A look at overnight stays at US National Parks
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Fun things I noticed:
- All the mountain parks are summer focused, which stinks a bit as I want to see them all but have limited time
- Great Smokey Mountains and Shenandoah have nice fall weather/leaves, and it's cool to see a bump in fall for them
- People go to Great Sand Dunes most in summer, which is when the sand is so hot it's painful to touch. There's great opportunity to camp there during the less busy seasons
- Likewise, it seems like too many people go to Zion when it's crazy hot. It's wonderful for a lot of the year, I just wouldn't go in Summer
- I'm shocked at how busy Isle Royale is compared to other parks, never would have guessed that
It makes sense; you can't drive there when it's covered under feet of snow. And when all that snow melts, the ground is still soggy, flooded, and can't deal with the masses.
Many mountain locations open their campgrounds in June, some roads are not drivable until late June -- and then everything closes again mid-October.