A road leading to several trails and a visitor center in Great Smoky Mountains National Park will be closed beginning July 1.

Thousands of synchronous fireflies dazzle travelers in Great Smoky Mountains National Park with their unique flash pattern. Here’s what you need to know. ByAmy McKeever April 22, 2021 •11 min read ...

Just 75 miles outside of the Washington, DC metro area, Shenandoah National Park offers a forested escape. Running for 105 ...

As of 2025, the United States National Park Service protects 63 different national parks and hundreds of other national park ...

In an April survey, the company found 36% of Americans have already visited a national park in 2025 and 65% say they plan to by the end of the year. And 83% say they’ll be hiking while they’re there.

PATERSON — From an aerial platform extended almost 120 feet into the air, a worker using a hammer and chisel began pulling off bricks — one by one — from the top of an old factory smokestack ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the most popular park in the country, welcoming over 12 million visitors each year. With hundreds of miles of hiking trails, rushing waterfalls, beautiful lakes, ...

The observation tower in Blue Ash is nearly complete, but it isn't the only new and up-and-coming feature at Summit Park. Cooler temps are on the way and Blue Ash will open a new ice rink on Nov. 18.

Mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia) may look like a delicate bloom, but it’s hiding a clever spring-loaded trick. Inside each cup-shaped flower, the stamens are tucked into little pockets in the ...

The budget diverts $387 million from the Land and Water Conservation Fund, a program made permanent by the Great American ...

Aravind Ravichandran had his heart set on proposing to Lavanya Venkatesan at Angels Landing, a large rock formation at Zion National Park in southwestern Utah. In the spring of 2024, he managed to ...

Projects in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park funded by the GAOA include new guardrails and repairs for heavily traveled roads.