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You know the feeling when the clouds part and the sun shines down on you, the rush you get when you run and jump into a lake at full speed, or the moment a gust of morning air brings new life as you step outside and look at the world around you? The National Parks translate these sensations into songs. The Provo, UT quartet—Brady Parks [vocals, guitar], Sydney Macfarlane [vocals, keys], Cam Brannelly [drums], and Megan Parks [violin]—breathe in inspiration from the world around them and exhale cinematic indie folk-pop powered by soaring harmonies, organic orchestration, and luminous electronics. Emerging in 2013, the musicians have consistently captivated audiences. They’ve generated over 150 million streams across Young [2013], Until I Live [2015], Places [2017], and Wildflower [2020]. As one of many highlights from the latter, “Time” amassed over 9.3 million Spotify streams as the album incited widespread critical applause. Parade raved, “Wildflower is chock full of adventure, wonder, freedom, and inspiration,” while The Line Of Best Fit attested, “it seems that the sky really is the limit for this quartet.” Mxdwn noted, “The National Parks have perfectly melded folk with catchy melodies, strong grunge chords and poetic lyrics in Wildflower.” The four-piece maintained this momentum with a sold-out headline tour and 2021’s A Mix for the End of the World pt.1. Now, the group expand their vision yet again on their fifth full-length offering, 8th Wonder.

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You know the feeling when the clouds part and the sun shines down on you, the rush you get when you run and jump into a lake at full speed, or the moment a gust of morning air brings new life as you step outside and look at the world around you? The National Parks translate these sensations into songs. The Provo, UT quartet—Brady Parks [vocals, guitar], Sydney Macfarlane [vocals, keys], Cam Brannelly [drums], and Megan Parks [violin]—breathe in inspiration from the world around them and exhale cinematic indie folk-pop powered by soaring harmonies, organic orchestration, and luminous electronics. Emerging in 2013, the musicians have consistently captivated audiences. They’ve generated over 150 million streams across Young [2013], Until I Live [2015], Places [2017], and Wildflower [2020]. As one of many highlights from the latter, “Time” amassed over 9.3 million Spotify streams as the album incited widespread critical applause. Parade raved, “Wildflower is chock full of adventure, wonder, freedom, and inspiration,” while The Line Of Best Fit attested, “it seems that the sky really is the limit for this quartet.” Mxdwn noted, “The National Parks have perfectly melded folk with catchy melodies, strong grunge chords and poetic lyrics in Wildflower.” The four-piece maintained this momentum with a sold-out headline tour and 2021’s A Mix for the End of the World pt.1. Now, the group expand their vision yet again on their fifth full-length offering, 8th Wonder.

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Experience the grandeur of the American West as you explore five fantastic national parks on this exciting journey. In Arizona, contemplate the vast beauty of the Grand Canyon, and in Yellowstone, relish iconic sights like Old Faithful and Yellowstone Lake. Marvel at the magnitude and color of Zion’s cliffs and the hoodoos and spires at Bryce Canyon. Enjoy 2-night stays in Springdale, Utah (Zion) and Jackson Hole. Drive through the incredible Bighorn Mountains and the great Sioux Nations Territory before seeing Mt. Rushmore and Crazy Horse Monument. Meet a local Lakota Native American at dinner and learn about their fascinating way of life, past and present. Gain new appreciation of the great outdoors on this journey that takes you from the Grand Canyon to Mount Rushmore National Memorial and everywhere in between.

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The National Parks Wild Spirit Tour

You know the feeling when the clouds part and the sun shines down on you, the rush you get when you run and jump in a lake at full speed, or the moment a gust of morning air brings new life as you step outside and look at the world around you? The National Parks translate these sensations into songs. The Provo, UT quartet – Brady Parks [vocal, guitar], Sydney Macfarlane [vocals, keys], Cam Brannelly [drums], and Megan Parks [violin] – breathe in inspiration from the world around them and exhale cinematic indie folk-pop powered by soaring harmonies, organic orchestration, and luminous electronics. Emerging in 2013, the musicians have consistently captivated audiences.

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With a New Anthology and National Parks Tour, U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón Declares “Nature Is Who We Are”

One morning this March, Ada Limón looked out the window of her home in Kentucky and saw a bird unlike any she’d ever seen. Limón, the 24th Poet Laureate of the United States, has loved birds since childhood and takes pleasure in learning their names . Yet the one clinging to her feeder was unfamiliar. “Of course, I didn’t have my glasses on,” she says. Suddenly she realized what she was seeing: an upside-down female cardinal, made strange by its inversion. “I just started laughing.” 

