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Visitors of national parks in Arkansas and western states most often stay at in-park lodging or park-run RV camps<\/em><\/p>\n Sources: Dunhill Travel Deals analysis of National Park Service Visitor Use Statistics data<\/p>\n The preference for soft-adventure accommodations is strongest across the western United States, where many of the country’s largest and most visited national parks feature historic lodges and extensive developed campgrounds. Arkansas stands out as the lone exception outside the West, while much of the Midwest and Southeast recorded lower shares of overnight stays at in-park lodging or park-run RV campgrounds.<\/p>\n Arkansas ranked first, with 93.3% of overnight stays at Hot Springs National Park occurring in either in-park lodging or park-run RV campgrounds. Arizona followed at 65.1%, driven largely by overnight stays at the South Rim lodges and developed campgrounds in Grand Canyon National Park. Further north, states connected by Yellowstone National Park\u2014North Dakota (64.4%), Montana (59.0%), and Wyoming (50.6%)\u2014also ranked highly, although the park’s overnight stays are fully attributed to all three states. Idaho (58.9%), Nevada (54.5%), and Utah (52.5%) round out the states where more than half of overnight stays fell into these soft-adventure accommodation categories.<\/p>\n While state rankings highlight regional trends, the individual national parks behind those figures offer a closer look at where travelers are most likely to find soft-adventure accommodations. Not all national parks offer the same overnight experience. While some feature historic lodges, cabins and park-operated RV campgrounds, others provide only tent camping or backcountry sites, and several offer no overnight accommodations at all. For travelers planning a soft-adventure getaway, choosing a national park with the right mix of lodging and camping options can be just as important as selecting the destination itself. The parks below stand out for offering comfortable overnight accommodations that make it easier for visitors of all ages and abilities to experience some of the nation’s most remarkable landscapes. For complete results, see Best U.S. National Parks for Soft-Adventure Travel\u00a0on Dunhill Travel Deals.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Visitors of national parks in Arkansas and western states most often stay at in-park lodging or park-run RV camps Sources:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34593,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[680],"tags":[4001,43,4002,4003,3881,4000],"class_list":["post-34592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel-adventure","tag-national","tag-news","tag-parks","tag-softadventure","tag-travel","tag-u-s"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hobbylifeafterretirement.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hobbylifeafterretirement.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hobbylifeafterretirement.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hobbylifeafterretirement.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hobbylifeafterretirement.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hobbylifeafterretirement.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34592\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hobbylifeafterretirement.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/34593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hobbylifeafterretirement.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hobbylifeafterretirement.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hobbylifeafterretirement.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}