The summer months of 2021 were certainly smoky ones in the West. From California to Kansas, view-obscuring and occasionally choking smoke from wildfires filled the air...and campgrounds and the outdoors in general. Has the prospect of smoky summers becoming the new normal swayed you from booking a campground reservation?

Come the first of the year it will be a little more expensive to camp at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in Michigan, and the park will begin a phased-in approach to entrance fees in March.

Over the years, five national parks were established during the month of November. See how much you know about Badlands, Congaree, Theodore Roosevelt, Arches, and Zion national parks with this latest National Parks Quiz And Trivia piece.

Capitol Reef National Park, an oft-overlooked wonder in Utah, will celebrate its 50th year as a national park on December 18, with the celebration continuing throughout 2022.