Tom Tash is the founder of National Park Getaways. Since 2018 he has run Acadia East Campground, a small tent campground in Gouldsboro, Maine, on the Schoodic side of Acadia National Park, and he builds the National Park Getaways park guide apps for Acadia, Arches and Canyonlands, Joshua Tree and Saguaro. He has visited more than 30 national parks.
How our guides are made
Our park, trail and place guides start from National Park Service data: maps, fees, hours, alerts and campgrounds. They are written with the help of AI and checked against those facts before they go up: no invented distances or times, no copied NPS text, and the NPS source linked on the page. Articles are drafted with AI tools and checked automatically for quality problems before they publish. Spot something wrong? Write to tom@natpark.app and it gets fixed.
Guides and articles by Tom Tash
Stargazing Chiricahua National Park is best enjoyed on a moonless night from Massai Point, where an elevation of about 6,870 feet provides broad views above the surrounding canyon…
Carlsbad Caverns National Park and neighboring Guadalupe Mountains National Park protect two views of the same 260-million-year-old Permian reef: one carved into immense underground chambers, the other lifted…
Our National Parks California Guide starts with a useful surprise: California’s nine national parks protect everything from open Pacific Ocean to the lowest point in North America. Their…
Chiricahua National Park camping centers on Bonita Canyon Campground, a compact, wooded base at roughly 5,400 feet in southeastern Arizona. It is the only developed campground inside the…
Our National Park of American Samoa Travel Guide begins with a fact that changes how visitors should plan: the only United States national park south of the equator…
If you are deciding Where Stay Near Grand Canyon National Park, start with the rim you plan to visit and the amount of time you can tolerate in…
Our Guadalupe Mountains National Park Guide starts with the park’s defining fact: Guadalupe Peak rises to 8,751 feet, the highest point in Texas, above a Chihuahuan Desert basin…
White Sands National Park at sunset turns a 275 square mile gypsum dunefield into a study of blue shadow, pink light, and repeating curves. The park lies in…
Our Utah National Parks Road itinerary covers five parks in 10 days, yet the route between them demands almost as much planning as the hikes. Utah’s Mighty Five…
Learning How to Plan a Kings Canyon National Park Road Trip begins at Junction View, where morning light reaches across the Monarch Divide and the South Fork Kings…
