About this episode
What's a National Park City? My dog Noodles and I hike the trails of America's FIRST National Park City - Chattanooga, Tennessee - to find out! The answer might surprise you ... We'll also answer listener question at the end - which include: How would you rank the National Parks you've been to? Just listened to the Civil War series, how much research would you recommend doing before visiting Gettysburg? What area of the country is most "van-friendly?" Works Cited: https://www.jstor.org/stable/24889660?read-now=1&seq=2#page_scan_tab_contentshttps://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/historyculture/yellowstoneestablishment.htmhttps://www.history.com/articles/yellowstone-national-park-originshttps://www.doi.gov/blog/americas-public-lands-explainedhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/chattanooga-just-became-north-americas-first-national-park-city-heres-what-that-means-180986465/https://www.nationalparkcity.org/national-park-cities/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJasV-itdochttps://www.nps.gov/efmo/learn/historyculture/the-ovement-to-create-a-national-park-in-iowa.htmhttps://www.forbes.com/sites/micheleherrmann/2025/04/29/chattanooga-is-now-north-americas-first-national-park-city/Noah and Noodles here! We want to extend a heartfelt thanks to every listener of Backroad Odyssey. Your support fuels our passion and inspires us to keep sharing stories and discover overlooked locations. Follow each adventure visually at:https://www.instagram.com/backroadsodyssey/
