Quick heads up: natural parks = any place that could be considered outdoorsy. Think national parks or famous lakes like Lake Tahoe. Forest and wooded areas can also be included.
Anyways. Instead of wasting my money buying a bloated 4WD truck/SUV or even a AWD wagon like the Subaru Outback, I could just buy a roof rack for my 4 door sedan, buy or even rent a mountain bike, buy some outdoor/hiking gear and I’m all set. But then I thought of something better: how about I get rid of the car all together? If I go the car-free route, I now have to consider how I’m going to get there. While I could go cross-country on bike (and I do plan on doing that anyways), I was wondering if some quicker forms of transportation (excluding cars) could be an option. Do buses and trains go to these places? Would they allow me to take my bike? Thanks in advance!
Do you live next door to one? If not then no. You might as well be asking “how to travel hundreds of miles to a place with no infrastructure without a car.” It’s unreasonable. You could cycle.
You could move to the middle of nowhere and ditch your car and then you can have nature 24/7 for free, no travel required. That’s what I did.
I’m curious about how one would travel hundreds of miles to a place with no infrastructure with a car. Most vehicles aren’t built for off-roading, unless the ground is naturally flat and hard-packed, like the playas of the western U.S.