How to plan a national park visit in 2021
Visitation to national parks exploded last year, and all indications are that theyâll be even more popular this year. Here are some tips if youâre thinking about a getaway of your own.
By Diane Bair and Pamela Wright Globe Correspondent,Updated April 8, 2021, 10:00 a.m.
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Synchronous fireflies lit up the trees along a trail at the Elkmont Campground in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in June 2019.Angeli Wright/Asheville Citizen Times via AP/file
Visitation to national park and public lands exploded last summer and fall, as people clamored to get away safely, and spend time outdoors. Yellowstone National Park had its busiest September on record, with a 21 percent increase from the previous September. Great Smoky Mountains National Park â already the countryâs most-visited national park â logged more than 1.5 million visits in August, a nearly 10 percent jump from the same month in 2019.