Utah National Parks
Utah's five national parks are Arches, Bryce Canyon, Canyonlands, Capitol Reef and Zion
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Mikaela Ruland
Mikaela is the associate content director for National Park Trips. She lives in her beautiful home state of Colorado with her husband and loves writing about the outdoors, travel and the environment. Her passion is to introduce people to the outdoors so that they fall in love and help protect the wild places she loves to play in.
She spends most of her free time outside hiking, skiing, mountain biking, doing yoga – you name it. When she’s not outside, you can find her researching cheap flights, exploring hipster coffee shops or on the hunt for Denver’s best mac n’ cheese. You can follow her adventures on Instagram @themillennialoutside.
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Colorado National Parks
Colorado has four national parks: Rocky Mountain, Great Sand Dunes, Mesa Verde and Black Canyon of the Gunnison.
National Park Photo Contest Winners – 2022
Best national park landscape, night skies and wildlife photography.
One-Star Reviews of National Parks
Meet the illustrator behind the viral @subparparks Instagram account, Amber Share.
Camp Cooking Fails and How to Do It Right
Learn to cook like a pro and avoid common mistakes when you’re cooking at a campsite.
Sponsored Content
NatGeo National Park Books and Maps
Essentials for any national park enthusiast.
Beautiful National Park Backyard Games
Enjoy Elakai Outdoor games like cornhole with national park themes for your backyard or on the go and rest easy knowing a portion of your purchase benefits the planet.
Explore Alaska’s Inside Passage by Ferry
Start in Seattle, Wash., to experience Alaskan wildlife, charming small towns and calving glaciers.
Visit Glacier Bay National Park in Southeast Alaska
Calving glaciers, abundant wildlife and Alaskan solitude await.
Visit the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park
Go back in time to experience Alaska’s boom days
National Park Photography Workshops
Check out Mikaela Ruland's author page.
National Park Photo Contest Winners – 2021
Best national park landscape, night skies and wildlife photography.
Celebrating the LGBTQ+ Community Outside
It's June and to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community, we checked out LGBTQ+-owned businesses in the towns closest to Grand Canyon, Rocky Mountain and Grand Teton national parks.
Interactive Mobile PDFs for Destination Marketing
Let National Park Trips create engaging mobile guides for your visitors.
National Park Photo Contest Winners – 2020
Best national park landscape, night skies and wildlife photography.
Recreate Responsibly in the Era of Covid-19
As states and local communities begin to lift COVID-19 stay at home restrictions and our favorite parks, trails and public lands begin to open, it’s more important than ever to be responsible about how we recreate.
A Parks Project for Goodness Sake
Giving back to parks with thoughtful products.
National Park Photo Contest Winners – 2019
The best Landscape, Night Skies and Wildlife National Park Photos of 2019
5 Tips to Crafting an Effective Travel Eblast
Increase Open Rates, Click-Through Rates and Conversions
Collaboration Over Competition How They Did It Podcast Episode 1
We discuss the power of collaboration over competition with Rhonda Salisbury from Visit Yosemite Madera County and Suzanne Bianco from Visit Visalia
What’s an Email Workflow?
Effectively Hooking Travelers with an Automated Series of Emails
Dear Emma and Derrick: How to Market to Real People
Learn to Create Visitor Personas and Ensure Your Tourism Marketing is Targeted
National Park Photo Contest Winners – 2018
Best Landscape, Night Skies and Wildlife Photos