What US national park lodges have ADA compliant rooms complete with ceiling track lifts or Hoyer lifts? I’d love to explore the parks, but am concerned that I can’t find adequate accessible lodging. Do you have any suggestions? What is your favorite accessible national park lodge?

I’ve looked at the accessible rooms and cabins in every US national park, and many have excellent wheelchair access; however none have ceiling track lifts. Under the ADA ceiling track lifts are not required in accessible rooms, and because of the added expense very few properties in the US provide them.

That said, you can put together a robust road trip and visit many national parks. And the great thing about a road trip is that you can pack along all the equipment — including a portable patient lift — and take it all with you. And if you decide to go, try this fun national park road trip route — emerginghorizons.com/epic-national-park-road-trip-for-wheelchair-users-and-slow-walkers/.

If you want to venture outside of the national park system, Greenleaf State Park in Eastern Oklahoma has a purpose-built accessible cabin with a ceiling track lift (emerginghorizons.com/stay-a-spell-in-greenleaf-state-park). It was built with private funds by the Telephone Pioneers of America.

And finally, one of my favorite accessible lodges in the national park system is Zion Lodge. Their accessible rooms are very well equipped, but I absolutely love their accessible cabin. You can read about the access details at emerginghorizons.com/zion-lodge-boasts-wheelchair-accessible-cabin-with-a-view/. In fact I loved it so much, it’s on the cover of my national park lodges book — National Park Lodges for Wheelers and Slow Walkers (bfnationalparklodges.com).

Even though the national park lodges don’t have ceiling track lifts, I think with a little planning a national park vacation may still be doable for you. I hope you have a great trip.