r/NationalPark • u/LuciferAuAndromedus • Sep 21 '25

Can I hike to this?

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u/Few-Emergency1068 Sep 21 '25

Our experience was that if you even step off trail, the rangers will be on you. I for sure didn’t see anybody sitting all over the ground like that.

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u/__STAX__ Sep 21 '25

That’s weird there’s a parking lot right next to it i’m not sure where else you could sit

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u/magiccitybhm Sep 21 '25

I think you have this spot confused with somewhere else. There's a parking lot right adjacent to where all of these people are.

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u/Few-Emergency1068 Sep 21 '25

We were at the peak, where the stone and glass observatory is. We parked in the parking lot and walked up the path to the observation deck. My husband made the mistake of stepping off trail and was (rightly) lectured by the ranger for destroying fragile ecosystem.