National Parks Traveler Podcast Episode 232 | Heat Week In The National Parks

By Jess Repanshek - July 23rd, 2023

This summer has been one of the hottest for the entire world, with temperatures rising above 100 degrees Fahrenheit quite frequently. Here in the United States, there are many places where the heat has gone well above 100 degrees. And at Death Valley National Park, the temperature this past week attracted crowds hoping to see it reach 130 degrees.

In the National Park System, there are places where summertime heat is routine, something the rangers have become accustomed to and know how to cope with it, and something not all park visitors know how to deal with.

To get a sense for conditions this past week in two of the hottest places in the park system, we’ve reached out to rangers at Grand Canyon National Park and Death Valley National Park.

:02 National Parks Traveler introduction
:12 Episode Intro with Kurt Repanshek
:52 Beyond the Reef - Tim Heintz & Grant Geissman - Seascapes: A Musical Journey
1:08 The Everglades Foundation
1:20 Grand Teton National Park Foundation
1:49 Washington’s National Park Fund
2:23 Yosemite Conservancy
2:49 Heat Week In The Parks, Part 1 — Grand Canyon National Park with Meghan Smith, the park's Preventive Search and Rescue Coordinator
24:37 Whispering Winds - Grant Geissman - Sounds of the Caribbean
24:49 NPT Promo
25:01 Interior Federal Credit Union
25:21 Great Smoky Mountains Association
25:42 Friends of Acadia
26:08 Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation
26:30 Potrero Group
27:00 Heat Week In The National Parks, Part 2 — Death Valley National Park with Nichole Andler, the park's chief of interpretation and education
51:52 Flamingo - Tim Heintz - The Sounds of the Everglades
52:06 Episode Closing
52:28 Orange Tree Productions
53:01 Splitbeard Productions
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