APRS COVERAGE IN THE NATIONAL PARKS 1 May 2006 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This file was put together to help make sure that we had digis to cover the National Parks. Since 0.5% of the USA population are hams, and with thousands of visitors a day in some parks, this means that there can be as many as 32 hams a day in the Grand Canyon for example. May as well let them find each other on APRS! TOURIST AREA VISITRS/YR HAMS/DAY APRS REPORTED BY ----------------- ---------- -------- ---- -------------- Acadia Natl Pk 2,469,000 16 ? Arches NP 786,000 6 yes N0NHJ (2005) Assateaque Is 1,810,000 12 some WB4APR Badlands ND 1,105,000 7 ? Banff, Yoho, Kootenay ? ? YES VE6SZR Big Bend (W.TX) no KB9WVG Biscayne N.P. ? ? yes K4HG Bryce Canyon NP 1,099,000 7 no WB4APR (1999) Blue Ridge Pkwy 19,153,000 130 yes C&O Canal (MD) 3,115,000 21 yes Hrprs Fy to Whites Fy Canyonlands NP 401,000 3 yes N0NHJ (2005) Cape Cod Seashore 4,581,000 30 yes N1CCK-15 in Brewster Chatahoochee Rvr 2,659,000 18 yes Cape Hatteras 2,647,000 18 yes KB4DOH-10 @ 1200' Crater Lake 450,000 4 yes Reported by Tyson, S. Colorado Natl Mnt ? ? yes N0NHJ Death Valley 1,179,000 8 none in valleys. OK to E & S Denali Natl Park AK yes KL1SF-3. Devils Tower 383,000 2 no N2IPH & KC5JIF Dry Tortugas N.P. ? ? yes K4HG Dinosaur Natl Mnt ? ? yes N0NHJ Everglades 1,000,000 7 yes N4TCW Garden of the Gods ? ? spottyWA8LMF Gettysburg 1,542,000 10 yes Glacier NP 1,728,000 12 ? Grand Tetons 2,590,000 17 no WA8LMF Great Basin N.P ? ? no K4HG (2006) Great Smokies 14,486,000 95 yes spotty Grand Canyon 4,460,000 32 yes N7XYR-1 Navajo Mountain Glen Canyon 2,568,000 17 no WB4APR (99) Gunnison NP some N0NHJ (2005) Black Canyon Hawaii Volcanoes 1,514,000 10 ? Indiana Dunes 1,820,000 12 yes In Michigan City Lake Meade 8,755,000 60 yes N7ZEV Mamouth Cave 1,749,000 12 yes kf4qzn-1 & -2. Mesa Verde 452,000 4 yes at top Mount Rainer 1,344,000 9 ? Mt Rushmore 1,868,000 12 no N2IPH & KC5JIF Natchez Trace Pky 5,737,000 38 some? Spotty near Nashville Ozarks 1,568,000 10 ? Petrified Forest ? ? no KB4YTM (2006) Rocky Mountain 3,185,000 21 some one near Estes Park Shenandoah NP 1,419,000 9 probably San Antonnio(Alamo)1,394,000 9 yes K5ZZT Sequoia 838,000 6 some KG6JVE Shiloh 80,000 1 yes KA4BNI-4 (KB4YTM) Virgin Islands 704,000 6 no WB4APR (1995) Yellostone 3,100,000 20 no N2IPH & KC5JIF Yosemite 3,400,000 22 yes KF6HJO sysop for K6IXA-2 Zion Natl Pk 2,432,000 16 no WB4APR The criteria here are those areas that are remote from the existing terrestrial APRS infrastructure and which probably do not have enough permanent locals to support a digi... "Coverage" means that you can communicate from the parking lot of the biggest Campground or Headquarters (Hiking to the TOP of the mountain doesn't count). If you can supply any info above, please send to me and I will update this list... Including of course, adding other areas. de WB4APR, Bob