Synchronous fireflies are returning to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park for their annual light show, and now we know when. The National Park Service announced the peak dates for viewing the ...

Saturday, April 19, 2025, was the first day of National Park Week, an annual celebration of America’s 433 national parks. Admission to all parks was free that day, and many of the parks have ...

and days spent exploring national parks are perfectly paired with overnights at a national park lodge. Known for their grand lobbies and dining rooms, cozy guest rooms, and architecture rooted in ...

The Trust for Public Land closed a deal to acquire 47 acres that will be added to Saguaro National Park West near Tucson. The trust worked with Pima County and the Southern Arizona Hiking Club to ...

The Trump administration is offering a second round of buyouts to National Park Service employees under yet another deferred resignation program, according to an internal memo the National Parks ...

Minnesota's only national park is one of the country's most affordable hidden gems, according to rankings by HomeToGo, a vacation rental website. Voyageurs National Park covers more than 218,000 ...

Those distant summits are the Olympic Mountains, the towering heart of Olympic National Park. Encompassing nearly a million acres on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula, Olympic National Park is ...

For years, a National Park Service webpage introduced the Underground Railroad with a large photograph of its most famous “conductor,” Harriet Tubman. “The Underground Railroad — the ...

Reservations can often be made on Recreation.gov, and some parks offer day-before options. National park trips require planning. Period. But some of America’s most popular parks also require ...