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Leave No Trace This Summer As You Explore The Outdoors

That headline is a good suggestion, but is it entirely possible not to leave any trace as you go about hiking, camping, wildlife viewing, and engaging in other recreation activities in officially designated wilderness areas, and landscapes in the National Park System that are managed as de facto wilderness? What can you do, personally, to limit sign of your passage through wilderness?

3 Days In "The Place," Acadia National Park

By any name, Acadia National Park's glacially-carved mountains, serene lakes and ponds, pristine forests, sand and cobble beaches, jagged granite headlands, abundant wildlife, and historical remnants attract more than three million visitors a year, all who come to find their place in “the place.” Are you ready to find yours in “heaven on Earth”?

Blue Duck Ships Store Leased To Islesford Boatworks

Islesford Boatworks, a community-based non-profit organization, entered into an agreement with the National Park Service at Acadia National Park to lease the historic Blue Duck Ships Store. Islesford Boatworks will host boatbuilding programs in the Blue Duck starting this summer on Little Cranberry Island. The Blue Duck is located across the lawn from the Islesford Historical Museum.

Traveler Special Report: Some Friends Groups Asked To Provide "Margin Of Survival"

For eight years, families whose memories of the Blue Ridge Parkway were nurtured around summer evenings chasing fireflies on the rolling highland meadows below Bluffs Lodge at Milepost 241 have wondered when it might reopen. But a question that might better be asked of the charming 24-room lodge that opened in 1949 is whether it ever will be able to reopen or instead be razed.

The Essential RVing Guide

The Essential RVing Guide to the National Parks

The National Parks RVing Guide, aka the Essential RVing Guide To The National Parks, is the definitive guide for RVers seeking information on campgrounds in the National Park System where they can park their rigs. It's available for free for both iPhones and Android models.

This app is packed with RVing specific details on more than 250 campgrounds in more than 70 parks.

You'll also find stories about RVing in the parks, some tips if you've just recently turned into an RVer, and some planning suggestions. A bonus that wasn't in the previous eBook or PDF versions of this guide are feeds of Traveler content: you'll find our latest stories as well as our most recent podcasts just a click away.

So whether you have an iPhone or an Android, download this app and start exploring the campgrounds in the National Park System where you can park your rig.