For more information about trail conditions and park hours, visit the Connecticut State Parks and Forests website, which provides regular updates about seasonal highlights and conservation efforts.

Since its founding on August 25, 1916, the U.S. National Park Service has assembled 419 protected units, of which 62 hold the ...

Beyond April 19, additional fee-free days are scheduled for later in the year, including June 19 (Juneteenth), August 4 ...

Earth Day also falls during National Park Week. Celebrated for 55 years, one billion people in 193 countries host events and celebrations of the planet, its resources and our commitment to protect it.

More than 15 million tourists from around the globe travel to California each year to visit its world-famous theme parks, ...

Get out your hiking boots — National Park Week starts this weekend. For a whole week, national parks across the country, including those in Texas, are celebrating with themed days, special ...

Visitors can use the free National Park Service app to download park-specific information and maps before their visit, in case they lose cell reception in the parks. Guidebooks are another ...

The 5 Gyres Institute is starting its annual initiative to track amounts of trash in National Parks. Any visitor to national parks can help by recording data about the trash they see in any U.S ...

More than 15 million tourists from around the globe travel to California each year to visit its world-famous theme parks, bustling coastal cities, and scenic national parks. The Golden State ...

This fabulous little town in Connecticut is a microcosm of everything that makes the Nutmeg State such a tremendous (and ...