If you want to beat the crowds and heat of summer, March may just be the best time to pack up and make a trip to a national park. Here's our list of some great parks to visit this month and all throughout the spring season.

Joshua Tree National Park is a wild, otherworldly landscape that can either be the perfect escape or a brutal challenge depending on when you go. Scorching summers, freezing nights, and unpredictable crowds mean timing is everything.

That's an increase of 6.36 million recreation visits, or 2%, from 2023. The previous record was set in 2016 with slightly under 330 million visitors. An internal memo directed at the National Park Service instructed employees to not publicize the visitor information,

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