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 […]
Prediction brackets will be accepted until 11:59 pm on Sunday, 3 May 2020. You can download an Excel file or PDF file of the complete bracket. Submit prediction brackets (one per person) to Storey Clayton via e-mail or Twitter DM. If Storey receives at least 25 brackets, there will be a prize for the winner. If he receives at least 100 brackets, there will […]
I’ve created a 64-park bracket of American National Parks and will spend the month of May conducting Twitter polls in a single-elimination playoff to determine the park that Twitter users most want to visit once COVID-19 social distancing guidelines are lifted. Please note that this is just for fun and is no way affiliated with […]