. There are day trips to both but they are either sold out or don't operate on that specific day.

[yitzgar]

Tagline recommendation for New River Gorges National Park: "Hey, at least we're not in Ohio!"

I was there before it became a national park...was very nice for a national monument.

[lakewood34]

https://www.wsj.com/us-news/national-park-smallest-summer-travel-5a1e6ff2?mod=trending_now_news_2

Can't believe nobody ever made a tr about this one 


Once open daily, it now operates only on weekend afternoons between April and October. Last year it had 2,218 visitors, half as many as 20 years ago, park service figures show. The park service’s most-popular attraction, the Blue Ridge Parkway, drew 16.8 million visitors last year.

[Something Fishy]

https://www.wsj.com/us-news/national-park-smallest-summer-travel-5a1e6ff2?mod=trending_now_news_2

Can't believe nobody ever made a tr about this one 

The only place a thread about this belongs in the pet peeve thread, about people who don't know what "national park" means.

[SSLPhD]

Flying in. There are day trips to both but they are either sold out or don't operate on that specific day.

Probably still Windigo, but depends what you want to do.

Read the Greenstone (https://www.nps.gov/isro/learn/upload/Web_2024-Greenstone_Final.pdf).  Page 10 has activities that you can do from Rock Harbor but not Windigo.  If you don't want to or won't be able to do those activities, definitely stick with Windigo.  Also the Isle Royale Forums that I linked to earlier is an excellent resource, and they are happy to help. 

[Just a FYI, Royale is pronounced like Royal, not Royahl.]

[flyingace]

Which National Parks are likely to have minyanim in the summer? Prefer to avoid the crazy traffic places like Yellowstone.

[yitzgar]

https://www.wsj.com/us-news/national-park-smallest-summer-travel-5a1e6ff2?mod=trending_now_news_2

Can't believe nobody ever made a tr about this one 


Once open daily, it now operates only on weekend afternoons between April and October. Last year it had 2,218 visitors, half as many as 20 years ago, park service figures show. The park service’s most-popular attraction, the Blue Ridge Parkway, drew 16.8 million visitors last year.

The blue ridge parkway is also 469 miles long while this building is probably about 3000 square feet