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
How to Visit Kenai Fjords National Park is a question with two answers: travel by boat from Seward, or drive to the Exit Glacier area. Roads reach only…
How Get Chiricahua National Park visitors there depends less on mileage than on approaching from the correct side of the Chiricahua Mountains. Portal, Arizona, may appear close on…
The Best Things to Do in Gateway Arch National Park begin beneath the Arch at sunrise, when its stainless steel skin reflects pale pink light and footsteps echo…
Travelers who type “How Get Glacier National” into a map app can miss the central fact: Glacier National Park has several gateways, and mountains separate them. At sunrise…
Our National Parks Utah Guide helps you choose among Arches, Bryce Canyon, Canyonlands, Capitol Reef, and Zion, then connect them without wasting days on backtracking. Allow at least…
The best time to visit Chiricahua National Park is usually spring or fall, even though southeastern Arizona may first suggest a winter trip. Elevation changes the equation. Bonita…
The best fall hikes in Big Bend pair cooler desert temperatures with clear views, and our seven strongest choices are Lost Mine Trail, South Rim, Emory Peak, Window…
This National Parks Arizona Guide begins with a useful correction: Arizona’s four national parks are not variations on the same desert landscape. Grand Canyon National Park rises from…
Searching for the Best Hikes Chiricahua National Park has to offer begins with understanding its vertical landscape: rhyolite pinnacles rise hundreds of feet above narrow canyons, while trailheads…
The Best Things White Sands visitors can do begin along an 8-mile road that runs from Chihuahuan Desert scrub into the largest gypsum dune field on Earth. White…
