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The national parks are more crowded—and less staffed—than they’ve been in decades. Here’s how to plot a successful peak-season visit.

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Lassen Volcanic hosts Terminal Geyser, which is barely burping â nothing ... Combined with the incredible hydrothermal features, this national park rivals both Yosemite and Yellowstone. Although ...

Yosemite National Park will have a reservation system this summer, per the National Park Service, and it looks to be one of the least restrictive systems ever.

Horizontal view of a geyser, with tiny figures at its base, spewing water beneath a cloudy sky in the middleground, while visible in the left foreground is a basin and in the left distance a line of ...

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