7 Great Places to Bunk at America's National Parks

While visiting Yellowstone, consider an overnight at Old Faithful Snow Lodge, a rustic log hotel with an 85-foot-high stone fireplace in the lobby (from $129 for a frontier cabin to $323 for a king bedroom with bath), or Lake Yellowstone Hotel, the oldest lodging in any national park (from $204). For information on Yellowstone lodging, click here. 

While visiting Yosemite, consider an overnight at the laid-back Big Trees Lodge (formerly Wawona). The old-fashioned family-style hotel is nestled under the pines and aspens four miles from the park’s south entrance and offers rooms starting at $114. For more on Big Trees Lodge, click here. 

Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona is the only official “natural wonder” in the U.S. Best known for its painted desert and sandstone canyon—and the Colorado River, which surges through the valley. For more information on Grand Canyon National Park, click here.

At Acadia National Park you can explore the rugged coast of Maine, climb Cadillac Mountain (the highest peak on the Atlantic Coast), and hike the park’s historic stone carriage roads. For more information on Acadia National Park, click here.

Consider an overnight at one of two campgrounds at Acadia National Park, including Seawall, rated one of the coolest spots to camp in America (from $22 to $60 per night). For more information on Seawall, click here. 

Overnight at one of five campgrounds in Rocky Mountain National Park, including beautiful Moraine Park ($26 per night), or book a room at the 1909 Stanley Hotel, a Colorado landmark in nearby Estes Park—and the inspiration for Stephen King’s The Shining. For more information on the Stanley Hotel, click here. 

Visit the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (North Carolina and Tennessee) for the sunsets on Clingmans Dome Road, the wildflowers, the 19th-century Mountain Farm Museum and Mingus Mill, and the chance to cruise along what some consider America’s most scenic byways. For more on Great Smoky Mountains National Park, click here.

If visiting Utah, be sure to include a trip to Zion National Park. Everyone should see the magnificent 15-mile-long Zion Canyon and Checkerboard Mesas at least once. For more information on Zion National Park, click here.   

While at Zion National Park consider an overnight at Zion Lodge (from $140) or Flanigan’s Inn (from $199), a great small hotel with standard rooms and efficiencies that’s within walking distance of the visitors’ center. For more information on Zion Lodge, click here. 

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