That Limón’s discovery yielded delight, not disappointment, might speak to her work as a poet, helping readers perceive anew what they could easily dismiss as commonplace. Likewise, when she chose the name for her signature project as Poet Laureate, she picked a phrase well-known to anyone who has ever perused a trail guide or museum map: YOU ARE HERE. The declaration serves as the title for a series of poetry installations in National Parks that Limón will preside over this year, as well as an anthology of new nature poetry she edited, published this month. 

As Limón shares in the introduction to You Are Here , she encountered those three words on a sign while hiking, on a day when the world’s many crises weighed painfully on her. Beyond revealing her location, the pronouncement struck Limón as a reminder. “It’s a recognition of the present moment,” she says, “but also the incredible gift of being alive in a body on a spinning planet.”

Though it could have been a hefty tome—“I would have loved to have the book be 5,000 pages long,” Limón says— You Are Here is a slim volume of 50 poems, all the better to slip into a daypack. Limón reached out individually to poets she admires, including such luminaries as former Poet Laureate Joy Harjo, Camille T. Dungy, and Hanif Abdurraqib, inviting them to write poems for the collection. “When they came in, it felt like they were gifts,” she says. “Each one felt like such an offering, not to me, but to the natural world itself.”

A whale-watching tour off the coast of Washington state was the inspiration for Donika Kelly’s poem, which she was excited to contribute to the anthology. The group did see a humpback, but a highlight for Kelly was the Bald Eagles, flying and feeding on a remote island in the Salish Sea. Earlier in her life and career, Kelly says, she often looked to animals for clues about how to lead her own life (as a queer person baffled by dating, she was especially impressed by what seemed like the clarity of birds’ courtship rituals). But on the boat that day, Kelly wanted to appreciate the eagles for their own sakes. Like the speaker in her poem about the experience, Kelly now turns to animals “not to explain something about what humans do, but to understand that there are just other ways of being in the world.”

Limón herself has returned to birds again and again in her work, sometimes leaning into the impulse to interpret, at other times resisting. She doesn’t see the inconsistency as a problem. “I actually love the idea of the wondrous unknowing that animals provide us,” she says. “We name and identify, but we can never own and we can never completely know.” Tensions and contradictions are also present in You Are Here, which pleased Limón as she edited and arranged the collection. “The poems really started talking to each other,” she says. “There was a mix of hope and despair and complicated feelings when it comes to nature that to me felt like a very authentic response to where we are right now.”

Before Limón’s invitation to contribute to the book, Ashley M. Jones had never thought of herself as a nature poet. But the Alabama Poet Laureate had recently had an experience in the woods that many can relate to: finding solace for a heavy heart in the natural world. Two years after her beloved father’s death, Jones arrived at moment of respite beside the Sipsey River, in a wilderness area in northwest Alabama—after a rather treacherous hike that she realized had mirrored her passage through grief. “I didn’t really know if it was going to end well for me, if I would come back with scars,” she says. What she found, though, was a moment of peace, even as she mourned. Unseen birds called, and she heard reassurance in “their promise of song."

“As a Black poet, there’s two things you’re always fighting in your mind,” Jones says. “For one, people assume that you can only write about Black suffering. On the other hand, people are like, why can’t you just write about roses?” Jones’s poems often do both, chronicling beauty as well as speaking urgently to injustice. She sees You Are Here as part of an ongoing effort in the literary world to expand notions of who is expected and allowed to write what kind of poems: “No genre is off limits for any of us.” Jones might even write about roses. But if she does: “It definitely won’t be looking at a petal and only the petal,” she says, “I’m going to zoom out to who’s growing the flower.”

In You Are Here, the poems’ speakers walk city streets as well as quiet trails. They muse on moons and trees—but also pharmaceutical companies and Ellis Island. It’s all part of Limón’s mission to “reimagine what a nature poem is and what a nature poem can do.” At the heart of that pursuit is her conviction that humans aren’t separate from what we call the natural world. As she writes in the introduction to the anthology: “Nature is not a place to visit. Nature is who we are.”

