By Larry Olmsted

The National Park Service (NPS) is slowly reopening parks nationwide, but at least in the short term, some concessions and facilities will remain closed and it won’t exactly be business as usual. At this time, you should check any park’s individual website for details of what is open and what is not.

Yet regardless of limitations, all the parks still have their biggest assets, natural beauty, grandeur, and wide-open spaces, and at some point will return to full capacity and all their functionality. So, whether you are planning a trip in the near term or just thinking about plans for down the road, these are the nation’s 10 Most Popular National Parks (not including national monuments or national recreation areas), according to the NPS …

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Award-winning travel journalist Larry Olmsted is the author of “Real Food, Fake Food.” He is a Contributing Editor to US Airways Magazine and Cigar Aficionado Magazine and “The Great Life” columnist for Forbes.com.