In the Pacific Northwest, Washington offers the most dramatic scenery. The best place to enjoy the outdoors is in a National ...

A new tribal national park in North Dakota is opening a little-seen area of the rugged Badlands to hikers and other outdoors ...

After visiting all 63 national parks in the US, my favorites include Yosemite and Grand Teton. I think one of the worst parks is Gateway Arch.

Are you looking for the top U.S. national parks, ranked from stunning to must-visit? Read on for a list of the best U.S. national parks you can visit this season.

More and more people are using their time off to visit our country’s national parks. Numbers from the National Park Service (NPS) show a record 331.9 million visits in 2024. That’s an increase ...

America's national parks are warming much faster than the rest of the nation is, and that could mean increasingly dangerous heat for tourists in the future, particularly during the peak of summer ...

A 26-year-old federal regulation known as the regional haze rule has helped cut down on pollution over national parks, wilderness ... promise that was made to the American public is lost ...

This Federal Rule Helped Clear Air Over America's Most Beloved Parks. Trump's EPA Wants ... places like the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in North Carolina and Tennessee; Grand Canyon ...

During a hike in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in 1995, Don Barger climbed Chilhowee Mountain hoping to gaze across the valley below. All he saw was a wall of gray haze. Today ...

“We’ve used the National Park City movement to encourage folks to think about Chattanooga as a city in a park rather than a city with some parks,” said Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly in a statement.

As a writer whose novels of suspense often take place in wild spaces around North America ... of writer and conservationist Wallace Stegner: “National parks are the best idea we ever had. Absolutely ...