Grand Teton National Park managers expect August 21, --the day of the Total Solar Eclipse Across America-- to be the busiest single day in the history of the park. Visitors to the park on eclipse day can ensure a successful viewing experience by developing a plan and heeding a few simple guidelines.

Key to ongoing debates into how to manage seemingly ever growing visitation at Zion and Yellowstone, Yosemite and Acadia, and Glacier and Grand Canyon national parks is the notion of how national parks should be preserved and protected for future generations. It's a natural conversation in light of what one might call overcrowding of these places.

Getting publications out on time requires a lot of advance work. At National Parks Traveler, that means working on our spring Essential Guide in winter, the summer guide in spring, and the fall guide in summer, and the winter guide in fall.