The James Irvine Trail in Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park offers a scenic and easy 4.5-mile hike (one-way) that takes you through towering redwoods and lush forest to the beach at Fern Canyon ...

Nestled within Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park, the Boy Scout Tree Trail is a 2.8-mile (4.5 km) moderate hiking trail that offers an immersive experience in old-growth redwood forests. Starting ...

Congaree National Park outside Columbia, SC took aim at negative online reviews and the park's reputation as "the worst national park" in a Facebook post.

North Cascades National Park closes trails to support the ongoing manhunt for Travis Decker, ensuring visitor safety and cooperation.

Discover 20 animals in Yosemite National Park, from well-known predators to the elusive cave pseudoscorpion.

California national parks have free admission for National Park Week and special dates in 2025. Explore Yosemite, Sequoia and Joshua Tree with no-cost entrance.

Great Smoky Mountians National Park ranks as No. 2 in U.S. for wildlife sightings The Smokies are home to more than 19,000 species There's some bear-y exciting news! The Great Smoky Mountains ...

Investigations Amid anti-DEI push, National Park Service rewrites history of Underground Railroad Since Trump took office, the park service —- an agency charged with preserving American history ...

Multiple federal agencies are investigating a female park employee's suspicious death after she was found suffering from severe injuries inside Yosemite National Park.

Tired of crowded national parks, or want something new? Here are less visited national parks in California, what months to visit and what not to miss.

When Brian Gibbs woke up on Valentine's Day on Friday, it was just another morning of getting to do what he loved at his "dream job" as an education park ranger at Effigy Mounds National Monument ...

An ongoing study by a Cal Poly Humboldt professor seeks to find whether thinning in Redwood National Park helped local forests weather last year’s Lost Fire, which scorched roughly 800 acres ...