Officials are planning a five-day closure for most of Yosemite National Park because they’re worried melting snow will cause flooding.

The numbers are in and they’re huge: In 2022, the National Park Service recorded 312 million visits—more than in 2021 and nearly as many as they did in the pre-pandemic years of 2018 and 2019. According to the latest stats release from NPS, a dozen individual parks broke their all-time visitation records last year, too. [...]

Next week, Zion National Park will play host to the newest location of AutoCamp, a glamping hotel where you can stay in your own kitted-out Airstream. The brand-new AutoCamp Zion opens May 1 in Virgin, Utah, just outside the boundaries of the national park. It’ll feature luxury Airstreams with spa-like bathrooms, spacious accommodations with private [...]

If you’re planning a camping adventure at America’s first national park, you won’t be disappointed. Yellowstone National Park has 12 campgrounds, with more than 2,000 car-accessible sites. Each offers unique experiences and access to the park’s breathtaking landscapes, fascinating geothermal features, and abundant wildlife. Whether you prefer rustic tent camping or the convenience of RV [...]

In honor of National Park Week (April 24-28), the team here at Outdoors.com has curated an inspiring list of 100 facts and things to love about America’s treasured National Parks. Consider this as your invitation to make summer 2023 the year you get outside and explore what Wallace Stegner called “the best idea we ever [...]

Brecon Beacons National Park in Wales is getting a new name. And actor Michael Sheen is here to explain why.  This week, the park formerly known by the English name of Brecon Beacons released a short film starring Sheen to explain why the park is rebranding to adopt the old Welsh name of Bannau Brycheiniog [...]

Bear Grylls is familiar with mountains – from climbing summits like Everest to base jumping from them. He says that one reason he loves the mountains is that they remind us of our place in the universe and about the importance of being humble. “The pecking order is pretty clear: mountain, weather, you,” he says in [...]

If you’ve been meaning to give meditation a try and you’ve been putting it off, here’s your official invitation: A new collaboration between Headspace and the National Parks Foundation is bringing you guided meditations and bedtime stories straight from your favorite parks.  Headspace, a meditation app that offers “sleepcast” bedtime stories to help you wind [...]

On Sunday night, the Maryland State Police dispatched a rescue mission when a hiker and his dog got stuck on a cliff above the Shenandoah River, located in West Virginia. At around 10pm, Maryland State Police Aviation Command’s (MSPAC) Trooper 3 was called to a mountainous, heavily forested area of Harpers Ferry National Park. A [...]

America’s Dairyland is the land of amazing cheese, but Wisconsin is also home to some of the most stunning natural sites in the Midwest. Sandwiched between two Great Lakes, outdoor enthusiasts come here to admire one of the tallest waterfalls east of the Rocky Mountains, kayak along coastal sandstone cliffs, and hike through verdant forests. [...]