5. Mesa Verde National Park
Like Channel Islands, Mesa Verde has several challenges to access. The park cliff dwellings were created to be inaccessible.
The park offers an award-winning film to take you virtually inside the dwellings (with captions, audio description, and assistive listening available.
There are also artifacts available for tactile experience at the Chapin Mesa Archaeological Museum.
You can also download the Mesa Top Loop Drive audio tour and use it to guide your travel around the most popular road in the park.
6. Glacier National Park
The historic Going to the Sun Road is one of the highlights of a visit to Glacier. It’s even better if you’ve downloaded the audio tour.
Glacier is also a winner of the NPS’s National Accessibility Achievement Award for its design around the new Jenny Lake. Its pathways and viewpoints are much improved in terms of access, and exhibits include tactile features to enhance the experience for all.
And if anyone wants wheelchair access into a glacial lake, this is the place. During early summer lake levels, the facility has been designed so you can roll your wheelchair into the lake. (Be prepared to quickly wheel yourself out of the lake once you’ve experienced what a glacial lake is like).
