Slovenia’s most famous legend explains the unusually jagged peaks, about a dozen lakes, glacier-carved valleys and gorges in Triglav National Park, its only national park, as well as the Triglav rose.

Smattered between the tall trees of Giant Forest are lush meadow wetlands, great sites for spotting wildlife and listening to birdsong. Most of these, you can hike to and around, such as the ...

No pets are allowed on any of the trails, and there is a maximum party size limit of 25 people for day hikes within these parks. Park Staff would like you to know a few things prior to setting out for ...

For many, if not most, a trip to Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska is a once-in-a-lifetime national park bucket list item. You can’t travel to someplace special like Katmai and not return ...

Here's where to see the sea turtles at national parks this summer.

A few more miles of the Blue Ridge Parkway that had been closed since Hurricane Helene ripped through North Carolina last fall reopened to motorists on Monday.

A citizen science project asks hikers to snap a photo of the Jasper National Park landscape to monitor recovery from a once-in-a-century 2024 wildfire/Jennifer Bain On a bedrock knob overlooking a ...

Lakes Powell and Mead on the Colorado River are less than two-thirds full, leaving scientists, economists, and water law experts fearful that the reservoirs could soon be useless.

Technical SAR Training / NPS Carrying a device capable of calling for emergency search and rescue (SAR) while in the backcountry can be a great source of comfort for adventurers and their families ...

Bipartisan legislation introduced Monday into both chambers of Congress would block drastic cuts in the National Park Service's fiscal 2026 budget and provide for hiring increases for the agency.

Staff and funding cuts, hiring freezes, the erasure of history, and efforts to sell off public lands have plagued the National Park System during Trump's second presidential term.

New mapping from U.S. Customs and Border Protection indicates the agency has returned to planning for a physical border wall in parts of Big Bend National Park in Texas.