National parks offer free admission Saturday for the start of National Park Week. Here's where to go near Reno, Las Vegas and other parts of Nevada.

Firings, buyouts and a lack of seasonal workers could mean jammed roads, closed campgrounds, limited hours and more. What you ...

Since its founding on August 25, 1916, the U.S. National Park Service has assembled 419 protected units, of which 62 hold the ...

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 ...

At its northeastern tip, the park pokes into the Gulf of St. Lawrence via a peninsula topped by a lighthouse. • Peculiar Petals Forillon National ... trails are at their peak of natural beauty.

Double the length of your hike by adding the Flanagan Trail to the route (2.5 miles each way), according to Healthy Shasta, and park at the ... ridge top views of Lassen Peak and Mount Shasta ...

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 ...

The universe doesn’t revolve around Kitt Peak, but the observatory southwest ... Dey in a written statement from the Tucson-based National Optical Infrared Astronomy Research Lab, or NOIRLab ...

U.S. News Insider Tip: Traffic is hectic in and out of Yosemite Valley. The National Park Service advises travelers to arrive before 8 a.m. to avoid hourslong delays. – Catherine Parker Unless ...

“These packs are not in the wilderness. They’re not up on Mt. Shasta or Lassen peak,” Tate said. “They’re establishing themselves down in the valleys, where the summer cattle graze.