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When to Book a National Park Camping Trip This Summer
Emily Pennington
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With temperatures rising and the days getting longer, it’s hard not to daydream about summery nights under the stars particularly at an epic national park, if you can swing it.
In any other year, it can be highly competitive to nab a campsite in the middle of popular parks like Yosemite. Yet with national park visitation numbers still hitting record highs in spite of the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s more important than ever to plan ahead and book early especially as several parks have added new rules in the wake of the coronavirus: Grand Teton just moved its entire campground reservations system online for the first time ever; Yosemite and Rocky Mountain have had on-again-off-again requirements for day-use permits; and Acadia will be implementing a new permit for driving up to Cadillac Mountain this summer. ....

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