Though National Parks are often a destination, the same idea animates the other You Are Here project Limón is spearheading as Poet Laureate. Throughout 2024, Limón will visit seven parks to celebrate   a new work of public art at each: inscriptions in picnic tables of poems she calls “iconic,” each linked to the surrounding landscape or ecosystem. Mary Oliver’s words will adorn Cape Cod National Seashore, for example, while visitors to Everglades National Park can take in June Jordan’s “ Ecology ,” about an encounter with a marsh hawk (now called Northern Harrier).  

The installations aren't just for viewing; they will serve double-duty as functioning tables, where they might take park-goers by surprise. Limón envisions the works as invitations—to slow down and tap into what she calls “a more alive alertness”—addressed to anyone who finds them. “I’m hoping that people will read the poem, and then start to think about a different way of looking at the world,” including their place it, she says. “Maybe it will make them want to write a poem, which would be wonderful.”

As she visits the parks, Limón will meet with local tribes, youth, and community groups, continuing her work of bringing poetry to the American public. She also plans to do a little birding: “I will be bringing my binoculars.”

You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World , edited by Ada Limón, 176 pages, $25.00. Available here from Milkweed Editions.

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Whether you're headed to the extreme heat of Death Valley or the mountains of Glacier, these packing essentials will help you be ready for your National Park excursion, even as a first-timer. 

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Protection from the elements  

Speaking of rain, every park has different weather to consider. Look up the weather patterns for the time period you'll be there and plan accordingly.  

Look for environmentally friendly sunscreens for your park visit. The Haruharu Wonder Daily Sunscreen is reef safe.

Grab a great sun hat to keep the sun off your head, neck, and face.

Stay dry with this lightweight rain jacket.

Keep yourself bug bite free with this insect spray.

Comfortable and fast-drying clothes and shoes  

These fast-drying wool socks are perfect for hiking in any weather and will keep water and sweat from lingering.

These pants can convert from pants to shorts, making them perfect for parks with extreme temperature and weather changes.

Comfortable walking sneakers like these are a must for any amount of walking in parks.

You will not need thermal clothing for every park, particularly if you won’t be camping or hiking. If you are though, thermal underwear is perfect for colder parks and prolonged time outdoors.

Ways to keep your devices charged 

It may seem counterintuitive to focus on charging electronics when you're off to your first National Park. After all, one of the best things about them is how easy it is to disconnect from our digital, fast-paced world, slow down, and really enjoy the natural world around you. However, for most of us these days, our camera is the same as our phone, and these moments will definitely be ones you don't want to forget.   

Charge your phone while you’re on the road with this plug-in charger.

This portable battery pack lets you charge your phone anywhere.

Maps and guidebooks for when your devices stop working 

If you're anything like me, you're used to relying heavily on your map app and Google when figuring out routes to take and places to visit. However, no matter how prepared you are with your tech, you're still at the mercy of nature: in most National Parks, cell service becomes extremely spotty to non-existent. Plus, there's always the chance that you lose your phone or charger in an ill-timed stumble or fall. 

Note that at nearly every park, the ranger at the entrance will offer you a map. Yes, paper maps still exist, and you should hang onto it! They're free and call attention to the must-see features of the park while helping you avoid getting lost. The visitor center is also a great safe place should you get lost or lose your devices. You can get maps of individual trails there and ask park rangers for advice about the best places to go. 

If you want to see the map ahead of time, the National Geographic illustrated maps are a great way to plan your routes.

Grab a trail guide from the ones who know the trails best—the parks themselves.

A first aid kit 

When hiking or camping, always have some type of first aid on you. Ideally, you'll never need it, but it's one of those situations where being over-prepared will always be better than being under-prepared. If you don't have room in your pack (but you should!) or will be close enough to populated areas, even just tucking a few Band-Aids and some disinfectant into your pocket can be a good compromise. 

This 330-piece first aid kit is comprehensive and perfect for the car or campsite.

Bring first aid on hikes easily with this mini, crush-resistant travel kit.

A backpack to carry it all 

A lightweight, waterproof backpack is a great way to store all your stuff.

For serious hiking, a backpack like Loowoko can help you carry everything you need.

Snacks and drinks 

There aren't very many places (or any places, depending on the park) to buy food or drinks within a National Park. Because of this, it's essential to plan your meals and snacks so that you always have a way to stay fed and happy. 

