National Parks

Arizona and Utah will keep the iconic national parks in those states open if a federal government shutdown cuts off funding nationwide.

Nearby boaters assisted with the rescue after passengers jumped into the water to escape the fire near Glen Canyon National Park.

Call upon a place you adore or find a new-to-you park; volunteering is also a main draw for many visitors.

An 8-year-old camper is recovering after being attacked by a cougar in Washington’s Olympic National Park on Saturday.

Ditch the beach crowds and cool off in these California lakes. These are 20 lakes that you can visit in California with activities for the whole family

A 57-year-old woman died on an eight-mile hike in Grand Canyon National Park on Sunday, when temperatures topped 100 degrees, park officials said.

The waterfalls of Yosemite National Park are in all their splendor after a record snowpack starts melting down with warmer temperatures.

Roam Yosemite National Park, Joshua Tree National Park, or another favorite destination without paying to enter on April 22.

Eager to visit the big trees? Here’s a relaxing way up (and down and around) the mountain.

No admission will be required to enter Yosemite, Joshua Tree, or other fee-charging parks on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

A three-day festival will give astronomy bugs a beautiful reason to gaze up.

There are five days in 2023 when you can enter a national park for free.

Mark your calendars, outdoor enthusiasts.

The married couple were on a permitted, 16-mile hike through the park area known as the Narrows.

The National Park Service is honoring Veterans Day by waiving admission at fee-charging parks, from Yosemite to Death Valley.

It’s March Madness for fans of the lumbering brown bears in Alaska’s Katmai National Park and Preserve. Already, tens of thousands of votes were cast for Fat Bear Week to find this year’s biggest heavyweight from what the park calls “some of the largest brown bears on Earth.”

Fee-charging sites in the National Park Service will waive admission on Aug. 4 in honor of the Great American Outdoors Act.

School’s out and summer’s in full swing. An awesome new park just opened up in San Francisco – the Presidio Tunnel Tops! Enjoy 14 acres of new park land, join a park ranger for a campfire talk, picnic in the meadow, and take the kids to the play areas designed for kids of all ages. Visit presidiotunneltops.org

Enchanted by the James Webb Space Telescope images? Here’s a unique chance to commune with the cosmos.

After historic floods destroyed roads and nearby homes and pushed out over 10,000 visitors, Yellowstone National Park is set to reopen most entrances within the next two week with limited visitor access.