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A Quick Climb Up This Towering Rock In California's Sequoia National Park Pays Off With Unreal Panoramic Views

This short but steep half-mile hike up a massive granite dome in California's Sequoia National Park will take you up 6,700 ...

Sleep 'Outside' Without Back Pain: Five Glamping Resorts for Luxury and Nature

Glamping, or glamorous camping, offers older travelers a chance to reconnect with nature in comfort. These glamping spots ...

What Happens to National Parks During a Government Shutdown?

In past shutdowns — including the record-long closure in 2018 - 2019 — the National Park Service was forced to suspend most ...

What the government shutdown might mean for flights and other travel in the US

U.S. congressional lawmakers have failed to agree on a spending package for the new fiscal year, triggering a federal ...
WYFF

Man missing in Great Smoky Mountains National Park found dead, rangers say

BREAKING NEWS OUT OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA, WHERE A MISSING MAN FROM TENNESSEE HAS BEEN FOUND DEAD. THEY SAY 21 YEAR OLD RYAN LAKES WAS LAST SEEN THURSDAY AT GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK NEAR ...
NJ.com

N.J. woman dies on hiking trail at national park in Utah

A 76-year-old New Jersey woman died after collapsing on a hiking trail at Canyonlands National Park in Utah last week, authorities said. Bystanders were aiding Lois Marcasciano on Mesa Arch Trail near ...
Asheville Citizen-Times

Missing hiker found dead in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, NPS says

A missing hiker in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park was found dead Sept. 21 in the Big Creek area of the park, the National Park Service announced. Park rangers had been searching for Ryan ...
Detroit Free Press

Katmai National Park wants to ID fattest brown bear. How to choose during Fat Bear Week

Fat Bear Week is back at Katmai National Park and Preserve. The March Madness-style bracket competition pits some of Katmai National Park and Preserve's bulkiest and most beloved brown bears against ...
New York Post

Hiker attacked by bear during ‘surprise encounter’ in Yellowstone National Park

A solo hiker suffered “significant” injuries after being mauled by a bear in Yellowstone National Park — causing officials to shut down the trail he was on, according to authorities. The 29-year-old ...
The New York Times

Park Service Is Ordered to Take Down Some Materials on Slavery and Tribes

The Trump administration ordered a famous Civil War-era war image removed from a National Park Service site in Georgia as it moves to promote what it considers a more positive view of American history ...
The Washington Post

National park to remove photo of enslaved man’s scars

The Trump administration is ordering the removal of information on slavery at multiple national parks in an effort to scrub them of “corrosive ideology.” The Trump administration has ordered the ...
WUFT

Mixed community reaction to Florida Springs National Park proposal

A push in Congress to designate Ocala National Forest and the surrounding springs is drawing mixed feedback from locals, economists and conservationists. Rep. Randy Fine, R-Fla., has proposed the bill ...