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Summer: A Great Season To Find Yourself In A National Park

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National Parks.

They are places of wonderment. They spark our curiosity, help us relax, and can keep us in shape. They offer thousands of miles of hiking trails, majestic vistas, deep woods, rushing streams, and quite literally an open-air zoo of wildlife that relies on these landscapes to thrive and, in some cases, merely survive.

Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska is renowned for its brown bears, as Contributing Photographer Rebecca Latson found when she captured our cover photo. It’s just as well-known for its Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes, which is still steaming, the aftermath of a 1918 volcanic eruption.

On the other end of the continent, Biscayne National Park is famous for its watery underworld. In a feature, Jameson Clifton caps his internship with the Traveler by looking at efforts to rebuild fisheries and coral reefs. Miri Gubler, who also spent the past semester as an intern, gives us an update on efforts to establish a national park in Maine’s heavily wooded interior—an effort with no small amount of controversy.

In our Essential Park Guide, Summer 2015 you will also read what it takes to explore the sunny side of Mount Rainier National Park, and how to celebrate Rocky Mountain National Park’s centennial. Michael A. Lanza’s walk along the John Muir Trail might inspire you to start making your own plans for this magnificent trail.

With walking in mind, we also have our list of classic park hike in this summer guide. It’s not complete by any means, but hopefully will give you an excuse to get out on the trail.

And make sure you read our latest 3 Days feature, which has some suggestions for visitors with limited time in Grand Teton National Park. Summer can be short, but hopefully it won’t be so short that you can’t include a national park vacation.

 

Read the digital guide now, wait as we roll out the articles one at a time, or purchase your own print or digital version via MagCloud for $11.95/$2.99 by following the link below.

National Parks Traveler's Essential Guide, Summer 2015

By Kurt Repanshek in National Park Advocates, LLC

46 pages, published 5/15/2015

National parks are perfect summer vacation destinations. Traveler's Essential Guide, Summer 2015, can help you get the most out of your trip!

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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.