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National Parks aren't very crowded if you go more than a mile or two past the visitor center.
by RandallBrown 8y ago
National Parks aren't very crowded if you go more than a mile or two past the visitor center.
- radicaldreamer 8y agoYeah, except for the most popular trails, you see hardly anyone. The dropoff from the visitor centers to half a mile on the most popular trails is shocking too.
- RandallBrown 8y agoLast summer, on the 4th of July, in Yosemite National Park, I saw one other person. The guy I was hiking with. (I was about 20 miles from a road in the biggest snow year since the 80s, but still.)
- npsbackcountry 8y agoThis is exceedingly correct. I work in remore areas and usually see no actual visitors. As to daytrips, and as mentioned above, try out non-NP wilderness areas. Since this is HN, consider emmigrant wilderness rather than yosemite—as example.
- glup 8y agoSecond the Emigrant Wilderness — you can basically always get a permit when Yosemite is full and it has many of the same ecosystems. And fewer, nicer bears.
- outworlder 8y agoYes! My wife commented that, although the Yosemite visitor center is beautiful, it feels almost like a tourist trap considering how beautiful and devoid of people the rest of the park is.