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

During the Great Depression, Franklin Roosevelt created a tree army. Civilians planted trees, built dams, and transformed ...

Travelers who heard about National Park Service layoffs in February may have reconsidered visits, but here’s what to know ...

National Park Week runs from April 19 to 27. Entrance fees are waived on the 19th and celebrations continue throughout the ...

As the National Park Service continues to face uncertainty in workforce and funding, parks will still be free to visitors on ...

From Maine to Florida, the U.S. National Park System offers more than a few gems on the East Coast. Many or all of the products on this page are from partners who compensate us when you click to ...

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 ...

Do you like seeing the most beautiful parts of the U.S.A.? Are you a U.S. veteran or a Gold Star family member? Then you probably already know you can get a free lifetime entrance pass for federal ...

Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Historian Wallace Stegner once called national parks "the best idea we ever had." But even our most treasured landscapes — Yellowstone ...

The National Parks Service has restored the original Harriet Tubman material featured on a webpage about the Underground Railroad after garnering outrage over its removal. In February, a photo and ...