Reader Participation Day: Which National Park Lodge Offers The Best Value, And Why?
Which lodge in the National Park System do you head to for the best value, and what makes it the best value?
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Reader Participation Day: What's The Most Fantastic 20-Mile Ride In The National Parks?
There are plenty of long-distance rides in the National Park System that are fantastic. The 469-mile-long Blue Ridge Parkway is one, and the 105-mile Skyline Drive in Shenandoah Park is another. But where are the best short drives?
Reader Participation Day: Will Gas Prices Affect Your Plans To Visit A Park This Summer?
The year began with a gloomy outlook for travel, with forecasts of $5 per gallon or more for gas all summer. Recent price trends, however, have been downward, with the
latest predictions for a national average price of $3.79 per gallon—not much different from 2011. Will the ups and downs of gas prices affect your plans to visit a park this summer?
Reader Participation Day: How Long Should Park Personnel Look For Someone Reported Missing?
Earlier this year rangers searched extensively for two men In Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The searches went on for about a week without success. Which brings up this question: How long or how hard should park personnel look for someone reported missing?
Reader Participation Day: What Should The National Park Service Work On Leading Up To 2016?
It's National Park Week, a time to celebrate the national parks and get out and enjoy them. But it should also be a time for you to ponder the future of the National Park System. With that in mind, what do you think the National Park Service should focus on leading up to its centennial in 2016?
Reader Participation Day: Where Do You Find The Best Meals In, Or Near, The National Park System?
While many national park concessionaires are working to raise the level of their culinary creations, not all are rising as fast as others. But there are some great meals out there, both in and nearby the national parks. What meals and restaurants would you recommend to your friends?
Reader Participation Day: Do You Read Nevada Barr's National Park-Based Anna Pigeon Mysteries?
Nevada Barr is the premier writer of novels dealing with national parks and the people who manage, work in, and protect them. If you've read any of the best-selling author's 17 Anna Pigeon Mysteries, please let us know what you think of them.
Reader Participation Day: Should Locals have More Say about a National Park Issue than Others?
Should locals living around a National Park have more say on an issue affecting a Park than other Americans?
Reader Participation Day: What National Park Place Names Should Be Changed?
Place names in long-standing public use are seldom changed, but it does happen from time to time. What named places in the national parks should be given different names? Should we re-name any of the 397 national parks?
- By Bob Janiskee - March 21st, 2012 5:49am
Reader Participation Day: Does Availability of Cell Phone Service Affect Your Decision to Visit a Park?
Are you anxious about being out of cell phone contact during a park visit? Would you actually decide to skip a trip to a park just because the answer to "can you hear me now?" is ..."no"?
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