# @nationalparkservice on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CVGAsVUrxTt
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/21026137-nationalparkservice-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/59c376ccfa.jpg
- **Posted:** 2021-10-16T15:06:15.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** National Park Service (@nationalparkservice) — https://gondola.cc/nationalparkservice

## Caption

You've decided to take a trip to a national park either alone, with your family and friends, or as a group leader. Do you know what information you should research and what skills you should practice before you head out? Today’s topic: Know Your Limits
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📍Time of year: During what season will you be doing your activity? Oh, you’re headed to bear country? That salmon scented body wash was a bold choice. Good luck. 
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📍Setting: Does the activity take place at the beach, on a trail, in a⁣ cave, on a mountain, future hospital room, or a historical site?⁣ Choose wisely.
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📍Duration: Will your trip or activity last a few hours or all day? It’s a little chillier than you thought? Guess it’s time to fashion your hat back into your pants.
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📍Difficulty level: Will you be going a short distance at a slow pace⁣ on flat terrain or a long distance at a faster pace on difficult terrain? When will you arrive? Also, two trains leave a station at the same time going different...umm, you know where we were headed.
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📍Skill level: Do you have a very particular set of skills? Skills that you’ve acquired over a very long career? For example, ask yourself if you need special skills (e.g. rock climbing, bird identification, walking into a spider web and instantly releasing your inner ninja) to safely enjoy an activity? ⁣
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Image: A hiker @acadianps walks up Homan’s Path at Sieur de Monts. The trail is rocky and filled with roots, and surrounded by trees with changing leaves. NPS/L. Goebeler

#acadia #maine #hikesmart #nationalparkservice #autumn #fall #planlikeaparkranger

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## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| National Park Service | @nationalparkservice | https://gondola.cc/nationalparkservice | Government Organization |

## Tags

acadia, planlikeaparkranger, fall, maine, autumn, hikesmart, nationalparkservice

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