National Park Lodges With Uncertain Futures
America’s national park lodges offer a wide range of styles, sizes, history and amenities.
- By Kurt Repanshek - May 25th, 2025 2:30am
Lodging in the Parks
Images Of America’s Historic National Park Lodges
Have you seen Yellowstone’s iconic Old Faithful Inn without its portico? Did you know employees at the North Rim’s Grand Canyon Lodge serenaded departing guests?
- By Kurt Repanshek - May 8th, 2025 2:30am
Chateau At Oregon Caves National Monument And Preserve Among Most Endangered Places
A national park lodge built to blend into the deep Oregon woods that surround it has stood silently since 2018 when structural issues forced its closure. While the National Park Service is working to stabilize the Chateau at Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve, its condition has landed it on the National Trust for Historic Preservation's most endangered list.
Readers Agree National Park Lodging Prices Can Be Prohibitive
A great majority of the readers who responded to last week's article about the ever-growing price of lodging in the National Park System agree that lodging costs are prohibitive to a stay in the parks.
- By Kurt Repanshek - October 20th, 2024 2:35am
Is National Park Lodging Becoming Unaffordable For Average Americans?
If you haven’t visited a park lodge for several years, and are in the planning stage for next year, be prepared for sticker shock, because overnight stays in many national park lodges won’t be cheap.
- By Kurt Repanshek - October 16th, 2024 2:30am
A Tale Of Cabins In The National Parks
Among the lodging options you have in the National Park System are cabins, some rustic, some quite nice.
- By Kurt Repanshek - October 6th, 2024 2:30am
Lodging In The Parks: Cedar Pass Cabins At Badlands National Park
Thinking of a trip to Badlands National Park in South Dakota? Want to lodge in-park? Check out the Cedar Pass Lodge cabins. Traveler contributing photographer and writer Rebecca Latson did just that and reports on her stay.
- By Rebecca Latson - May 15th, 2024 3:00am
Lodging In The Parks | Yellowstone Commercial Services Contract
The National Park Service recently issued a prospectus seeking proposals for a 15-year contract providing retail plus food and beverage service in Yellowstone National Park. The anticipated starting date is January 1, 2024. The prospectus covers seven Yellowstone locations and is distinct from the park’s nine lodges and lodge dining facilities currently managed by Xanterra Travel Collection, a major NPS concessionaire currently in the 10th year of a 20-year Yellowstone contract. Facilities under the new prospectus were operated by Hamilton Stores for nearly 90 years prior to the Bozeman-based firm being outbid in 2002 by current operator Delaware Parks and Resorts.
- By David and Kay Scott - November 14th, 2022 2:30am
Forever Resorts Staging Reservation Windows For Grand Canyon Lodge
Trying to snag a lodge reservation in the National Park System often can be challenging. With many lodges allowing you to book a room six months or more in advance, sometimes by the time you think you'd like to make a reservation nothing is available. Well, Forever Resorts is taking reservations for Grand Canyon Lodge on the park's North Rim in blocks through the spring.
- By Kurt Repanshek - January 18th, 2021 2:00am
Everglades National Park Lodging At Flamingo Without The Mosquitoes
Smudge pots weren't in sight when I visited Flamingo on the southern tip of Everglades National Park, but it was early spring and the mosquitoes hadn't quite worked themselves up to scourge strength. They are legendary when in full biting force, with rumors of cows and mules being killed by vicious, insatiable swarms of the bloodsuckers. And yet, the appeal of Flamingo to anglers and those fleeing winter's snows for a few days make it a popular destination.
- By Kurt Repanshek - June 7th, 2020 2:00am
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