What was once the Great Highway has officially been designated a park, and it has a shiny new name, Sunset Dunes. The ...

San Francisco is a great city in its own right, with plenty of splendor on offer. But, what truly makes this place special is ...

The journey to Whitewater Falls is the perfect appetizer for the main event. Located in the Nantahala National Forest, near the charming mountain town of Cashiers, the drive alone delivers ...

Nestled within McArthur-Burney Falls Memorial State Park, about 60 miles northeast of Redding, this natural wonder requires a bit of a journey to reach. The drive takes you through stretches of pine ...

For a truly supersized wilderness experience, few places on Earth can compete with the United States of America. The US is a ...

I visited all the major US national parks and ranked them based on factors like beauty and crowd size. My favorites include Grand Teton and Acadia.

The Golden State might have more campgrounds than any other in the U.S.—and more visitors, too. From desert to coast to ...

Learn all about the best national parks in the US and find your next destination for outdoor activities, especially hiking.

Visiting California soon, but want to take the scenic routes while in town? Maybe you live in California and just want a fun ...

Hard to believe that a national park is less than four hours from Los Angeles. From the beach to the desert to the mountains, nine national parks are a road trip away from LA. Travelers can choose ...

The park is also unique because of the many waterfalls along its rivers and creeks that mostly form in deep gorges, where rocks with differences in hardness meet or at the edges of thick rhyolite lava ...

Spring is one of the best times to see Wisconsin's waterfalls. With snowmelt and spring rains, the state's falls are at their most robust. Here are a handful of waterfall tours and individual ...