Skip Yosemite’s crowds and explore otherworldly landscapes with lava fields and steaming fumaroles along epic hikes in this California hidden gem.

Dogs aren’t usually allowed out of parking lots in national parks. But this is a unique opportunity to bring your pups, and ...

Locally produced steel containers keep bears out of the trash at the northern entrance to Yellowstone National Park in ...

A view of the California drought map as of April 10, 2025.

Take a trip to this underrated California spot for otherworldly red-rock formations, fossils, hiking trails, rock climbing, ...

What we know about the growing beaver population in Northern California after the California Department of Fish and Wildlife reintroduced them in Tásmam Koyóm.

Gypsum dune fields at White Sands National Monument within the Chihuahuan Desert and the Tularosa Basin near Alamogordo, New ...

Wildflowers carpet the fields and hills of the Carrizo Plains National Monument during a super bloom in southeastern San Luis Obispo County, California ... newest national parks, New River ...

Wildfires are a serious and recurring issue in California, with three main causes behind the Los Angeles tragedy: Climate ...

As a top destination for the entire U.S., the Grand Canyon is also one of the top U.S. national parks to visit. The South Rim ...

Being caught in a national park in unexpected weather can mean the difference between an enjoyable outing and one that is ...

This story is part of the National Geographic 33. Yvon Chouinard laughs ... who moved his sizable family from Maine to California soon after World War II. He would trawl neighborhood trash cans ...