California’s national parks ranked by geographic size (courtesy of national-parks.com): Death Valley National Park : Approximately 3,408,406 acres (5,325 square miles) Joshua Tree National Park ...

The map is hardly unique. Roads, ... In 1978, Redwood National Park acquired 48,000 heavily logged acres, an industrial zone scarred with more than 300 miles of timber roads.

Few organizations can rival the National Park Service when it comes to April Fools’ Day pranks.Despite the Trump administration’s staffing cuts and funding freezes that have plagued the agency ...

Bar Harbor in Acadia National ParK. PETER UNGER/GETTY IMAGES. Why visit: Granite cliffs, cobalt waters, mist-shrouded beaches — the beauty of Maine's wilderness comes together in Acadia National Park.

The categorization pre-dates 51st state rhetoric but is getting fresh attention with concerns over sovereignty. The categorization is also used by other services including Bing and TripAdvisor.

Feb. 11—In one of the largest deals to protect open space in the Bay Area over the past decade, an environmental group is purchasing a scenic redwood forest in the North Bay that will create a 7 ...

This unassuming sign is like finding the map to your own personal Narnia, right off Highway 1. Photo credit: Sarah Stierch Picture this: you’re standing on a cliff, the salty sea breeze tousling your ...

Braille and audio-only versions of the official Redwood brochure and map can be downloaded from the park website. This article was published on October 9, 2019, and updated on January 8, 2025.

Whether there is a redwood taller than the tallest on the books - the 379.1-foot Hyperion, discovered and named just last year in Redwood National Park - is a matter of some debate. Most tall tree ...

“Who needs Redwood National Park?” These towering sentinels are nature’s skyscrapers, no hardhats required. Photo credit: Benjamin Rimorin. A few steps up, and suddenly you’re in a pygmy forest. No, ...

The Tall Trees Grove ranks among the most renowned old-growth redwood forests in the world. Tucked deep within Redwood National Park, reaching it requires a 7-mile drive along a dirt road ...

It predicted with 81.4% accuracy the location of redwoods in Redwood National Park in Northern California and accurately captured (with R 2 =0.53) the burn severity caused by the 2013 Rim Fire in ...