A Day In The Park

A Day In The Park: Katmai National Park And Preserve

Bears -- big, brash coastal brown bears -- often are what most comes to mind when there's mention of Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska. And that's understandable thanks to the Brooks River and the bear viewing opportunities there. But if that's all you consider when researching a trip to this national park, you'll kick yourself later.

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By Kurt Repanshek - February 11th, 2025 7:43am

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A Day In The Park: Hot Springs National Park

Long before thoughts turned to "national parks," a small town in Arkansas known as Hot Springs was drawing visitors desiring to relax in, well, the hot springs there. Today you can still find a good soak in Hot Springs National Park, but there's more to this place than hot water.

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By NPT Staff - February 11th, 2025 7:40am

A Day In The Park: Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park

When Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park reopens more of the park on September 22, National Public Lands Day, visitors will find a changed park in many respects, and yet one that has been going through these changes for hundreds of years, if not longer.

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By NPT Staff - February 11th, 2025 8:09am

A Day In The Park: Haleakalā National Park

Haleakalā National Park in Hawaii is both relatively young (58), and pretty old (102). How can that be?

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By NPT Staff - February 11th, 2025 8:09am

A Day In The Park: Guadalupe Mountains National Park

You can see a long way from the roof Guadalupe Mountains National Park, as it also happens to be the roof of the entire state of Texas, and that's saying something.

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By NPT Staff - February 11th, 2025 8:10am

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A Day In The Park: Great Smoky Mountains National Park

One visit to Great Smoky Mountains National Park is not enough, even if it stretches over a week or two. This Appalachian wonder holds many stories within its roughly 800 square miles that cover the Tennessee-North Carolina border like a rumpled blanket.

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By Kurt Repanshek - February 11th, 2025 8:10am

A Day In The Park: Great Sand Dunes National Park And Preserve

Somebody asks you to name the national park with the most impressive sand dunes, and you quickly answer, "Death Valley National Park!" And, of course, you'd be wrong.

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By Kurt Repanshek - February 11th, 2025 7:39am

A Day In The Park: Great Basin National Park

Big trees, big mountains, and even a big cave greet those who head off the beaten track to Great Basin National Park in Nevada near the Utah border.

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By NPT Staff - February 11th, 2025 7:38am

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A Day In The Park: Grand Teton National Park

Standing atop Grand Teton, it's easy to see the handiwork of Horace Albright and John D. Rockefeller, Jr. To the southeast is Timbered Island, down below is Jenny Lake, and a bit to the northeast is Jackson Lake. Not in view are the "shabby developments littering the roadway from Menors Ferry to Moran and along Jenny Lake’s south and east shores" that Mr. Rockefeller and Albright, then Yellowstone National Park's superintendent, saw in 1924.

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By Kurt Repanshek - February 11th, 2025 7:37am

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A Day In The Park: Grand Canyon National Park

A colorful rift in the earth millions of years -- and immeasurable gallons of water -- in the making, the jagged maw of the Grand Canyon draws crowds content enough to simply stare across this impressive cross-section of geology from either the South or North rim of its namesake national park.

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By Kurt Repanshek - February 11th, 2025 7:35am

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