Bring refillable water bottles and food for your national park visit. Food service is limited and kids love picnics. Know your personal limits and the limits of your equipment. If you don’t have kids traveling with you, most parks allow adults to complete the NPS Junior Ranger booklets for...
To admire this geologic wonder—one of the highest points in the park—hire a motorboat or houseboat from NPS-authorized local outfitters. The cliffs are about five miles from the north end of Crane Lake and take about 30 minutes to get to. The best way to visit in winter is by ...
Once you’ve gone to the trouble to become a bona fide expert on your rig’s exact height, don’t get too cocky with that knowledge. If you drive a 10′ 8″ tall RV, we’d suggest that driving under an 11′ overpass is a bad idea. Allowing additional clearance for any fresh ...
John Muir loved to wander trail-less in the wilderness. Ironically, so famous for that was he that a 210 mile trail now bears his name. ThisJohn Muir Trailhowever, has become so popular that it feels a bit morehighwaythanmy-way. It reminds me of the Yogi Berra quote: “Nobody goes ...
America’s most special places will always be beautiful, but a warming climate forces us to accept that they can’t be frozen in time.
a.m. Mountain Time on the day reservations open because most campsites that are available to reserve, especially along the Teton Crest Trail, get booked up for the entire summer very quickly, often within an hour or even minutes. Find more information atnps.gov/grte/planyourvisit/bcres....
government signed the Yellowstone National Park Act into law and created what the National Park Service (NPS) refers to as "the world's first true national park." Today, there are thousands of national parks throughout the world, and four of them — Rocky Mountain, Mesa Verde, Black Canyon...
A short hike just outside Binghamton can lead people to a spot where they can enjoy a spectacular sight of the Parlor City. The special place is near Wittman Dam in the town of Dickinson. It's just above the location where Broome County officials once considered building a massive trash-bu...
By 1827, the land had officially become a public park, encouraging wealthy families to move to the places around the park and build the now historic mansions lining the north side of the square. These Greek Revival homes are a hallmark of what was fashionable at the time. ...
Maintaining comprehensive and up-to-date digital maps of the hundreds of “special features” the Park Service manages across 84 million acres of land has become a challenge, according to Nate Irwin, the leader of the service’s mapping team. ...