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Reader Participation Day: Which Is Your Favorite National Park Gateway Town?

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West Yellowstone's ties to Yellowstone National Park are evident throughout town. NPT file photo by Kurt Repanshek.

Gateway towns to national parks can be fun, eclectic, unusual places. There's the electric vibe that runs through Bar Harbor on the doorstep to Acadia National Park, the outdoor pulse to Moab near both Arches and Canyonlands national parks, and the urban environment Tuscon offers Saguaro National Park.

With that in mind, which gateway town do you look forward to visiting on your national park vacation?

Would it be West Yellowstone, Montana, with its laid-back attitude, eclectic Gatlinburg, Tennessee, near Great Smoky Mountains, Estes Park with its Rocky Mountain National Park backdrop, or Jackson Hole with its Old West flavor?

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Bar Harbor, ME outside Acadia National Park


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