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 ...

Editor's note: This updates with National Park Service comments. National park superintendents, told to properly staff the National Park System in the face of firings and resignations, have been ...

It's magical to witness the majestic alpenglow on Glacier National Park's mountain peaks as the sun rises. It's also your best chance to see wildlife before the road becomes too busy.

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 ...

For years, a National Park Service webpage introduced the Underground Railroad with a large photograph of its most famous “conductor,” Harriet Tubman. “The Underground Railroad — the ...

Isle Royale National Park, an archipelago of around 400 islands on western Lake Superior, is the very definition of off the beaten track. Its main island is about 50 miles long and nine miles wide ...