Touring to a nationwide park this summer season may really feel like an out-of-budget impossibility—and that is likely to be true in case you’re attempting to go to some of the well-liked parks within the nation, like Yellowstone or Yosemite. Attempting to snag reservations far sufficient upfront is difficult in itself, however the true barrier to entry is touring to those locations. Reserving flights into Bozeman Yellowstone Worldwide Airport or Fresno Yosemite Worldwide Airport could be extremely pricey, and after flying in you continue to must navigate multi-hour drives to truly make it to the parks. 

There’s excellent news for vacationers on the lookout for simpler, cheaper methods to go to nationwide parks this summer season. Whereas Yosemite and Yellowstone is likely to be going viral on social media, there are a complete 63 nationwide parks throughout the nation to select from. In that record, there truly are a number of which might be extremely inexpensive to fly to, based on new knowledge from Going. Essentially the most inexpensive nationwide park to fly to was decided by an evaluation of fares at airports inside 300 miles of every park and what number of instances Going has recognized offers to every airport.

All that quantity crunching yielded one clear end result: Indiana Dunes Nationwide Park.

The nationwide park is situated simply 40 miles away from Chicago Halfway Worldwide Airport (MDW) and about 50 miles away from each South Bend Worldwide Airport (SBN) and Chicago O’Hare Worldwide Airport (ORD). Going discovered that common flights are $138 roundtrip and has despatched 42 offers to subscribers to MDW within the final 12 months.

Indiana Dunes just isn’t solely the most affordable nationwide park to fly to, but it surely additionally presents a ton for nature lovers of each sort. To start out there’s 15 miles of dune coated shoreline proper on Lake Michigan. Then, there’s greater than 50 miles of climbing trails, swimming seashores, horseback using, chicken watching, and guided excursions. The numerous landscapes of the park, which incorporates these dramatic dunes, prairies, bogs, and marshes, is dwelling to no less than 350 completely different species of birds. 

The National Park Service has really useful itineraries for half day and day journey visits to the park—making it even simpler so as to add a nationwide park go to to your subsequent journey to Chicago. The town is barely a forty five minute drive from the park, making it some of the accessible within the nation. 

On the lookout for much more inexpensive nationwide parks to fly to this summer season? Listed below are the ten least expensive parks based on Going:

1. Indiana Dunes Nationwide Park
2. White Sands Nationwide Park in New Mexico
3. Massive Bend Nationwide Park in Texas
4. Guadalupe Mountains Nationwide Park in Texas
5. Carlsbad Caverns Nationwide Park in New Mexico
6. Voyageurs Nationwide Park in Minnesota
7. Congaree Nationwide Park in South Carolina
8. Lassen Volcanic Nationwide Park in California
9. Rocky Mountain Nationwide Park in Colorado
10. Grand Canyon Nationwide Park in Arizona

Simply keep in mind that regardless of which nationwide park you intend on visiting this summer season, it is best to try to be extra respectful and affected person than ever. A federal discount in staffing signifies that all of us must do our half to maintain the parks and their ecosystems pristine.