As a former California transplant living in San Francisco, I made it my mission to get to as many California national parks as possible during the two years I spent living in the Bay Area.

Sites are booked through Reserve California. The only indoor accommodations in Redwood National & State Parks are a few rustic cabins in Prairie Creek and Jedediah Smith that can also be booked ...

Many other states—like California, Arizona, and Montana—have two parks on the list. It’s no surprise that Arizona ranks highly on the list, as the state has many dark sky reserves ...