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How to Plan a National Park Vacation

Posted on March 4, 2014

Guest post by Trekalong intern Katie Butts. Choosing to take your next vacation or weekend getaway at a national park means having over 400 options for your next destination. As opposed to some other vacation options, a trip to a national park is often an inexpensive...

Saguaro National Park: The Giant Cacti Are Just the Beginning

Posted on February 11, 2014

by Tanya Twerdowsky

TUCSON -- If you've never visited Tucson, Arizona, you should change that. And as soon as you can. Among the many reasons this is so is Saguaro National Park (pronounced Sa-WAH-ro) bookending Tucson on both its eastern and the western borders. In the eastern district, visitors will find regions...

TrailSherpa Launches Photo Journal of National Parks

Posted on November 26, 2013

by Tanya Twerdowsky

If you love our national parks as much as we do, you'll be happy to hear that the folks over at TrailSherpa have just launched ParksFolio, a vast, new photo archive containing breathtaking images out of the National Parks system. Even more, the engine behind the photo journal...

5 Facts To Get You Thru the Gov’t Shutdown

Posted on October 4, 2013

by Tanya Twerdowsky

With the federal government having shut down all "nonessential" services effective Tuesday until further notice, gates to national parks across the country have been indefinitely shut. One way for outdoor enthusiasts to show their support for the national park system is to use this opportunity to...