#50: The Best National Parks to Visit in Each Season

Dear Bob and Sue: A National Parks Podcast

Matt and Karen Smith

Society & Culture, Nature, Personal Journals, Places & Travel, Science

5.0 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 September 2021

⏱️ 51 minutes

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We get a lot of questions from people asking us what parks they should visit during specific times of the year. On today’s episode we’re going season to season, talking about which parks are great to visit during the winter, spring, summer, and fall. We cover all 63 national parks, taking into account factors like their weather, accessibility, wildflowers, fall foliage, crowds, and much more. Grab a pen and paper and get ready to take notes. You might learn a few seasonal travel tips that’ll come in handy when planning your next spring break destination, summer vacation, or fall getaway. Some of the topics we discuss in this episode: · The only national park that closes in the winter · The one piece of the U.S. that is below the equator · Our favorite park to snowmobile in · Best national parks to view the brilliant fall colors · Which park you can tour while on a beer train excursion · The park you’d visit if you also wanted to attend the International Chili Championship · Which parks you can visit in the winter for a tropical getaway · And our list of national parks that are great to visit in any season. Links to more information: · The Kula Cloth · Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad (link to the beer train) · 54th Annual CASI Terlingua International Chili Championship Where to learn more about our books and travels Check out our Twitter account Join the conversation on Facebook - we want to hear from you! Check out our Instagram account Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:37.0	been to that. That's another thing on my bucket list. I would love to see that. You have the Firefly
0:41.5	festival in your wish bucket. Is that right? Could I see the bucket before we plan the next trip?
0:50.4	I'd like to. You don't want to go see them? I guess they all come out.
0:53.1	No, I just like to know what's in the bucket because I think sometimes items fall in the bucket
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1:10.6	This is the Dear Bob and Sue Podcast. Stories from our journey to all the US
1:15.1	national parks and other public lands. I'm Karen Smith.
1:18.8	And I'm Matt Smith. We're the authors of the Dear Bob and Sue series of books.
1:23.5	We get a lot of questions from people asking us what parks they should visit during specific
1:28.4	times of the year. In today's episode, we're going season by season, talking about parks that are
1:34.1	great to visit during these times of the year. 63 national parks from Southern California to
1:40.6	Northern Maine, and every single one of them has an optimal time to visit. We'll be breaking it down
1:46.4	by the four seasons. Winter, spring, summer, and fall, taking into account things like weather,
1:52.4	wildflowers, fall foliage, snow levels, and crowds to name a few.
1:57.9	Hopefully this will help you narrow down your choices when you're planning your next spring break
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