I visited all the major US national parks and ranked them based on factors like beauty and crowd size. My favorites include ...

The Golden State might have more campgrounds than any other in the U.S.—and more visitors, too. From desert to coast to ...

Learn all about the best national parks in the US and find your next destination for outdoor activities, especially hiking.

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America’s premium nature attractions keep pulling in visitors, but until recently, most of the accommodation options were not ...

On February 14, over 1,000 full-time employees—including park rangers, maintenance staff, and trail managers— were also laid ...

Sheer drama. That's what the Great Sand Dunes are. Starkly beautiful desert dunes set against a backdrop of pretty, ...

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Mile Square Regional Park offers a nature center, two lakes, a sports park, an archery range, a fitness trail and golf ...

As I sit in my friend’s apartment … she looks at me from across the couch and says, ‘I don’t know how you sleep at night.’” ...

Over the weekend, four off-highway vehicle (OHV) riders led California Highway Patrol (CHP) officers on a pursuit that began ...

They have to drive around to get to work now,” Yager said, referring to how the rockslide disconnects El Portal and Yosemite Valley from the community of Mariposa. “It’s like a four- to ...