National parks offer free admission Saturday for the start of National Park Week. Here's where to go near Reno, Las Vegas and other parts of Nevada.

Just over an hour's drive from Zion National Park lies a historic and notorious Utah ghost town famous for its beehive kilns, ...

Under Wheeler Peak sits Nevada’s only glacier, still hanging on despite the state’s desert reputation. Scientists call it an ...

Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Between 2021 and 2023, Botzet worked with officials from Great Smoky Mountains National Park and TWRA to capture 27 bears exhibiting ...

A joint effort between the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of the Interior is driving the ...

If you’re really adventurous, Great Basin National Park and the Grand Canyon are home to some of the darkest possible skies in the United States. Download a “dark sky” app like Light ...

Bill Hatcher In the 1920s, a National park Service employee called the Havasupai ... fairly recent migrants from the Great Basin of Nevada after a.d. 1350. Like many other Native American peoples ...

Just show up. "National Park Week is a great time to visit one of the country's 430+ national parks," an NPS spokesperson told USA TODAY by email. "It also is an opportune time to plan summer ...

Experts refer to this site as the birthplace of Banff National ... Basin National Historic Site does feature interactive displays educating visitors on local wildlife and the history behind the ...