National Park Travel Planner

29/11/2024

25/10/2024

Being from the land of 10,000 lakes (FYI it's more like 14,000+), I had swimming lessons in the lake, not a pool. And it was always white cap waves on my test out day! Maybe it's growing up on a larger lake in Minnesot...

19/08/2024

With such a unique name, you'd think it would be a little more well known of our national parks but it's in the bottom 20. Kind of makes me wonder if the Native American name might not sound more spectacular for such a ...

11/08/2024

It's the height of mosquito season here in Minnesota. It's the biggest reason to stay away! But summer there "up North" has one very unique advantage. If you want to see the Northern Lights without having to endure th...

05/08/2024

This park caught me off guard. I really didn't know much about this park so naturally, I had to explore more!

28/07/2024

Mount Rainier is one of the more popular summer parks as demonstrated with the new timed entry system this summer. The trails in Rainier are a key reason to visit.

13/07/2024

I will make the general statement that Alaska NPS units are, in general, not easy to access. And I'm not talking about the journey just to get to Alaska.

19/06/2024

I counted about 27 designations in 429 unit National Park Service(NPS). Preserves, parkways, battlefields, battlefield parks, battlefield sites, lakeshores, seashores, rivers, wild and scenic rivers - you get the just. ...

11/06/2024

With 4 of the 6 calendar daily pages being national parks from outside the US, I thought Id highlight one of the other two. The original national park.

01/06/2024

I love page a day calendars. I have 3 across 2 desks. The most useful is the daily to-do but my 2 National Park ones are WAY more fun. I am going to try to pick a park a week from my week to highlight.

16/04/2024

National Park Week kicks off on April 20th every year. This year it's particularly advantageous because it falls on Saturday this year - yippie!! Now before you start thinking I am a bit too enthusiastic about our Nati...