Interior Secretary Deb Haaland confirmed in a Friday memo that National Park Service (NPS) staff will be permitted to ...

How one photographer helped give birth to the National Park Service By Lily Rothman There is no shortage of things to see in America’s national parks. Whether the view is of dappled Acadia or ...

Three Americans are suing the National Park Service over the agency's refusal to accept cash payments to enter parks across the U.S. The Americans − from California, New York and Georgia − ...

Our national parks host millions of people a year, sustain countless species, and safeguard some of the most breathtaking landscapes on the planet. They preserve natural and cultural resources ...

In some cases, Tribes were specifically removed to create national parks, and the National Park Service continues to struggle with that dark legacy. Tensions over access to sacred sites within ...

The largest national park in the Canadian Rockies, Jasper is wild in every sense of the word. Its landscape covers an expansive region of rugged backcountry trails and mountainous terrain ...

In the United States, a national park is an area of isolated land protected by the government in order to foster conservation and outdoor activities as well as emphasize national pride.

Sources: National Parks Service, AllTrails. These Are the Best National Parks in the U.S.—and They’re Not Even That Crowded Whether you’re into hiking, camping, birding or biking, there’s ...

Roads typically open sometime between mid-April and the end of May. Check the National Park Service's website to view updated road closures and opening days. Key Events: Average highs hover in ...

With more than 60 national parks, plus hundreds of national monuments, seashores, preserves, battlefields, and more, our National Park System offers visitors more than 85 million acres of ...

“Is that plant looking at me?” the National Park Service wrote on Facebook this week alongside a photo of a white baneberry plant, whose fruits resemble eyeballs. “Actaea pachypoda, the ...

In 2022, the National Park Service took to social media to reveal trail blocks at Yosemite National Park in California had been defaced with graffiti. In Nevada, vandals toppled natural rock ...