Food handling in National Parks
New to RVing and planning a trip to some National Parks. I find all kinds of warnings about food storage and how you can be fined if not stored properly. What I can't find are the requirements so I ...
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Great Smokey Mountain NP requires food storage in a hard-side LOCKED vehicle. If you are tent camping, in a pop-up, or hybrid with soft tent ends, all food must be in your locked vehicle or in a bear box.
This is also a requirement in state parks & national forests in East TN, as far west as Cookeville, TN.
Same rule applies in Glacier NP.
I always cover food and coolers in a vehicle, too, just so the bears don't get tempted too badly.
This is also a requirement in state parks & national forests in East TN, as far west as Cookeville, TN.
Same rule applies in Glacier NP.
I always cover food and coolers in a vehicle, too, just so the bears don't get tempted too badly.
