A friendly ranger-style guide to U.S. National Park Service sites: is it open, closures, alerts, hours, fees, reservations, weather warnings, passport stamps, news, and simple trip plans, all cited to parklookout.com and nps.gov.

1What you’ll need

  • A Bot account, or the Bot app on your phone

From the bot’s share page, which lists no other requirements.

Avoid sharing passwords, keys or private personal data.

2Set it up

Summary from the bot’s share page:

  1. Open Park Lookout’s share page with Open in Bot.
  2. Add Park Lookout in Bot.
  3. Start a chat with Park Lookout, then review what it produces and check any factual claims.

3Use it

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