Flying Drones In National Parks | Hidden Document!
Flying Drones In National Parks | Hidden Document!
Flying drones in national parks is a no-no in most places! Let’s look into the places that NPS allows you to fly and where they don’t. A recent phone call with an NPS representative is what prompted this video. Here are a couple of hidden documents that he shared with me! Here you can see a list of National Parks.
Site Designations: LINK NOT CURRENTLY WORKING https://www.nps.gov/aboutus/news/upload/Site-Designations-01-13-17.pdf
NPS Index: https://www.nps.gov/aboutus/upload/NPIndex2012-2016.pdf
With the growing popularity of drones, there are many people wanting to fly pretty much everywhere. But there are some places that are off-limits to flying in. Make sure that you are flying in locations that you are permitted to!
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Going on a road trip from Montana to Wyoming in August and hitting multiple national parks. Going to take the Mavic Mini and hope for the best. Only going to aim for vertical shots and 360 degree panarama as to try and me as inconspicuous as possible and keep my flight path as small and as close to me as possible…
What’s the title of the document that has a bad link?
I get the safety part but let’s be honest they don’t want you to find Bigfoot or dogman or any other paranormal events
Thanks Sir, my story here me and my family was in vacation at Parks and swimming at beautiful river… I get on be4ufly app and check, it’s ok 2fly… so I did take a lots of pics and vids…. on my Spark , it’s my first drone ever.. and I was very new on drone wold hobby,, lol…. so this is right here, while I watch your vids, and I download Airmap… now the problem here, I going back as same place, but Airmap was not let me fly …!!! So but be4ufly app was ok…??? So I talk with the Ranger officer he was telling it’s ok I can fly and have some video at our river…!!! …. so if i get caught by another Sherrif or so… what should I do…??? Airmap not ok, be4ufly app ok… ranger officer ok…??? Man it confuses me…???
What about the Forest service? I want to fly in the Goat Rocks Wilderness in Washington this weekend and I am having trouble finding information on if they are ok with it. I did check http://knowbeforeyoufly.org/for-recreational-users/ and there’s no red outline that says I can’t fly there. Thank you for the help and making these videos!
You might be one of the more responsible people to fly a drone, however, there are many irresponsible people who disregard the ecological environment to get good footage, because of these people it is illegal and shall remain rightfully so, fly responsibly.
I’m going to saquoia next week. I’m taking my drone wish me good luck!!
Please kids, grow up and take your toy to an appropriate drone park. Don’t disturb the peace, privacy and safety of others. Thanks
You may "operate" a drone. Discouraging is still irrelevant. The FAA controls airspace. NPS has no jurisdiction in airspace.
HI Jay, I was looking to at getting a drone for my husband for his kayak and nature vacation. We fallowed a fews of your video but don’t seem to understand why that guy got a ticket when it not or your list of Nationnal Park fom the NPS website. Is any wildlife excursion off limit to drone? https://www.adirondackexplorer.org/outtakes/hiker-pleads-guilty-operating-drone-wilderness
Interesting! I have flown in a "no-no area" for California and have a funny story about almost getting caught. I don’t think I’d try an actual National Park.
It’s actually pathetic that you can’t fly your drone in a park as long as you fly responsibility then it should not be a issue just another person that wanted to feel important an made it this way.
No flying your drones over state parks, but pls buy as many guns as you can.
Great video on flying drones in National Parks! I am a certified 107 drone pilot as well, videographer, and photographer, and vlogger. I definitely will be watching more videos on your page!
They not want you catch those ancient giants from book of enoch
hello! *Hypothetically* can you get fined/sent to jail by uploading a youtube video that has flying a drone in a national park? also, how often are people going to jail for videos posted online- or is it more often just the fine? thanks os much!! Cant find an answer to this online!!
New link for the document https://web.archive.org/web/20171107005054/https://www.nps.gov/aboutus/news/upload/Site-Designations-01-13-17.pdf
In Acadia all of the lakes and ponds and ocean out to a certain distance are regulated by the state . Can’t speak for any other park
Excellent video
If I throw my phone or catapult it do I need a certificate? Because technically it would be flying xD
homeless but a drone owner?
You should start a petition to make it legal to fly over our national parks!
Hey Jay how u doing ? Just one question I seen a video yesterday with Logan Paul an his crew where filming at Yosemite National Park an I seen some amazing footage from above multipal times from above how can they do it an we get in trouble for flying there ? It never showed who was flying there just the footage but someone was at the controls .Check out the amazing footage here the link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqkVT2Qrjnc
They hiding BIG FOOT!
Buying a drone isn’t even worth it now a days. We should boycott and get these laws fixed…
I see nothing in the second pdf that would allow flying. Did I miss something?
Hey Jay, I just bought a day pass for a national park here in Quebec, Canada and my plan was to go fly my drone there today. Thank God I saw your video cause…. Yeah, would have been a bad day. Thanks for sharing this info. Cheers!
People disappear in National Parks soo yea why not fly drones in NPs we can catch some strange footage.
Jay, great information.
The San Gabriel Mountains have recently designated a national monument and are controlled by the forest service. I looked on every web site I can find on that area and can not find any drone restrictions for the San Gabriel Mountains, do you know of any?
let’s all just avoid such places and then we can all be happy. there are plenty of videos to watch that the parks pay to have made. Keep It Simple!! Peace & Love
The Best JAY 🦅👍🏼
My drone is my emotional support drone and does what it pleases.
Post Malone
This is totally ridiculous. No drones in National Parks. I was at Yellowstone not to long ago and a biker group was riding through the park. Way more noisy than any small drone. The FAA should have full jurisdiction over this. As a Part 107 certificate holder I operate responsibly. 107 certificate holders should be able to at least get a day permit or something. Our tax dollars pay for these parks.
nice conetent👍
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It is interesting to note that the designation of "National Monument" existing both within the National Park Service and the USFS. The National Monuments management by the NPS are subject to the drone ban while the national monuments managed by the USFS and not subject to the NPS/Department of Interior regulations. Case in point, Mt Saint Helens National Volcanic Monument is part of the Gifford Pinchot National Forest and is managed the USFS/Department of Agriculture. Of course that does not mean they want have their own local make it up as they go rules.
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Hi Jay, as of today (Nov. 27 2018) the link for the ‘site designations’ is not active – I would be interested in reading more if you have an alternative link. Thanks for the video –
Awesome video!
https://www.nps.gov/aboutus/upload/Site-Designations-01-13-17.pdf
My question is , why national park not putting sign like : no drone activity . Is this really hard for them ? I was told by national park officer take it down your drone and this is your responsibility
Not us to put sign !! So Rude !
Thanks for the useful information. I appreciate your tracking it down.
can you fly over the park if you’ll take off and land outside of the park??
God Bless you Jay and thank you for the informative video. Subscribed and looking forward to more of your videos.
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I think its ridiculous that parks are trying to ban drones. More often than not the drone is to high nothing can hear it.
The way I see it, FAA has ultimate jurisdiction over what’s in the sky. And what’s worse, a drone flying into gorges, over cliffs etc or someone trying to perch on the edge of a cliff trying to get that selfie? Or tromping down into areas not safe when a drone is expendable and can do it while the person stays someplace safe.
May as well return my drone, seems like i cant even fly anywhere, too many damn laws.
Thank’s for this info. subscribed. don’t see links though.