National Parks

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.

Created in 1872 as the United States was recovering from the Civil War, Yellowstone was the first of the national parks that came to be referred to as America’s best idea. Now, the home to gushing geysers, thundering waterfalls and some of the country’s most plentiful and diverse wildlife is facing its biggest challenge in decades. Floodwaters this week...

Stalagmites to stalactites: The National Park Service is spotlighting some of the country’s great caverns.

A rock climber at the Joshua Tree National Park fell and died last weekend. This is the second death at the park this year.

The National Park Service will honor the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. by offering complimentary park entry on Jan. 17.

Despite the omicron variant, travelers are making plans to hit the road this year, whether the industry is ready for them or not.

Renee Miller and Tim Beissinger hiked from Mexico to Canada during the Covid-19 pandemic, gaining 1.7 million TikTok followers during the journey.

A Utah national park famed for its otherworldly sandstone arches will require visitors to get timed entry tickets during its high season next year, the second Utah park to implement a such a system as visitation swells.

Work has begun on giving some of America’s most spectacular natural settings and historic icons a makeover

Zion National Park in Utah will soon require reservations to hike a famed trail perched on the edge of a red-rock cliff

The U.S. Senate has unanimously approved the nomination of Charles “Chuck” Sams III as National Park Service director, which will make him the first Native American to lead the agency that oversees more than 131,000 square miles of parks and other landmarks.

The National Park Service’s final 2021 free day? It’s Nov. 11, and over 100 fee-charging parks will waive the entry fee.

Fat Bear Week has come and gone, with a bear known as 480 Otis becoming the most. “Brown bears are hibernators, so they will sometimes go as much as 6 months without eating, drinking, urinating, defecating. And they’re surviving on their fat reserves…they need to eat a year’s worth of food in fewer than 6 months,” says Mike Fitz, a...

Noreen Wredberg, of California, gets to keep the gem she discovered in Crater of Diamonds National Park.

California firefighters are wrapping the bases of several sequoias, including the world’s largest tree, in fireproof aluminum blankets as a blaze approaches.

The National Park Service celebrates its 105th anniversary on Aug. 25, and all fee-charging national parks will waive their entrance fees.

With American vacationers congregating in many of the same destinations, some travel spots — even well-known ones — have fewer people than usual.

The spectacular national park, which is “home to steaming fumaroles” and “numerous volcanoes,” is again clear for warm-weather travelers.

Points of interest, interactive maps, and where to find restrooms: Add this app to your phone before visiting one (or all) of America’s treasures.

The glorious gushers put on some of their gushiest best come May. Good to know? Reservations will be required over several 2021 weeks.