With longer days and warmer weather upon us, what better way to spend a day than immersing yourself in nature? After ...

As trails near Mount Rainier thaw this spring and summer, check out these waterfall hikes in the area (plus a miniature ...

For over 100 years, the National Park Service has been a diligent steward of the beautiful lands our nation is blessed with.

As visitors consider spring and summer travel, NPCA offers updates on national parks recovering from damage caused by ...

SINCE the pandemic, we have been making up for lost time when it comes to getting out into the great outdoors. A CSO survey ...

Transforming old railways into paths where people can enjoy strolling, walking, biking, and hiking without sharing the road ...

Near the top of a newly constructed switchback trail in Muir Woods is an enormous log bench carved from a salvaged ancient redwood trunk. It’s there so hikers in the primeval Marin County forest can ...

Sarah Anderson shared the most underrated summer destinations in the US for road trips, from California and Arizona to Wyoming and South Dakota.

Harrington Beach State Park has a mile-long sandy beach that will make you forget you’re on a lake. The waves of Lake ...

Chadron State Park sits in the Pine Ridge region, where the landscape will have you checking your GPS to make sure you’re still in Nebraska. As our first state park (established in 1921), it’s like ...