But camping isn’t just a prescription for dealing with urban angst and anxiety.
Arizona Havasupai Campground, Havasupai Reservation
Getting to Havasupai is a challenge.
Delaware Cape Henlopen State Park
Soft dunes.
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Lighthouse views and one of Delaware’s best beaches steps from your tent.
As long as there are s’mores, you’re doing it right.
Families hike through wooded hills, then whoop it up at the lodge’s indoor waterpark.
Glamping meets the backcountry atGulf State Park’s three walk-in Outpost sites, where canvas tents set on the sand look pulled from a wanderlust Pinterest board. Each comes with four beds, an outdoor sink, port-a-potty, fire pit and, perhaps most importantly, peace and privacy.Kenneth Walters / Alamy Stock Photo
When daylight beckons, there are spring wildflowers, natural bridges and a petite wooded campground with modern facilities.
Louisiana Lake Bistineau State Park
For a true Southern experience,Lake Bistineau beckons.
Massachusetts Boston Harbor Islands
In one direction, the Boston city skyline, glittering and proud.
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In the other, the Atlantic Ocean, stretching out to the horizon.
Don’t miss the gap itself, a notch in the Kittany Ridge cut by persistent waters.
By night, turn your eyes skyward.
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Four-wheel-drive RVs, that is.
When conditions are right, you might catch theaurora borealis.
Reservations (and showers) required.
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The Grand Tetons will also be in the path ofthe total solar eclipse this August.
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