Designer Creates Hilarious Travel Posters for America's National Parks Based on Their 1-Star Reviews

[demmiblue]

While most people would agree that America’s beloved National Parks are full of natural beauty, other—less-outdoorsy—types are left disappointed at what nature has to offer. In fact, some people have gone so far as to leave cynical reviews of their experiences online. After discovering these 1 star reviews, designer Amber Share decided to create a series of hilarious travel posters for all 61 parks, featuring the Internet’s funniest, snarky comments.

Share came up with the idea for her Subpar Parks series as a way to “put a positive, fun spin on such a negative mindset.” Each retro-style poster design features colorful graphic renditions of America’s mountains, lakes, and forests. However, each pretty scene is matched with hand lettering that spells out the bad reviews. For Share’s Yosemite National Park design, the typography reads “Trees block view and there are too many gray rocks.” And the poster for Sequoia National Park in California features the words, “There are bugs and they will bite you on your face.”


Crater Lake National Park



Arches National Park



Yellowstone National Park



Isle Royale National Park



Yosemite National Park

https://mymodernmet.com/national-park-review-posters-amber-share/

[handmade34]

1. mabe just my mood, but

I find this terribly disturbing... to think that there are people who are so jaded, so lacking in appreciation for nature

[2naSalit]

2. +1

I have seen them by the thousands, caused the end of my NPS career. People who started showing up with the intent to break rules and cause problems by encouraging the same behavior in others. Absolute disrespect for the place, the animals and everything about the place. I can see how many people would only complain since every NP isn't Disneyland as they expect.

[moonscape]

3. I'm also missing the hilarity. Nature can

restore my spirit like nothing else, and I have such incredible memories of those parks, most of which I went to and spent some time.

[handmade34]

6. ...

"In Wildness Is the Preservation of the World" Thoreau said it well... my personal peace comes from being in my woods or in the wild

“I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.” John Muir's quotes always embody my senses

I do feel a sadness for people who do not understand the power and beauty of nature

I traveled throughout the US for 12 years (50 weeks of the year) and always planted myself in a hotel near a National or State Park/Forest... I have had the great fortune to have visited most of them... they are all marvelous in their own way... from the grandeur or the Grand Canyon to the stark nature of Crater's of the Moon National Monument I loved and delighted in every one...

[moonscape]

8. Am quite sure my love of nature

came from my father. I grew up hiking and out in nature - mountains, rivers, waterfalls - in the 50's when we rarely came across other people on trails. And when we did, we'd both stop and chat a minute or few, comparing information about the trail.

In retirement, my parents built a house on acreage and my father made a nature trail. I remember one day walking along it together and he was talking about the wonders of nature and pointed to a sprig on the ground and said, "Just think, one day this will be an oak tree."

[Stuart G]

9. One of the most incredible of all ...Carlsbed Cavern National Park...

It is an incredible cave..Far beyond anything you ever dreamed of...You can walk down, or take an elevator. At one point in a very famous spot, there is a whole straight down, 250 feet, (you cannot see the bottom) at the exact same spot, there is a ceiling without a top. You look straight up, and you see empty...the top at that location is 250 feet straight up.
And it is way out of the way. In New Mexico, southern part. The cave is about 100 miles east of El Paso Texas. Is it worth the trip...out of the way?

..........YES!, I have been all over, and seen a whole lot. Japan, Great Britain, France, etc.

..........Never seen anything like that cave...nothing, nada, nope, not a chance...etc.(and it is a U.S. National Park!)

[Aristus]

4. I went on a cruise to Alaska last fall (my third),

and as we were sailing up Glacier Bay, with a backdrop of the most stunning landscape, I heard a woman on her phone nearby complaining to someone about how bored she was.

I could only shake my head sadly...

[Nitram]

5. These are great! Cool way to use some really stupid comments.

[pansypoo53219]

12. i would put them in a frame.

of course it was pre 2000, but the comments at grant's tomb were the opposite. but i was grant's tomb.

[burrowowl]

7. Yup

[Karadeniz]

10. I thought this was a great way to poke fun at the jaded minds!

[Marthe48]

11. Interested in demotivational items?

I discovered this site probably 12, 15 years ago, has more generalized satire. I look at it once in awhile, just to smile: https://despair.com/collections/posters