In the Pacific Northwest, Washington offers the most dramatic scenery. The best place to enjoy the outdoors is in a National ...

This National Park Week should be unlike any other. Because this year our parks are threatened like never before.

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 ...

A new trail in this southern Arizona city plots the most visitor-friendly astronomy stops—and there are plenty to choose from, including world-class observatories and six Dark Sky parks.

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 ...

A 26-year-old federal regulation known as the regional haze rule has helped cut down on pollution over national parks, wilderness areas and tribal reservations, restoring some of the nation’s most ...

Please don’t take this away! Florida's state, as well as national parks were purchased and/or set aside by and for the people. That is, all of the people, certainly not Realtors and developers.

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 ...

Among these, the 63 national parks are the most iconic and popular, hosting over 94 million (28%) of the record total 331.9 million visitors across the entire National Park System in 2024.