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Drew Hall, a 36-year-old high school basketball coach who went missing while hiking at a national park in California, was ...

An ursine creature was caught taking part in the bear necessities at Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska. Video shows a bear enraptured while scratching itself on the sign for the ...

Hikers ignore a closed sign that blocks the trail to Bow Glacier Falls north of Lake Louise, Alta., in Banff National Park on Friday, June 20, 2025.

In an April survey, the company found 36% of Americans have already visited a national park in 2025, and 65% say they plan to by the end of the year. And 83% say they'll be hiking while they're there.

For example, in 1966, SMHC organized the Save Our Smokies Hike to protest the National Park Service’s plan to build a road connecting Bryson City, North Carolina, to Townsend, Tennessee.