National Parks and electric vehicles should theoretically go hand-in-hand, shouldn’t they? After all, National Parks are all about protecting valuable ecosystems and electric vehicles give you the opportunity to indulge in active travel with reduced emissions. But anyone who has driven an electric car knows that range anxiety is a real fear. Add to that the fact that US National Parks are often vast and remote places where you can be hundreds of miles from the nearest metropolitan area and it’s understandable that you’re going to want to know if and how you can plug in.
Today, not all National Parks have any electric charging points, which could make it really difficult (or nerve wracking) to tour them by EV, especially if you have an older car with a shorter range, but a lack of chargers doesn't necessarily make it impossible to explore them all. Rocky Mountain National Park doesn’t have any charging stations at the time of writing this article, but you can charge outside the park in Estes Park or Grand Lake which would give you plenty of juice to drive the 50 miles between those two points. Head to any of Alaska’s far flung National Parks, however, and you’ll find just one charging station between them, with three ports total – in Denali – making them largely inaccessible to those wanting an electricity-powered trip.
