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It Takes A Group Effort To Keep You On Top Of the Latest In the National Park System

Though there are only a handful of names on the Traveler's masthead, giving you a year's worth of news, features, and commentary really takes a group effort. With that in mind, we'd like to extend a heart-felt thanks to those who have contributed to that effort with their prose and photos.

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By Kurt Repanshek - December 31st, 2011 2:04am

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Gone and Mostly Forgotten: 26 Abolished National Parks

In 1895, Mackinac National Park became the first national park to be abolished. It would not be the last. More than two dozen other sites or areas with independent identities have been pruned from the National Park System.

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By Bob Janiskee - December 30th, 2011 3:59am

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National Parks By the Numbers: Recapping the Year's Statistical Recaps

Traveler's "By the Numbers" articles provide interesting (and often surprising) statistics for selected parks. We published 13 of them this year.

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By Bob Janiskee - December 30th, 2011 3:59am

Thanks To All Our Readers

Year-end usually leads to reflection, and we'd be more than remiss if we didn't take a moment to thank all of you who read the Traveler.

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By Kurt Repanshek - December 30th, 2011 2:28am

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Books We've Read This Year, And Actually Liked!

Despite the impending doom that pixels were expected to hand the printed word, we're happy to report that publishers are still turning out books, and more than a few that crossed our desks this year are worth your attention.

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By NPT Staff - December 30th, 2011 2:12am

Interesting National Park Stories That Appealed to Us

Not all stories have to have a hard edge to them to be considered nicely done. What follows are some stories from, or revolving around, the National Park System that we liked for what they had to say, or how they had to say it, or what we learned from them. We hope you enjoyed them, too.

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By NPT Staff - December 29th, 2011 2:55am

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Trails I've Hiked: Lake Shore Loop in Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Lake Shore Loop in Great Smoky Mountains National Park is a great winter hike. It offers history, a visit to a cemetery and reminders that the area still makes news today.

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By [email protected] - December 29th, 2011 2:32am

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2011 Traveler's Checklists

During the past year we published 11 checklists to help you plan your national park visits. Here's a rundown of them.

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By NPT Staff - December 29th, 2011 2:16am

And the National Park Mystery Spot Champion for 2011 Is . . .

We published 13 national park mystery spot puzzles this year, and one of our readers managed to solve 8 of them. We are impressed.

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By Bob Janiskee - December 28th, 2011 4:00am

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Trails We Hiked During 2011

We managed to get out on some national park trails during 2011 -- not as many as we'd like, but still a few that brought smiles to our faces. Here's a look back at those trails.

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By NPT Staff - December 28th, 2011 2:57am

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