From Great Smoky Mountains to North Cascades, here are 12 national parks you can drive to and visit without paying an entry ...

From towering red cliffs to glacier-carved valleys, America’s National Parks showcase the country’s most stunning landscapes and unforgettable adventures. I’ve been lucky enough to visit several of ...

Firings, resignations and delays in seasonal hiring have clouded the coming vacation season at the 433 sites and 85 million acres managed by the National Park Service. Parks are already closing ...

The National Park Service recently released their annual visitation data, reporting the most guests in the system’s history, with almost 332 million people exploring our parks, preserves, recreation ...

Some people hear that Great Smoky Mountains is America’s most-visited national park and think it’s a reason to stay away. The opposite is true. There’s a reason it’s so popular: This spectacular ...

— -- Clark Fletcher, 61, of Mountain Home, Ark., will never forget the first time he saw a canoe on the Buffalo National River. "I was about 10 and was fishing with my brother when we met four ...

America’s national parks were conceived as sanctuaries from the forces remaking the rest of the continent. Climate change is now breaching that boundary. A recent assessment of park vulnerability ...