There are, however, plenty of places in the park to fill up a water bottle and stay hydrated so a refillable water bottle is a must. A cooler is also a good idea (there are places in most parks to buy ice near campgrounds and visitor areas). Just be sure to know whether bears are a factor with the park you're headed to. If they are, take the appropriate precautions.   

This collapsible, leak proof, insulated cooler is convenient for hiking or road trips.

Keep your food and drinks cool with this bear-proof cooler.

Staying hydrated is a must in any park, particularly when doing physical activities like hiking.

Hiking gear 

For serious hikers, a solid pair of durable, waterproof hiking boots will help you stay comfortable and safe on the trails.

This plastic whistle is a reliable way to draw attention in an emergency no matter the weather.

These lightweight trekking poles are a great way to keep your balance on any terrain.

Camping gear 

This flashlight can convert to a lantern and even charge your phone in an emergency.

Having a reliable, waterproof, easy to set up tent should always be a priority while camping.

Sleeping bags are a classic for a reason—they’re compact, cheap, and work for most weather.

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That said, pets are only allowed in certain areas of some parks. Generally, if it is a developed area (think roads, paved walkways, buildings) they're okay to be outside with you walking around. However, not all park buildings allow pets and many trails do not allow pets for their safety and yours. 

Keep a close eye on your pet for their safety and yours  

A leash is a must for any pet that is traveling to a park with you.

Always have a poop bag handy with a reusable dispenser that can attach to your leash.

Smaller pets can travel in backpack-style carriers—just be sure they have proper ventilation.

Hydration matters just as much for them as for you  

Be sure to plan for how your pet will stay hydrated just as you will. For hikes, it can be useful to carry a larger water jug that you can use to refill your water bottle and your pet's bowl.  

This water bottle comes with an attachment that will work as a bowl in a pinch for most dogs.

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Chile’s Amazing National Parks

• Alan Taylor
• April 24, 2024

Across the length of Chile, stretching 2,650 miles (4,265 kilometers) from north to south, more than 40 national parks have been established in the past century, protecting many endangered species, wild landscapes, and natural wonders. Collected below are images of several of these parks, from Lauca National Park, in the altiplano of Chile’s far north, to the dramatic mountains of Torres del Paine National Park, in the southern Patagonia region.

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A view of the Cuernos del Paine, a cluster of steep granite peaks in Chile's Torres del Paine National Park. #

Flowers bloom in the desert in Llanos de Challe National Park, near the Atacama desert, 600 kilometers north of Santiago, photographed after a wetter-than-normal year, on November 5, 2011. #

Alpacas graze along the shore of Chungara Lake, with Parinacota volcano visible in the background, in Lauca National Park, near Putre, in northern Chile. #

A pair of Andean flamingos fly above Chungara Lake. #

A young mountain viscacha snuggles up to a sleeping adult on a rock in Lauca National Park. #

A waterfall known as Cascada de Ventisquero Colgante, or Hanging Glacier Falls, drops down a cliff below the face of Ventisquero Colgante Glacier, in Ventisquero Colgante Queulat National Park. #

A path meanders through moss-covered trees in a temperate rainforest in Chile's Queulat National Park. #

Moais stand in Rapa Nui National Park on the slopes of Rano Raraku volcano, on Chile's Easter Island. #

A cloud of ash billows from Puyehue volcano, in Puyehue National Park, near Osorno, in southern Chile, on June 5, 2011. Puyehue volcano erupted for the first time in half a century on June 4, 2011, prompting thousands of evacuations. #

The Leones Glacier flows into a lake in Laguna San Rafael National Park, in southern Chile. #

People pilot a small boat through floating ice at the terminus of San Rafael Glacier, in Laguna San Rafael National Park, on March 30, 2015. #

A view of some of the Siete Tazas (Seven Cups)—a chain of seven natural pools and waterfalls along the Claro River, in Radal Siete Tazas National Park. #

A view of Llaima volcano and the branches of a monkey puzzle tree (Araucaria araucana) in Conguillío National Park, Chile #

Monkey puzzle trees stand among other trees showing autumn colors along the Sierra Nevada trail in Conguillío National Park. #

A guanaco is silhouetted against the sky on a hillside in Torres del Paine National Park. #

A puma prowls through brush in Torres del Paine National Park. #

Water plunges down the Salto Grande Waterfall along Pehoe Lake, in Torres del Paine National Park. #

