Many of the rooms have balconies or patios that offer scenic views of the beautiful Shenandoah Valley. Skyland may well be the most diverse lodging facility in America’s national parks. This area was ...

With 13 front-country campgrounds, Glacier National Park offers more than 1,000 campsites for you to choose from -- or compete for, depending on the season.

El Camino Real de Los Tejas is a network of trails that connected Spanish missions, settlements, and military outposts from Mexico through Texas and into Louisiana. Now a national historic trail, this ...

Campgrounds, front- and backcountry trails, concessions, and operational facilities are envisioned for Valles Caldera National Preserve under a draft general management open for comment through the ...

While there are thousands of archaeological sites at Mesa Verde National Park, just three cliff dwellings are regularly open for ranger-led tours for 2025: Cliff Palace, Balcony House, and Long House.

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The National Parks Conservation Association is almost as old as the National Park Service. The Service, as you probably know, was established in 1916, and NPCA came along three years later. Through ...

Last week the National Parks Traveler took you to Big Bend National Park in far west Texas. Lynn Riddick sat down with the park’s Chief of Interpretation Tom Vandenberg to learn about the park’s ...

The Lost Mine Trail is one of the most popular at Big Bend National Park, and with good reason. The trail is not too very steep and the views of the Chisos Mountains and Chihuahuan Desert are ...

A mountain lion bit a 4-year-old child walking with their family on a popular trail in Olympic National Park.

Carlsbad Caverns National Park in New Mexico is a cave-centric park, and the star of the show is Carlsbad Cavern, itself. Naturally you should want to photograph this cave and its formations (aka ...

The United Nations has voted to designate San Antonio’s five Spanish colonial missions – four of them already protected as a national park – a World Heritage Site.