Flooding from heavy rains has literally put Ozark National Scenic Riverways underwater and temporarily closed the park/NPS

If the National Park System had an "injured reserve" or "disabled list," as professional sports teams do, how might things look heading into the high summer season? Let's imagine...

Disabled List

* Arches National Park in Utah, where the rebuilding of the main park road has led to the closure this summer of the Devils Garden Campground.

* Ozark National Scenic Riverways in Missouri, where flooding this week has inudated the park. Flood waters were nearly 10 feet above historic records and soaked administrative buildings as well as grounds in the park. "We are still assessing the damage to park facilities and infrastructure from this unprecedented flood," Alexandra Picavet, the communications chief for the National Park Service's Midwest Region, said Wednesday. "It will take a few days more to get a better idea of what can be reopened and when." 

To check out the flooding, click over to this video.

* As if Zion National Park in Utah wasn't struggling enough with crowding, road construction on the two-lane road from Rockville to Springdale just outside the park's south entrance is ongoing. Then, this fall, the work will move to the section of road from Springdale to the park entrance, a project expected to last until next April.

Injured Reserve

* Yellowstone National Park, where road work this summer will create some snarls between Norris and Mammoth Hot Springs

* Olympic National Park in Washington, where crews could take as long as three years to "rehabilitate 12 miles of Highway 101 around Lake Crescent and 4 miles of East Beach Road to address safety and long‐term maintenance issues."

* Yosemite National Park, where, after crews spent more than two months rebuilding a section of Big Oak Flat Road leading to the Yosemite Valley, crews this spring are working to improve traffic flow and parking in the valley itself.

* At Big Bend National Park in Texas, crews will be working on Old Maverick Road to lay down a road base, grade, and add gravel to the route.

* At Glacier National Park in Montana, road work on the western half of the Going-to-the-Sun Road will create some short delays for motorists.

* Rock Creek Park, in Washington D.C., where work continues on Bingham Drive.

* At Crater Lake National Park in Oregon, so much snow fell this past winter than it could be the end of June before all of Rim Drive is open for vehicles.

* Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado, where work on the narrow, twisting Highway 34 that leads from Loveland to Estes Park is ongoing and creating snarls.

* In Alaska, road work continues at Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park to improve the Dyea Flats Road, a project that should be completed by month's end.

* At Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area in Washington state, a landslide has led to the indefinite closure of " all federal land located within the Porcupine Bay Campground and Boat Launch area."

* Access to Cape Hatteras National Seashore on North Carolina's Outer Banks has been slowed by efforts to rebuild the Bonner Bridge that carries traffic over Oregon Inlet along Highway 12. If all goes well, the new bridge should be ready for vehicles in November 2018.

Things will get tricky at time this summer for park visitors, but crews are doing their best to get the work done and not inconvenience you too much.