Antonio Lara, a researcher from the laboratory of the Faculty of Science and Climate of Austral University, looks at larch trees in Alerce Costero National Park, in Valdivia, Chile, on April 10, 2023. #

A close view of the "Alerce Milenario," in Alerce Costero National Park, seen on April 10, 2023. This giant alerce tree has survived for thousands of years. Scientists see in its trunk a valuable record of how life adapts to changes on the planet. The "Great Grandfather" tree, 28 meters tall and four meters in diameter, is in the process of being certified as the oldest tree on the planet at more than 5,000 years, older than the Methuselah pine of the United States, which was identified as the oldest in the world at 4,850 years. #

A view looking north along Santa Barbara beach, in Chile's Pumalín Douglas Tompkins National Park #

Sunset colors appear in the sky over the active Chaitén volcano, with steam erupting from fumaroles, photographed from the main campground in Pumalín Douglas Tompkins National Park. #

A view of Serrano Glacier seen in Bernardo O'Higgins National Park, in the Chilean Patagonia, on February 21, 2016. #

A wider view of Serrano Glacier, seen in Bernardo O'Higgins National Park on February 24, 2016 #

The active Villarrica volcano, seen beneath a starry sky in Villarrica National Park #

A view of Tinquilco Lake, seen from a trail in Chile's Huerquehue National Park, after a recent snowfall at higher altitudes #

A herd of guanacos grazes on a hillside in Torres del Paine National Park, in the Magallanes region of southern Chile. #

A view of the Torres del Paine mountains, seen from the Mirador Las Torres #

Several rheas walk along a hillside in Torres del Paine National Park. #

A southern crested caracara rests on an outcrop in Torres del Paine National Park. #

The low sun illuminates cloud formations above the Cordillera del Paine, in Torres del Paine National Park. #

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What to Know Before Booking a National Park Trip This Summer

Additional routes in popular parks now require reservations, the annual pass gets a big change, Juneteenth is now a new free entrance day and more changes for 2024.

By Lauren Matison

In 2023, the seashores, lakeshores, battlefields, historic sites, monuments and more that make up the National Park Service had 325.5 million visits , an increase of 4 percent from the year before.

The National Park Service director, Charles F. Sams III, praised the surge of interest in “learning our shared American story throughout the hidden gems of the National Parks System.”

Expecting an even greater turnout in 2024, the Park Service and Recreation.gov , the booking platform for federal land reservations, have implemented new measures to streamline the park experience, manage overcrowding and safeguard the environment.

More parks are requiring reservations

To better avoid congested trails, packed parking lots and overflowing trash cans, additional parks are joining Rocky Mountain , Arches and Glacier National Parks this year in requiring day-use permits, timed entries and other reservations for travelers who wish to visit, particularly during peak hours, holidays and the parks’ high seasons. Yosemite National Park is reinstating a timed-entry system it instituted in 2020, but paused in 2022.

Many park enthusiasts expressed mixed feelings about the reservation policies, with some lamenting a lack of first-come, first-served campsites while others find comfort in knowing they have a confirmed booking. As nearly 75 percent of visitors each year descend on national parks from May to October (and often on weekends), park officials stand by the system.

“In some parks, the level of demand is exceeding the capacity for which infrastructure was designed or is outpacing the National Park Service’s ability to sustainably support visitation,” said Kathy Kupper, a public affairs specialist for the service. “This trend is resulting in the need to explore new strategies to protect natural and cultural resources and provide opportunities for safe and meaningful visitor experiences.”

It can be confusing.

New to implementing timed-entry reservations for vehicles is Mount Rainier National Park , in Washington, for its popular Paradise and Sunrise Corridors during certain times in the summer season. Reservations cost $2, are valid for one day and must be purchased along with the park ticket, but do not apply for visitors with wilderness permits or camping or lodge reservations. Similar vehicle reservations are now required for certain periods for viewing the sunrise at Haleakalā National Park in Maui, Hawaii , and driving the Cadillac Summit Road in Maine’s Acadia National Park .

Visitors wishing to hike Old Rag Mountain in Virginia’s Shenandoah National Park must obtain a day-use ticket between March 1 and Nov. 30, and in Zion National Park, in Utah, hikers wishing to visit Angels Landing , the dramatic 1,488-foot-tall rock formation, also need to purchase a permit. Fees range from $1 to $6, in addition to the parks’ entrance fees.

