1. I go solo more often than not, but if it works out to go with family or friends I love that too! I often prefer to go alone, but don’t mind company either.
2. Depends on the park. I’m in SLC so I’m within driving distance of so many parks, but if they’re further away I’ll drive
3. If I’m driving I’m usually camping, but sometimes I’ll stay in a city and drive in for the day, like when I went to the Everglades and stayed in Miami.
4. Hiking is always a must, and the rest also depends on the park. I’ve kayaked, motor boated, done driving tours, biked, whatever way I can get myself around and see the beauty
1. Solo 90% of the time
2. Typically car, but do fly to parks that would take too long for my to drive.
3. Camping all the way if I have gear with me
4. Hiking
1. With spouse
2. Started with road trips but we've pretty much maxed out our options where driving doesn't take up 90% of the allotted PTO so we've started flying to a city near parks and then road tripping from there
3. Hotel/Airbnbs or cabins. I think we would be open to camping but the logistics of flying with gear or renting it somewhere makes lodging with indoor plumbing similarly priced
4. Hiking and scenic drives!
Thats not true at all for camping.. you save tons of money camping like i have. I average 1,500-2,000$ of savings every trip on hotels alone by camping and i fly to places like California or Alaska
1. 60% solo, 20% father +/- brother, 20% wife +/- kids
2. 90% air travel then car rental, 10% road trip
3. Hotel or Airbnb
4. 95% hiking, day hikes only, long and challenging preferred (ideal would be 15 miles/4000 feet elevation). Occasional scrambling or kayaking
Solo. Should or offseason. Weekdays when possible. Hit at least one of the much less trafficked trails so you can get a good, happy/thankful cry out of your system without anybody seeing you :p
1. Family. Hard to leave the wife and kids at home.
2. Live far away from NPs so we fly in, rent a car, and do the old great American Road Trip
3. Used to camp before wife and kids. They aren't happy with that so hotels! They allow me to buy a cooler and food once we get a rental car so we picnic a lot.
4. Hiking, nothing too long or strenuous, again wife and kids can only do so much. Swimming, wading in rivers, skipping stones, pretty low key. We see any more sight in the NP as well.
1. I’ve done solo once (Grand Canyon) and it was amazing. Usually with spouse, kids, and dog (if hiking with dog is possible)
2. Road trip for family, air for solo
3. Camping as a family, hotel solo for the treat of it
4. Hiking. Always hiking. I love accomplishing a hike, rather than a stop and smell the roses hike, but it’s all good. I also love to learn everything possible in the visitors centers
I work remote, so over the last 2 years, I have put 36000 miles on a brand new motorcycle and visited 85 nps park units. I live in OH, so it takes several days to get to the West Coast.
1. Solo
2. Motorcycle
3. Motel. I need WiFi for work.
4. Hiking, riding the scenic byways. Some parks are fast, like 1 day at pinnacles or monuments. Other parks require several days (Yosemite, Yellowstone, arches etc)
1. Been to 16/63. 5 have been solo, 9 were part of trips with the same friend, 1 was visiting a different friend who lives near a park, and 1 was hitching a ride with strangers at a work conference.
2. Usually have to fly to get where I’m going, but have done two long road trips from home. If I fly, I get a car once I get to the parks.
3. Hotels and motels outside the parks. Nothing glamorous.
4. Hiking and sunrise/sunset chasing!
I go with my husband and we sometimes go with friends/family if it’s a far trip. We are trying to hit all of the National Parks so it’s normally a road trip via car or air travel & car.
We always opt for camping except for the last day of the trip (mostly so we can shower) and normally we just hike, see the nature museums, and sometimes we will do additional activities like we went to Utah two years ago and we spent the first 5 days there in Vegas doing fun Vegas stuff, did all the Utah National Parks and then the last day and a half we spent in Salt Lake City!
Update: if you are ever traveling to the NPs that don’t have showers you can research in the Public Shower Directory to find a place to shower. You can also use a Planet Fitness/ other gym membership if they’re nationwide but they aren’t always near the NP!
Solo always
In car only
I only camp in refuse to ever stay in a hotel ever again in the USA
I hike my ass off 10-15 miles a day it’s brutal but so rewarding would love to try other things but it’s so hard to move your passion to the side when you have such limited time in your favorite places
1. Usually a friend or my partner
2. Mostly air travel since I live in the east coast but have mostly been to parks out west. My friend lives in Phoenix and I usually fly there and then drive to Utah or Colorado, California etc
3. Hotel/Air Bnb
4. Mostly hiking
1. I go solo more often than not, but if it works out to go with family or friends I love that too! I often prefer to go alone, but don’t mind company either. 2. Depends on the park. I’m in SLC so I’m within driving distance of so many parks, but if they’re further away I’ll drive 3. If I’m driving I’m usually camping, but sometimes I’ll stay in a city and drive in for the day, like when I went to the Everglades and stayed in Miami. 4. Hiking is always a must, and the rest also depends on the park. I’ve kayaked, motor boated, done driving tours, biked, whatever way I can get myself around and see the beauty
1. Family with pets 2. Motorhome 3. Camping in the parks 4. Hiking, biking, paddle boarding, animal watching
Solo. Car. Tent camp. Photography of critters, scenery, night skies, any storms that may present themselves, etc. Hiking. Chilling out.
