Emily Hart
Emily Hart is the Colorado-based solo traveler and writer behind emilyventures, sharing national park adventures, road trips and reflections on building a life on her own terms.
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Business Insider
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- Based in
- Colorado, USA
- From
- Illinois, USA
- Work
- Travel writer and content creator
- Earlier career
- Middle school math teacher for 13 years
- Travel milestone
- All 50 US states solo; reported visiting all 64 major US national parks in November 2026
Mini bio
How it started.
Emily moved to Colorado at 28 and began exploring the trails around her. In a 2018 LuminAID interview, she traced her national park quest to a solo Grand Canyon road trip inspired by her uncle’s adventures. After visiting 12 parks, she wrote the full list in a journal and set herself a goal to see them all.
Making room for adventure.
Her early travels fit around teaching middle school math. She made longer road trips possible by having her Nissan Rogue converted with a sleeping platform and storage. On her own website, she describes taking a sabbatical after 13 years in the classroom.
Sharing the whole story.
Fans know her as @emilyventures, where travel sits alongside personal reflections. In a 2024 first-person essay, she described the attention and harassment that followed a viral reel about being 37, unmarried and without children, and explained why she keeps sharing honestly.
A growing travel notebook.
Emily writes first-person destination guides for Business Insider and UPROXX. She says she completed her solo visits to all 63 major US national parks in 2024. In November 2026, she reported visiting Chiricahua and updated her park total to 64, alongside a refreshed ranking of the full list.
Creditschronological, newest first
- 2026All 64 US national parks, rankedWriter
- 2026Visiting ChiricahuaWriter
- 2025Andermatt, Switzerland travel guideWriter
- 2025VidantaWorld Riviera Maya reviewWriter
- 2025Belize: jungles to cayesWriter
- 2025Grand Cayman travel guideWriter
Quotes
First, it’s okay to be scared, everyone is.Emily Hart, LuminAID interview
In an August 2018 interview, Emily offered advice to women thinking about traveling solo.
Trivia
- Her brother-in-law built the sleeping platform for her SUV, and her mother helped with curtains and fairy lights, she told Outdoorsy in 2018.
- She told Outdoorsy that she began hiking and traveling partly to find quiet places to read.
- She also paints in oils and described taking occasional commissions in her 2018 Outdoorsy interview.
- Her first solo holiday card featured her backpack overlooking Banff’s mountains. In a 2025 essay, she described continuing the tradition for nearly a decade.
- Grand Teton tops her November 2026 national park ranking.
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