There are quite a few epic National Parks near Austin, Texas! The Lone Star State is packed full of epic national park s ...

Korrin Bishop is an outdoor travel expert who once lived near Great Smoky Mountains National Park. She spent considerable ...

While visiting Zion Canyon in 1916, Methodist minister Frederick Vining Fisher is said to have inspired the name of this ...

Tourists keep breaking rules in U.S. national parks—getting too close to wildlife, damaging nature, and risking lives. But ...

Aug. 4 is a fee-free day at national parks nationwide, marking five years of infrastructure improvements under the Great American Outdoors Act.

National parks are key conservation areas for wildlife and natural resources Published: August 4, 2025 8:42am EDT The United States’ national parks have an inherent contradiction.

They’ll all be free to enter on Monday, Aug. 4, one of the last fee-free dates this year. Some parks are free to enter year-round. Only a fraction of the 433 sites within the Park System charge ...

The National Park Service (NPS), the federal steward of natural wonders, has been shrinking since 2011. Now Donald Trump’s administration is gutting its staff and budget in the name of rooting ...

In beloved national parks, summer crowds throng despite budget cuts We visited four of the country’s “crown jewels” and found deep concern for the park system’s future among Americans of ...

Two of Texas' most visited national parks are facing significant disruptions this week, with limited access to basic amenities and infrastructure. At Big Bend National Park in West Texas, gasoline ...