Yosemite National Park is dropping the reservation-based entry system weeks earlier than originally announced. As of October 13, there are no longer any entrance reservation requirements to enter or ...

Alaska is a big state (twice the size of Texas) with 19 National Park System units, eight of which are national parks. So how ...

Geologists can use cosmic rays from outer space to piece together the timing of past geologic events, like volcanic eruptions ...

Rainier's new (unofficial) high point is rock at least, so it won't be shrinking. At least, not faster than the normal pace ...

The National Park Service is hosting special events commemorating abolitionist John Brown’s attempt to seize weapons from the ...

Partners of the Ice Age National Scenic Trail gathered to celebrate the designation of a Glacial Passage Area.

Roof issues, cracked pointing on historic stone work, and crooked doors and stuck windows recently were addressed at Fort ...

Gnarly and wizened, she can’t compete with Crater Lake’s impossibly blue beauty. Nor does she try as she stubbornly clings to ...

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It likely will take many months, if not a year or more, to repair badly damaged sections of the Blue Ridge Parkway in North ...

While crews are making progress in coping with the impacts Tropical Storm Helene had on Great Smoky Mountains National Park, ...

Algal blooms have been reported in Lake Powell at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area in Utah and Arizona, prompting a ...