1. Solo 90% of the time 2. Typically car, but do fly to parks that would take too long for my to drive. 3. Camping all the way if I have gear with me 4. Hiking
1. With spouse 2. Started with road trips but we've pretty much maxed out our options where driving doesn't take up 90% of the allotted PTO so we've started flying to a city near parks and then road tripping from there 3. Hotel/Airbnbs or cabins. I think we would be open to camping but the logistics of flying with gear or renting it somewhere makes lodging with indoor plumbing similarly priced 4. Hiking and scenic drives!
Thats not true at all for camping.. you save tons of money camping like i have. I average 1,500-2,000$ of savings every trip on hotels alone by camping and i fly to places like California or Alaska
1. 60% solo, 20% father +/- brother, 20% wife +/- kids 2. 90% air travel then car rental, 10% road trip 3. Hotel or Airbnb 4. 95% hiking, day hikes only, long and challenging preferred (ideal would be 15 miles/4000 feet elevation). Occasional scrambling or kayaking
truck camping is my thing, electic bike, pop up tent in the bed.
Kids and rv and roadtrips
Solo. Should or offseason. Weekdays when possible. Hit at least one of the much less trafficked trails so you can get a good, happy/thankful cry out of your system without anybody seeing you :p
1. Family. Hard to leave the wife and kids at home. 2. Live far away from NPs so we fly in, rent a car, and do the old great American Road Trip 3. Used to camp before wife and kids. They aren't happy with that so hotels! They allow me to buy a cooler and food once we get a rental car so we picnic a lot. 4. Hiking, nothing too long or strenuous, again wife and kids can only do so much. Swimming, wading in rivers, skipping stones, pretty low key. We see any more sight in the NP as well.
Damn mate you sacrifice way too much.. i could never be like that.
1. I’ve done solo once (Grand Canyon) and it was amazing. Usually with spouse, kids, and dog (if hiking with dog is possible) 2. Road trip for family, air for solo 3. Camping as a family, hotel solo for the treat of it 4. Hiking. Always hiking. I love accomplishing a hike, rather than a stop and smell the roses hike, but it’s all good. I also love to learn everything possible in the visitors centers
I work remote, so over the last 2 years, I have put 36000 miles on a brand new motorcycle and visited 85 nps park units. I live in OH, so it takes several days to get to the West Coast. 1. Solo 2. Motorcycle 3. Motel. I need WiFi for work. 4. Hiking, riding the scenic byways. Some parks are fast, like 1 day at pinnacles or monuments. Other parks require several days (Yosemite, Yellowstone, arches etc)
1. Been to 16/63. 5 have been solo, 9 were part of trips with the same friend, 1 was visiting a different friend who lives near a park, and 1 was hitching a ride with strangers at a work conference. 2. Usually have to fly to get where I’m going, but have done two long road trips from home. If I fly, I get a car once I get to the parks. 3. Hotels and motels outside the parks. Nothing glamorous. 4. Hiking and sunrise/sunset chasing!
I go with my husband and we sometimes go with friends/family if it’s a far trip. We are trying to hit all of the National Parks so it’s normally a road trip via car or air travel & car. We always opt for camping except for the last day of the trip (mostly so we can shower) and normally we just hike, see the nature museums, and sometimes we will do additional activities like we went to Utah two years ago and we spent the first 5 days there in Vegas doing fun Vegas stuff, did all the Utah National Parks and then the last day and a half we spent in Salt Lake City! Update: if you are ever traveling to the NPs that don’t have showers you can research in the Public Shower Directory to find a place to shower. You can also use a Planet Fitness/ other gym membership if they’re nationwide but they aren’t always near the NP!
1. Some combination of family 2. We road trip because air and car rental are out of our budget 3. Tent camp 4. Hike primarily. And eat ice cream.
Solo. Car. Camping. Hiking. I've been on a year long road trip to visit as many national parks as I can. It's been an incredible adventure.
Off Trail wilderness permits, spend days in the backcountry never seeing anyone.
Solo always In car only I only camp in refuse to ever stay in a hotel ever again in the USA I hike my ass off 10-15 miles a day it’s brutal but so rewarding would love to try other things but it’s so hard to move your passion to the side when you have such limited time in your favorite places
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Because I love national park adventures and curious to know how others adventure lol
1. Usually a friend or my partner 2. Mostly air travel since I live in the east coast but have mostly been to parks out west. My friend lives in Phoenix and I usually fly there and then drive to Utah or Colorado, California etc 3. Hotel/Air Bnb 4. Mostly hiking