Dec 29, 2024
Many of us like to take a walk in our favorite national park, whether it’s a short stroll down one of the boardwalks at Yellowstone National Park, the hike to the top of Old Rag at Shenandoah National Park, or up the Mist Trail at Yosemite National Park, we like to get out and experience parks up close.
As you might...
Dec 22, 2024
There are across the country more than 430 units of the National Park System. And no doubt, most of us are only familiar with the so-called name brand parks. Places like Shenandoah, Acadia, Everglades, Yellowstone, Yosemite, the Grand Canyon… But just because you’re not already familiar with a park unit doesn’t...
Dec 15, 2024
Elephant seals are not your small, cuddly marine mammals. They
are behemoths. Males, known as bulls, can reach 5,000 pounds, while
females, known as cows, routinely clock in at around 1,000 pounds
or so.
If you’re a wildlife watcher, now is the time to check elephant
seals off your life list. Between December and...
Dec 8, 2024
Most, if not all of us, have bucket lists. Places we want to
visit…but don’t always get the opportunity.
This is Kurt Repanshek, your host at the National Parks Traveler.
One of the destinations on my bucket list is Gates of Arctic
National Park and Preserve and the Noatak River that runs through
it. A week or two...
Dec 1, 2024
Change happens…and sometimes it doesn’t.
Change certainly is underway in Washington, where the incoming
Trump administration is putting its players in position with
promises of changing, or maybe upsetting, the status quo.
Against that, the National Park Service continues to face
long-standing problems with not...