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"In these times of staffing cuts and uncertainty, we’ll take this glimmer of hope for Mount Rainier, but the national park ...
Congress will vote next week on legislation that could hand over public lands next to Zion National Park to county and ...
On April 12, 1861, Captain George S. James fired the first Confederate shot at Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina, leading to a siege, a Union retreat and the start of the Civil War. Exhibits ...
On May 22, 2025, join us for a virtual Park Talk to learn about the latest threats against national parks and how you can ...
A couple of years ago, I took my British husband to see the Liberty Bell for the first time. As we walked through the exhibit leading up to the bell, I could see him becoming increasingly moved, as I ...
We sat with a volunteer ranger at the base of the castle and he told us so much information we otherwise wouldn’t have known about the NP! It was really interesting and made us appreciate the history ...
This park on the coast of southeast Alaska offers snowy mountain peaks, narrow fjords, bays, harbors, scattered islands, a temperate rainforest of spruces and hemlocks, and numerous glaciers. Two ...
Have been going and hiking at Big Bend for over 20 years and have never had a disappointing trip. Have hiked most every trail and all have always been well maintained and safe. Entire staff has always ...
Arlington House, located on a high hill within Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, is one of many national park sites along the George Washington Memorial Parkway. Built by George ...
Sequoia National Park is home to the tallest mountain in the Lower 48 and the largest tree on earth. Mount Whitney's granite peak rises 14,505 feet above sea level on the arduous High Sierra trail.