As each destination is managed differently, check the park’s webpage for the type of reservation required. Although most bookings can be made through Recreation.gov, some sites, such as Muir Woods National Monument, use a different system.

New features on Recreation.gov

In 2023, Recreation.gov reported that more than 4 million camping reservations and 2 million timed-entry reservations were booked online, and 1.5 million permits were issued. Some 2.9 million new users signed up for the site. With its expanding user base, the booking platform has added 58 reservable national park locations — including 17 campgrounds — such as Central Avenue Walk-in Sites at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore and Bluff Hike In Camping in South Carolina’s Congaree National Park.

Recreation.gov has also improved an alerts feature, piloted in July 2023, that can notify users through email or mobile push notifications when a sold-out campsite becomes available. After Recreation.gov notifies you of availability, you must book the campsite yourself online — and quickly, as you’ll be shown how many other people (possibly hundreds) have received the same alert.

While its customer support center and mobile app are still only available in English, Recreation.gov recently introduced a Spanish language translation option. The Park Service partners with Latino Conservation Week , which hosts nationwide hikes and events on environmental education and in-park stewardship, and will celebrate its 10th year in September.

A limit to the annual America the Beautiful pass

The 2024 America the Beautiful pass no longer allows two owners. The annual interagency pass, which costs $80 and covers the entrance fees for more than 2,000 federal recreation sites (of which roughly 100 do not charge for admission year-round), is now marked by a single signature line on the back of the card. The pass owner must show I.D. and be present with any accompanying travelers wishing to access the park with the pass. (Annual passes issued in 2023 will still be valid until their expiration date.) The pass covers all passengers in a vehicle — up to four adults, and children under 16 are admitted free — or up to four cyclists riding together. Active military or veterans and people with permanent disabilities are eligible for a free lifetime pass; 4th grade students may receive a free annual pass; and senior citizens may purchase a $20 annual pass or pay $80 for a lifetime pass.

At the parks, more accessible features, E.V. chargers and new lodging

To better protect against global warming, the Park Service is putting more than $65 million from the Inflation Reduction Act and Great American Outdoors Act into climate mitigation and ecosystem restoration.

Using $15.9 million budgeted for zero-emission vehicle deployment, charging capacity and infrastructure, the Park Service is prioritizing a reduction in carbon emissions, said Mr. Sams, by installing new electric-vehicle charging stations and running electric buses.

An interactive online locator tool created in 2023 shows E.V. charging stations throughout 27 national parks and the type of chargers available. In addition to the tool, every national park page displays alerts on road closures, parking lot capacities, construction work and other incidents.

Mr. Sams also said the Park Service is investing $1.3 billion from the Great American Outdoors Act to improve accessibility features, ranging from a new A.D.A.-compliant visitor center at Morristown National Historic Park in New Jersey to new beach wheelchairs at Sleeping Bear Dunes , Channel Islands and Virgin Islands National Parks . Each destination’s website has an accessibility tab to help visitors plan their trip, and Recreation.gov now has a search filter on its homepage to make it easier to locate accessible accommodations.

New lodging options now available across the country include the Flamingo Lodge , which opened inside Everglades National Park last fall with 24 guest rooms built from repurposed shipping containers. In March, along the southeastern border of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the Cataloochee Ranch reopened with 11 renovated cabins and a new restaurant. This spring, the Clubhouse Hotel & Suites will welcome its first guests in Rapid City, S.D., the closest major town to Badlands National Park , and opening in May in Idaho is the Yellowstone Peaks Hotel , a 30-minute-drive from Yellowstone National Park. This fall, California-bound travelers planning a visit to General Sherman, the largest known tree on Earth, might book at AutoCamp Sequoia , just outside Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park .

Also in California: Those who don’t score a highly coveted (and contentious) spot at the newly reopened High Sierra Camps in Yosemite could book Wildhaven Yosemite in Mariposa, which offers more affordable rates, hiking trails and views of the Sierra Nevadas. Reservations for its first season are available beginning May 1.

Celebrating milestones and a new free entrance day

On the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act, visitors can pay tribute to African American heritage at over 100 parks , including the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site in Washington, D.C., Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument , and the Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail . This year also marks 100 years since Indigenous people were recognized as United States citizens. Although many parks have Indigenous programming , Mr. Sams, who is the first Native American to serve as N.P.S. director , suggested visiting Hopewell Cultural Historical Park in Ohio and Whitman Mission Historic National Historic Site in Washington, where he recently brought his daughter.

