Travel: Eating in style in the national parks

You don’t need a camp stove to eat well while visiting America’s national parks, said Jenna Schnuer in BonAppetit.com. The grandest dining room in the entire park system might be the soaring, 86-year-old hall at Yellowstone’s Ahwahnee Hotel, but other park greats are scattered from the Atlantic Coast to the Pacific.

Jordan Pond House Acadia National Park, Maine. Acadia is “like a greatest hits album for Maine”: ocean, lakes, mountains, and—on a lawn overlooking Jordan Pond—this teahouse/restaurant. Open May to late-October, its seafood-centric menu has a “wicked killah” lobster roll, and the star popovers are “made, we’re pretty sure, of air and fairy dust.” jordanpondhouse.com

Grand Canyon Lodge Grand Canyon North Rim, Ariz. Only on the canyon’s North Rim can you pitch a tent within walking distance of white-tablecloth dining. The dining room in this 86-year-old lodge overlooks the canyon and has regional favorites like Western rainbow trout and bison flank steak. Reserve in advance; open from May to October, it fills up. grandcanyonlodgenorth.com

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The Creekside at Kalaloch Lodge Olympic National Park, Wash. Pacific Northwest farmers, ranchers, and fishermen supply the ingredients for Creekside’s panfried Northwest crab cakes with citrus rémoulade, or smoked chicken and cheddar quesadillas with Walla Walla onion relish. “Do whatever it takes (beg, smile, wait a long time) to get a seat by the window.” thekalalochlodge.com