The National Parks Atlas

Advisories /18, newest first/

1. Advisory 18 14.11.2026 CLR Clear

   Shipped. 464 parks: 402 in North America and 62 in seven European countries, each checked against official pages, with stamps, patches and walking-stick badges. Europe rests after the Czech Republic.

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2. Advisory 17 14.11.2026 DZ Drizzle

   The Czech Republic joins Europe, all four of its national parks: the Giant Mountains, the Šumava forests, the Podyjí valley across the Thaya from Austria and the sandstone gates of Bohemian Switzerland, each checked again against the ministry's and the parks' own pages. Sixty-two parks in Europe, in seven countries; Europe rests here for now.

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3. Advisory 16 14.11.2026 DZ Drizzle

   Austria joins Europe, all six of its national parks: the glaciers of the Hohe Tauern, the steppe lake at Neusiedl, the Danube floodplain below Vienna (free to walk in), the Kalkalpen forests, the Thaya valley and the Gesäuse gorge, each checked again against the parks' own pages. Fifty-eight parks in Europe; the Czech Republic next.

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4. Advisory 15 13.11.2026 DZ Drizzle

   France joins Europe, all eight of its parks at home: the Vanoise and the Écrins, the Mercantour above Nice, the Cévennes, the Pyrenees, the Calanques by Marseille, Port-Cros out at sea and the young Forêts in Burgundy, each checked again against the parks' own pages. Fifty-two parks in Europe; Austria next.

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5. Advisory 14 13.11.2026 DZ Drizzle

   The Netherlands joins Europe, all 22 of its national parks: the heaths and dunes, the Biesbosch, the Oosterschelde, the new Hollandse Duinen of April 2026, and the islands of Texel and Schiermonnikoog, each checked again against the park's or its managers' own pages. France next.

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6. Advisory 13 13.11.2026 DZ Drizzle

   Belgium joins Europe: Hoge Kempen, Bosland, the Brabantse Wouden and the Scheldt Valley in Flanders, Entre-Sambre-et-Meuse and the Semois valley in Wallonia, each checked again against its own pages. Luxembourg has none: its nature law has no national park. Eleven Arctic parks in Canada now sit in the parks, not at their offices, and a daily job watches every record's sources for changes.

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7. Advisory 12 13.11.2026 DZ Drizzle

   Switzerland joins Europe: the Swiss National Park at Zernez, the country's only one, open by day from about mid-May to mid-November and closed in winter, checked against the park's own pages. Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Austria and the Czech Republic follow, one at a time.

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8. Advisory 11 13.11.2026 DZ Drizzle

   The rest of Germany joins Europe: the three Wadden Sea parks (Neuwerk by ship, carriage or across the mudflats), Saxon Switzerland, Müritz, the Lower Oder Valley, the Western Pomerania lagoons and Jasmund's chalk cliffs, each checked again against the park's own pages. Fifteen of Germany's sixteen; Berchtesgaden waits for a map check. Switzerland next.

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9. Advisory 10 13.11.2026 DZ Drizzle

   Europe opens at nationalparks.oddnook.org/europe/ with Germany: Hunsrück-Hochwald, the Black Forest, the Eifel, Kellerwald-Edersee, the Hainich, the Harz and the Bavarian Forest, each checked again against the park's own pages. Its own passport of hut-book stamps, badges for your walking stick and The Hut Book; the rest of Germany and Berchtesgaden follow their checks, then Switzerland.

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10. Advisory 9 13.11.2026 PTCLDY Partly cloudy

    Europe gets a look of its own: Stormy as an Alpine hiker, a round hut-book stamp for every park, walking-stick badges for photos and helping, and The Hut Book as its leaderboard, each region's board counted on its own. Germany's eight parks nearest Ramstein are researched and being checked; /europe/ opens once Germany, France, the Benelux, Switzerland, Austria and the Czech Republic are done.

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11. Advisory 8 13.11.2026 CLR Clear

    Indiana completes the set: Brown County, Indiana Dunes, Turkey Run, McCormick's Creek and Pokagon, from saved copies of the DNR's own pages because in.gov still turns readers away. Every US state now has five state parks on the map, 250 in all, beside the national parks of the United States, Canada and Mexico.

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12. Advisory 7 13.11.2026 DZ Drizzle

    Five more states join from a US connection: Minnesota (Itasca, Gooseberry Falls), Tennessee (Fall Creek Falls), Rhode Island (Fort Adams, Colt), Maryland (Assateague, Cunningham Falls) and Delaware (Cape Henlopen), each read from the state's own pages and checked again. State parks now in 49 states; Indiana is the last, from saved copies of its DNR's pages because in.gov still turns every reader away.

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13. Advisory 6 13.11.2026 TSTM Thunderstorm

    Mexico joins: 41 national parks, from the Baja reefs of Cabo Pulmo and Espíritu Santo to Iztaccíhuatl–Popocatépetl, Palenque, Tulum and Revillagigedo far out in the Pacific. CONANP's own site was out of reach all day, so they rest on its pages on gob.mx, the Diario Oficial and the state tourism offices: few have confirmed hours, and no 2026 fees are published, which the cards say plainly. Five more Mexican parks wait for better information.

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14. Advisory 5 13.11.2026 TSTM Thunderstorm

    129 more state parks: the Great Lakes, the Plains, the Rockies, the Southwest, California, the Pacific Northwest, Alaska and Hawaiʻi, and the rest of New England and New Jersey. 220 state parks in 44 states now, each checked again against the state's own pages. Six states wait because their parks sites turn away visitors from outside the US: Minnesota, Tennessee, Indiana, Maryland, Delaware and Rhode Island. Mexico's national parks are next.

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15. Advisory 4 13.11.2026 TSTM Thunderstorm

    Canada and the state parks join: 47 of Parks Canada's national parks and park reserves, from Gros Morne to Quttinirpaaq in the high Arctic, and 91 state parks in 19 states, from Letchworth to Palo Duro. Each was researched and then checked again against the park's own pages, and a Kind filter sorts national parks from state parks. Tennessee and Indiana wait: their parks sites turn every reader away.

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16. Advisory 3 13.11.2026 DZ Drizzle

    Send works from every park's card: an invitation, a ticket, a voucher or a rain check on Stormy Fans. The bison on the cards and the prairie stamp were redrawn, and every park's calendar now runs through next year.

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17. Advisory 2 13.11.2026 CLR Clear

    Live at nationalparks.oddnook.org/north-america/ with all 64 national parks in the United States, Chiricahua included since it became one on 20 October. Each was researched and then checked again by a separate pass against the park's own pages: 61 have confirmed hours, and three say where the official pages disagree. The Summit Register, a door of its own on oddnook.org, and a trail patch on the shelf.

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18. Advisory 1 12.11.2026 TSTM Thunderstorm

    A new system forms. The owner settled the plan: one site for national parks with a region per path, North America first, from Washington DC in miles; one passport across every region, counted by state and province; each park's own stamp, patches sewn on a trail pack, and Stormy as a ranger.

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