National Park Trip
We are planning to head out west in 2019 for a 3 month trip to the National parks. Anyone have any tips or advice? We want to head out from southern PA in the spring of 2019. What are all the great...
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Jim2007 wrote:
Hi.. lot of good suggestions as to parks to visit. Make a reservation early as national parks are very popular. 2 month ahead should give a pick of campING sites.... Jim2007
We are heading out to CO and UT this fall to hit 7 national parks as well as 4-5 state parks in the area. You can make National Campground reservations 6 months in advance of your first night. Our experience is that all the sites were booked within 1 hour of the first time to reserve at 10 AM. We like to stay within the parks to avoid travel and wait times within the parks. Most national parks have no hook ups. You have time to try this out - get a generator to charge batteries and conserve water and you will be fine. This will be our fourth trip out west. Every popular park we visit is full. Unless you want to boondock in those areas, going without reservations seems difficult.
As to your question on how long to stay at a park. Each park is very different. The Grand Canyon may only be 3 nights while Yellowstone can easily be a week. Expect crowds when you go. Many people home school their kids and the major parks get many, many foreign visitors.
For me, planning is enjoyable and I like to know I have a site when traveling to an area.
