Updated rules make it easier to enter some of the country’s most popular parks, but some worry the crowds will return.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Three National Park Service sites are ditching their timed-entry reservation system this year, but Rocky Mountain National Park ...

Colorful fall foliage surrounds Bear Lake as the day’s first light shines on Hallett Peak, located on the east side of Rocky Mountain National Park. Thomas Mangan Few places in the United States ...

Three other popular national parks — Arches, Glacier and Yosemite — are discontinuing their reservation systems. Rocky Mountain's timed-entry system will be in effect from late May through mid-October ...

DENVER (KDVR) — The Rocky Mountain National Park is implementing a timed-entry reservation system starting in May, according to a press release on the park’s website. On May 1, the reservation system ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Rocky Mountain National Park will impose its annual peak-season reservation requirements beginning Friday of Memorial Day weekend with the same rules that ...

The system, established through the Day Use Visitor Access Plan finalized in May 2024, manages day-use visitor access in a way that maintains positive visitor experiences, promotes safety, protects ...

While some of America’s most popular national parks are dropping reservations this summer, they will still be required at the most popular one in Colorado. Rocky Mountain National Park has announced ...

Rocky Mountain National Park will again require timed-entry reservations for day-use visitors beginning May 22, according to a park news release. The system, established through the park’s Day Use ...

In early 2026, a number of the country’s most visited national parks scrapped their requirements for timed-entry vehicle reservations.

ESTES PARK, Colo. — Rocky Mountain National Park will keep its timed-entry system, even as three other popular parks announced an end to the system. The National Park Service (NPS) said Rocky Mountain ...