Six Super-Tips for National Park Visitors

Abyss Pool, West Thumb Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park. Photo by Jim Peaco.

Those of us who have been exploring national parks all our lives know the tricks for organizing a great stay: how to bypass that heinously long line of RVs at the entrance station, score a coveted campsite, and save money on gas and gear. We expect there will be a lot of first-time visitors after PBS airs the new Ken Burns documentary, The National Parks: America’s Best Idea, premiering this Sunday. So here are six of the tips we’ve compiled to help them out. Click here to see our full list of tips, as well as many other outstanding sugges… Read the full story on TreeHugger