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America's best national park campgrounds
Budget Travel March 21, 2018

America's best national park campgrounds

There鈥檚 no magic formula to finding the perfect national park campground. But with 59 parks to choose from spread across wildly different terrains, there鈥檚 certainly one to suit every taste. You might be the kind of traveler who values proximity to the action, who wants to roll out of your tent and be within immediate hiking distance of waterfalls, canyons, geysers and mountain trails. Or maybe you鈥檙e heading to the parks with one very specific goal in mind: to catch a trout, to see a wolf, to spy a rare kind of bird only found in these parts, to summit the tallest mountain. Perhaps you鈥檙e a more seasoned camper who has already checked off every national park bucket list item and simply wants to find seclusion, privacy, peace and quiet. Or, then again, maybe you鈥檙e brand new to the world of camping and you wouldn鈥檛 settle for anything less than the relative luxury of a newly renovated cabin or cottage. The truth is, finding the best campgrounds is more of an art than a science. From Alaska to the Virgin Islands, Hawaii to Maine, we鈥檝e collected some of our favorites. And we think we鈥檝e hit the sweet spot鈥攂etween rugged and comfortable, between off-the-beaten-path and accessible, between popular and underexplored. One goal we always had in mind was to find those campgrounds that best deliver on the promise of the particular national park. If we鈥檙e looking for a place to stay in the Grand Canyon, for example, we want canyon views. If we鈥檙e pitching a tent in Denali, why not do so in the shadow of the park鈥檚 namesake peak? And at a place like Hawaii Volcanoes, we want to be as close to the geological action as possible. Be sure to tell us if we鈥檝e missed one of your favorites. Or perhaps you鈥檙e one of those happy campers who wants to keep your hidden gem truly hidden.

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