“Without the forest, Shenandoah simply wouldn’t be Shenandoah,” Cocciolone says. “This kind of consistent, decades-long ecological monitoring gives the park an extraordinary advantage—not just in ...

“Are you a birder?” the woman asked from the front seat of her pickup truck in the parking lot of a Newfoundland national park on New Year’s Eve. “Only for really special birds,” I admitted. “Yeah, ...

Whether you are staying at the Rock Harbor Lodge, in one of the Washington Harbor Cabins, or in a basecamp tent at one of Isle Royal National Park’s 35 campgrounds, there are a variety of ...

Known as the Backbone of the World to the Blackfeet Nation, the rugged landscape of Glacier attracted the attention of the Great Northern Railway in the early 1890s. Though the railroad was simply ...

Summer days can be drizzly and fog-filled, or splashed with sunshine. Come winter, the park can be covered in enough snow for winter sports. Whatever the season, the surrounding ocean plays a heavy ...

If you are flying, the nearest commercial airports to the park are in Redding (44 mi / 70.8 km) and Sacramento (172 mi / 276.8 km), both in California, and Reno, Nevada (133 mi / 214 km). State Route ...

White Sands National Park in New Mexico is conveniently located about 16 miles (25.7 kilometers) southwest of Alamogordo, New Mexico. While there is an airport located in Alamogordo, no current ...

Houghton is in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. It is 200 miles (321.9 km) north of Green Bay, Wisconsin, 400 miles (643.7 km) north of Chicago, Illinois, and 250 miles (402.3 km) west of the Mackinac ...

Pinnacles National Park in California has no lodging within the park, but there are tent cabins located at the Pinnacles Campground (the only campground) on the eastern side of the park. Tent cabins ...

National Park roads take us through and to some amazing landscapes we might otherwise never see. Hot Springs National Park in Arkansas is home to a couple of scenic drives, each of which offer various ...

While an epic road trip is one way to get to Everglades National Park in southern Florida, more than likely, you will be flying (then driving). Luckily, there are three major airports in the southern ...

Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve is located far north of densely-populated city centers, yet this park is not without threats to its environment, wildlife, and landscape, including ...