Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve is located far north of densely-populated city centers, yet this park is not without threats to its environment, wildlife, and landscape, including ...

A printable PDF version of the park’s summer/fall newsletter “Reflections” is available here. This newsletter contains a list of some hikes with descriptions, distances, and fitness levels. If you ...

National Park roads take us through and to some amazing landscapes we might otherwise never see. Hot Springs National Park in Arkansas is home to a couple of scenic drives, each of which offer various ...

This is the process of rocks gradually building up. Over the course of millions of years, the layered rocks of the Badlands were slowly stacked on top of each other like a layer cake. These rocks were ...

Highway 160 is the only entrance into Mesa Verde. It’s 35 miles (56.3 kilometers) west of Durango, and 11 miles (17.7 kilometers) east of Cortez, Colorado. Once you turn onto the park road Ruins Road) ...

Highway 198 enters Sequoia National Park at the town of Three Rivers. Beyond the entrance station, the road is narrow and winding. Vehicles longer than 24 feet (7.3 meters) are not advised between the ...

“Are you a birder?” the woman asked from the front seat of her pickup truck in the parking lot of a Newfoundland national park on New Year’s Eve. “Only for really special birds,” I admitted. “Yeah, ...

Sport fishing is a popular activity at Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado, with clear lakes, rivers, and creeks inviting you to test your angling abilities. You might reel in suckers, sculpin, ...

"I have found that some of the simplest things have given me the most pleasure. They didn't cost me a lot of money either. They just worked on my senses. Did you ever pick very large blueberries after ...

Houghton is in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. It is 200 miles (321.9 km) north of Green Bay, Wisconsin, 400 miles (643.7 km) north of Chicago, Illinois, and 250 miles (402.3 km) west of the Mackinac ...

Situated near Springdale in southwestern Utah, Zion National Park is one of America’s most popular national parks. This remarkable park might very well be called Mukuntuweap National Park today were ...

There are no roads or trails into Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve in Alaska, so visitors will need to fly or hike into this massive landscape of almost 8.5 million acres. Your journey ...