Saturday, April 19, 2025, was the first day of National Park Week, an annual celebration of America’s 433 national parks. Admission to all parks was free that day, and many of the parks have ...

On March 1, 1872, Yellowstone National Park was established as the first national park in the United States and in the world, heralding an era of protecting and preserving not only the unique ...

Chattanooga Parks and Outdoors celebrated the city being named the first National Park City in North America. The "National Park City Party" featured a free concert, dancing and celebrations ...

Those distant summits are the Olympic Mountains, the towering heart of Olympic National Park. Encompassing nearly a million acres on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula, Olympic National Park is ...

The best time to visit Bryce National Park is May through September. Not only does this period offer the warmest weather of the year, it also yields plenty of ranger activities. October through ...

Since its founding on August 25, 1916, the U.S. National Park Service has assembled 419 protected units, of which 62 hold the “national park” designation. To visit all 63 of these treasures ...

At its northeastern tip, the park pokes into the Gulf of St. Lawrence via a peninsula topped by a lighthouse. • Peculiar Petals Forillon National Park protects a range of varied little ...

WINTER HARBOR, Maine — A male was found dead outside a vehicle in Acadia National Park on Monday afternoon. Around 4 p.m., Acadia National Park dispatch received a 911 report of "an unresponsive male ...