Think our national parks are only good for hiking and scenic drives? Think again, says our national parks columnist.

From waterfalls to deep plunge pools, here the best natural pools for cooling off this summer in national parks.

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Named in honor of Kris Fowler and David O’Sullivan, a pair of hikers who went missing on the Pacific Crest Trail, the ...

The Canyon Creek hiking trail leads to massive waterfalls and alpine lakes, all the while following along a crystal-clear ...

The Trinity Alps Wilderness, about three hours north of Sacramento, offers hiking trails, waterfalls, alpine lakes and ...

A general view of Lake ... Trail, Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, Cascade Mountains, Washington. Greg Vaughn / VWPics via AP Images The deaths in Washington's North Cascades National Park ...

according to an April 19 news release from the National Park Service. The hiker, identified as Jie Huang, 40, of Plymouth, North Carolina, was hiking along the Boone Fork Trail near Price Lake at ...

At Crater Lake National Park, thousands of people ... gives off dark shades of Prussian blue. The calm, spellbinding lake at the southern end of the Cascades was formed over 7,700 years ago ...

“Glacier National Park does not have the staff to put people out on 17 separate lightning strikes,” he said. When nearby trail ... North Cascades National Park lost six, and Crater Lake ...