How Stone Stacking Wreaks Havoc on National Parks

Carefully balanced rock towers make a pretty picture, but the proliferation of cairns, fuelled by social media, has negative consequences for the environment.
Sophie Haigney considers #RockStacking, an Instagram trend that’s littering Zion and Acadia national parks with cairns and damaging ecosystems.

I Didn't Know That!: Rock Cairns (U.S. National Park Service)

National Parks The New Yorker

Julia Weld (@jkweld) / X

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A curious but destructive practice - Zion National Park

Stepping Stone Studios

Stepping Stone Studios

Artists extol virtues of stone stacking at Flagstaff meet and

Please don't stack rocks on your next hike. Here's why. - Lonely

National Parks The New Yorker

Land art is such a great pass time and a visual delight (by Jon