Posted on 03/22/2020 2:38:21 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie
Park Closures to Slow Spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) As a public health precaution, effective March 23, all park campgrounds, picnic areas, and restrooms will close for the safety of staff and visitors. Sugarlands, Oconaluftee, and Cades Cove Visitor Centers remain closed until further notice.
It seems we are in a rush to close everything, regardless of making a rational determination on whether there is a virus threat, without any clear willingness, nor a strategy for reopening.
This cracks me up as a mountain biker
how do you close nature?
There’s absolutely no way , short of helicopters and multiple personnel that any group of federales could stop me from mountain biking anywhere I want!
The bastards were saying just yesterday that state and national parks were still open.
I was planning a camping trip there to get away from all the madness.
Don’t even LOOK outside. The virus will see you and eat you.
“The bastards were saying just yesterday that state and national parks were still open.”
READ THE ARTICLE!
READ THE ARTICLE!
This was the one place I could go, have zero risk of infection, and escape the madness. But I cannot go there because of ...... the madness!!!!
I am really concerned that we have all lost our minds.....
Don’t know how true it is but i heard Big Foot has died from the CHinaVirus.
I have 7 acres of woods in back of my house Went for a walk in the woods the other day when it hit 78. Came out of the woods with 4 ticks on me.
“I was planning a camping trip there to get away from all the madness.”
As I read it you can still use camp sites.
“READ THE ARTICLE!”
Duh! There is no article. The NPS site has the same thing that is posted in the thread preview. The park is “open” since a major road goes through it, but all other things are closed.
“This was the one place I could go, have zero risk of infection, and escape the madness. But I cannot go there because of ...... the madness!!!!”
LOL.You can still go!
I have a little park i go to..i hardly ever see more than a dozen people there. Many days i might only see a couple people.
I am thinking it’s just a matter of time before it gets closed. They all ready have a notice about social distancing up.
Yeah, one of the reasons for going to the wilderness is to get away from it all. When the weather gets a little better, I am planning a walk in our park along Lake Michigan. People are usually scarce there and are easily-avoidable and I won’t have to touch anything but my own doorknob, so I expect I’ll be okay.
“The park is “open” since a major road goes through it, but all other things are closed.”
Wrong.
“Duh! There is no article.”
Duh! What is this?
As a public health precaution, effective March 23, all park campgrounds, picnic areas, and restrooms will close for the safety of staff and visitors. Sugarlands, Oconaluftee, and Cades Cove Visitor Centers remain closed until further notice.
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