National Parks by Chimani
Need more information? The National Parks app makes it easy to download Chimani’s suite of free, standalone apps for individual parks, as well.
Key features of Chimani National Parks include:
★ Simple Interface: Chimani's menus are based on universal national park symbols.
★ Details: Descriptions of each park’s key features and history, with links to additional information resources.
★ Map: View the location of each park on an interactive map.
★ Search: Use our lightning-fast search engine to quickly find information on each park.
★ Badging System: Keep a symbolic record of each park you visit and earn points for registering a visit.
★ Someday/Maybe: Create a list of the parks you plan to visit in the future.
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* This app requires an initial Internet connection to download photos (either Wifi or cellular). ****Chimani is the leading developer of mobile apps to help you explore our National Parks. Learn more at: www.chimani.com
Category : Travel & Local
Reviews (23)
Crashes a lot When you click the reset password link the app crashes. I haven't been able to log in to the newer version.
I love being able to document my trips from childhood and having a digital copy of my NP book. It's a great trip-planning tool and it's a fantastic resource for mapping out national parks and nature preserves. That said, I wish the developers would allow us to type in the dates of our trip instead of having to back-click by the month to 1992. In addition, there can be multiple sites within a park, so I feel like it should allow multiple check-ins per park so you get credit for each site.
The customer support was excellent. I look forward to trying the newer version of the app.
New version is junk. Does not work. Give me the old version back.
This app has so much potential! But there are a few things that drive me crazy! First, it is SUPER buggy. It sometimes takes 2 or 3 tries to record I am at a park. Second on my profile page, under # of parks, it ALWAYS says 1! Ugh! If # of check-ins can be accurate why not that?? Finally, PLEASE separate the places i have visited by category! I want the number of national parks separately reported from monuments, historical parks etc.
Sorely lacking features. I need to know if dogs are allowed and at what parks, not all allow them, and then was hoping to be able to search for those closest to me or see how far certain parks were from me and this app does not provide that. It's very basic information that can basically just be googled, there aren't even more than one photo for each park or visitor photos etc. Only thing that really interests me is the bookmarking and trip planning.
Loved the app until I got a new phone (Pixel 4 XL). Now the app crashes when opening it and the only way to get in the app is to uninstall and reinstall it. Makes for a very tiresome process when going to many national park units. Update 4/16 - Thank you for fixing the app. I can now close the app and it open it again with no issues.
Downloaded this app for a recent National Park trip but the app was super overwhelming in terms of design and content. I couldn't figure out how to do what I wanted the app to do, and I'm honestly not really sure what it's intended to do besides throw the Perks feature in your face. Not giving a lower review because maybe it's my fault I can't figure out the app, but I do like the idea of it.
Essentially a fancy coupon-clipping /affiliate fee-earning app wrapped in a tiny amount of actual content. Edit 3: GSMNP may be *meant* to show an install button, bit it 100% doesn't. And if the individual parks aren't bundled, why would you already have changed your website links for the individual parks to point only to the main app? That makes no sense.
The absolute best National Park guide. I have 2 other apps on national parks and they are no where even close to the information contained in Chimani. This is the only app that you will ever need to find and explore the National Parks. They break the park into categories (bike,hike,auto,dining,etc.) And they break the different parks down too (historical, monuments,seashores,parkways etc.) you can find exactly what park or interests you easily.
This is a very nice and comprehensive app about every national park service affiliated site. I really enjoy all the information. My only wish is that you would make it keep a grand total of all the NPS sites visited. I guess what I'm saying is keep to running totals 1 the separate parks you've visited. And the other a number of visits, including the repeat visits. I like to be able to tell people how many different parks I've visited.
Love the updated app!! The last time I used it was 2019, and more was added and updated! Unfortunately, I lost everything recorded in the app in 2018 when I switched from IPhone to Android phone. I guess I'll have to visit those parks again!
Good app, but it would be better if it included sites affiliated with NPS (Like the North Country Trail or related BLM/NFS sites). Even if they were in their own separate category, or something. Also, there's a UK national park and a Canadian national park listed for some reason? Weird that that's in there, but affiliated sites aren't. Great app altogether, though!
Won't run on my Pixel 2 running android 10. Get error message "National Parks keeps stopping". Almost bought a lifetime subscription for $99 through their web site. That would have been a waste. Too bad looked like a nice app. 5/01/2020 App now working with lastest update.
Why does this app create an account on my phone WITHOUT my permision? If i remove the accout, then re-launch the app it recreates it. WHY does this app need to create a "chimani" account on my phone??? You can find it under "Accounts and backup" --> "Manage accounts". Not using this app something doesn't smell right with it creating an account without your petmission, not telling you its doing it and worse WHY it's doing it!
I liked these apps when there was 1 for each individual National Park. There is very little information about each Park. Unfortunately 1 star is the lowest I could go.☹☹☹
App needs the ability to record actual date of visit, not just the year. Would be good to provide the ability to pull listings of sites by state, region, or nearby.
Do not understand why you have to be standing in one certain spot to verify. Have been to several parks and can't verify when there. Also wish state parks and national forests had their own app.
The GPS check-in never worked on Android 9. It doesn't work at all on Android 10. Hasn't been updated in years and now uninstalled.
Latest update fixes problems I had with it crashing on every use. Can't wait to hit the parks with it.
Sometimes app says I checked in. When I check later, it didn't take. I check in with another account and can't combine them. Chimani said they would fix it two years ago.
With the recent updates, it works with my Pixel 3 again. And it's better than ever. Checking in to national parks is a fun addition to my travels.
You say this is your biggest update; perhaps you should have taken some more time to tweak it. Updated app this morning. Now it is nearly useless. Unresponsive to scrolling attempts. When I click on Acadia NP to add it as a park I have visited (since the update didn't save any of my previous info), Point Reyes National Seashore pops up! What on earth?! Deleted app.