I received 19 prediction brackets for the National Park Playoff before voting began this morning. This was short of the prize threshold, but bragging rights are certainly on the line to follow in the footsteps of American City Bracket champion Kurt Falk (Kurt declined to submit an NPP bracket). Here’s some statistics on who the […]
Great Smoky Mountains NP (1) vs. Dry Tortugas NP (16) Preview When grouped with the other national parks in the first seed, the Great Smoky Mountains are simultaneously the John Lennon and the Ringo Starr of the gang. The park holds the gold medal for visitors per year at 11.4 million, and for good reason […]
Yosemite NP (1) vs. NP of the American Samoa (16) Preview There are very few parks that can pull off an upset against the leviathan that is Yosemite National Park — the National Park of the American Samoa is one of them. As both the furthest park away from the continental United States and the […]