My wife and I recently returned from an 8-day trip to Glacier National Park, the Crown of the Continent. Planning for the trip started several months before we left, researching the best hikes, campgrounds, and areas of the park to visit. However, that all got turned upside-down on Aug. 12th, just 10 days before we […]
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Best Hikes at All 59 National Parks
This is the ultimate bucket-list countdown for any outdoor loving, hiking enthusiast, national park nut (like me)! I have spent about a year compiling all of the best national park hikes, hoping one day that I may get the chance to complete them all. Take a look below and see if your favorite hike made […]
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Kobuk Valley National Park
Kobuk Valley National Park is located in northwest Alaska, just west of Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve. 400,000 caribou migrate across the park between breeding grounds year round. Bears, wolves, Dall sheep, and other mammals share the park with these caribou. Similar to Gates of the Arctic, there are no roads into […]
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Gates of the Arctic National Park & Preserve
Situated just north of the Arctic Circle, Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve is an untamed wilderness. The park does not contain any roads and is only accessible by plane so there are very few visitors. In fact, Gates of the Arctic is the least visited national park in the entire NPS. There […]
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6 Best Day Hikes in Wrangell – St. Elias National Park & Preserve
Wrangell – St. Elias National Park & Preserve lies in the southeastern corner of Alaska, east of Anchorage. The park and preserve form the largest area managed by the National Park System in the United States at over 13 million acres. The park is home to 9 of the 16 highest peaks in the US […]