“In order to celebrate the diversity that makes our country great, we must share the complete story of America, which includes both the successes and challenges encountered on the way to form a more perfect union,” Mr. Sams said.

Juneteenth National Independence Day is the National Park Service’s newest free entrance day . Visitors can also take advantage of free admission on April 20, the first day of National Park Week; Aug. 4, the four-year anniversary of the Great American Outdoors Act ; Sept. 28 on National Public Lands Day ; and Nov. 11 for Veterans Day .

Follow New York Times Travel on Instagram and sign up for our weekly Travel Dispatch newsletter to get expert tips on traveling smarter and inspiration for your next vacation. Dreaming up a future getaway or just armchair traveling? Check out our 52 Places to Go in 2024 .

An earlier version of this article misstated the location of the Flamingo Lodge. It is inside Everglades National Park, not outside the park.

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The Rolling Stones show no signs of slowing down as they begin their latest tour with Texas show

HOUSTON (AP) — Time marches on and all good things must come to an end. But don’t tell that to  The Rolling Stones .

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What many believe to be the greatest rock ’n’ roll band in the world showed no signs of slowing down anytime soon as they kicked off their latest tour sunday night at houston’s nrg stadium during a vibrant two-hour show, the stones played with the energy of band that was on tour for the first time the stones have hit the road to support the release of their latest album,  “hackney diamonds,”  the band’s first record of original music since 2005 houston was the first stop on the band’s 16-city tour across the u.s. and canada. other cities on the tour include new orleans, philadelphia and vancouver, british columbia. the tour ends on july 17 in santa clara, california.

What many believe to be the greatest rock ’n’ roll band in the world showed no signs of slowing down anytime soon as they kicked off their latest tour Sunday night at Houston’s NRG Stadium.

The Stones have been touring for more than 60 years. Frontman Mick Jagger and guitarist Keith Richards are both 80, with guitarist Ronnie Wood not far behind at 76. Their tour is being sponsored in part by AARP.

But during a vibrant two-hour show, the Stones played with the energy of a band that was on tour for the first time.

“It’s great to be back in the Lone Star State,” Jagger told the packed stadium, filled with longtime fans, many wearing faded concert shirts from previous tours.

Jagger often strutted up and down the stage with seemingly boundless energy while Richards and Wood played many familiar guitar riffs beloved by fans. Jagger often led the audience in sing-alongs.

“The energy level is up and it’s always up with them. The age doesn’t show,” Dale Skjerseth, the Stones’ production director, said Friday before the concert.

The Stones have hit the road to support the release of their latest album,  “Hackney Diamonds,”  the band’s first record of original music since 2005.

Houston was the first stop on the band’s 16-city tour across the U.S. and Canada. Other cities on the tour include New Orleans, Philadelphia and Vancouver, British Columbia. The tour ends on July 17 in Santa Clara, California.

During Sunday's 18-song concert set list, the Stones played several tracks off the new record, including lead single  “Angry.”  They also played classics including “Sympathy for the Devil,” “Gimmer Shelter,” “Honky Tonk Women” and “Start Me Up.”

After playing “Beast of Burden,” Jagger said that concertgoers in Houston had voted to include it on the set list.

“You can’t go wrong with that,” one man in the audience could be heard screaming.

The Stones also played some unexpected choices, including “Rocks Off,” from their 1972 double album “Exile on Main St.” and “Out of Time,” a 1966 song that Jagger said during the concert had not ever been played by the band in the U.S.

With the 2021  death of drummer Charlie Watts , the Stones are now comprised of the core trio of Jagger, Richards and Wood. On Sunday, they were backed by various musicians including two keyboardists, a new drummer, backup singers and a brass section.

While the stage was surrounded by a large collection of video screens projecting images throughout the show, the main focus of the concert was the band and their songs

Before Sunday’s concert, Jagger spent time on Friday touring NASA’s Johnson Space Center in suburban Houston, posting photos on his Instagram account of him with astronauts inside Mission Control.

“I had an amazing trip to the space center,” Jagger said.

When asked if the band might be thinking about retiring, Skjerseth said he doubts that will happen.

“This is not the end. They’re very enthused,” he said.