January is the best time to take a break on the feet and plan out your list of hiking trips in 2016. By sketching out the plans early before weddings, reunions, and work commitments fill up the calendar you’re committing to yourself that 2016 will be your best year on the trail yet. Schedule these…
Somewhere hidden in the bookstores, front desks, and visitor centers of each site in the National Park System lives a small, but well-sought after souvenir. To those that seek them, they are more treasured than any postcard, t-shirt or tchotchke. For just $9.95 they can document a lifetime of traveling and commemorate the wonder that so…
From wherever you are on the trail, ParkChasers wishes you the happiest of holidays. May you look to the pristine places we protect this year for peace, love and joy. Enjoy the season and be sure to spend some time outdoors with family and friends.
If you have dreams of visiting a Redwood forest and walk among the world’s largest trees, naturally one thinks “I’m going to Redwood National Park”. Out comes Google Maps and the airline search only to realize the logistics of a Redwood vacation can be challenging. Thankfully, one of the hidden gems of the National Park…
Each year millions of visitors flock to Yellowstone National Park to capture some of nature’s most astounding moments. The first rumble of a geyser eruption. The bugle of a distant elk in the morning fog. The jaw-dropping views of water crashing over Upper Yellowstone Falls. However beginning in early November the park slowly begins to…
Every year more than 2 million visitors journey to Mount Rushmore National Memorial. Nestled in the famous Black Hills of South Dakota, it is one of the most famous landmarks in the world. Despite the popularity, most visitors stop in the sunshine for a few photos and hop back in the car. Yet one of Mount…