Fireworks will return to Mount Rushmore National Memorial this year after a five-year pause.

The decision by President Donald Trump and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum to attend the grand opening Wednesday of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in North Dakota is a travesty, according ...

Much bipartisan fanfare accompanied the House Natural Resource Committee's vote to send the American the Beautiful Act, which is portrayed as legislation that will help conserve national parks, to the ...

Heavy rains and flooding have caused Glacier National Park to close part of Going-to-the-Sun Road, as well as Many Glacier Valley.

Parks Canada's Jennifer Dubois led the team that reimagined and finally reopened the Valley of the Five Lakes trail in Jasper National Park, nearly two years after a devastating wildfire/Jennifer Bain ...

Rocky Mountain National Park has implemented Stage 2 fire restrictions due to extreme fire danger, the extended weather forecast, and current fire activity in Colorado. With the updated restrictions, ...

Make-A-Wish is helping children experience national parks ahead of America250 / Make-A-Wish Foundation file. Ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary, the Make-A-Wish foundation is helping children ...

A legal maneuver by the National Park Service and Federal Aviation Administration that allows them to dodge environmental analysis and increase to as many as 2,700 air tours over Bay Area national ...

A hop-and-a-skip from Flagstaff, Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument is a park in which to spend the day hiking, photographing, and learning about that park’s volcanic environment and human ...

A bill introduced to the Senate would restore Juneteenth, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and other important days as fee-free days at national parks.

The Park Service points out that wild animals can be aggressive when people do not respect their space, and visitors are responsible for staying at least 25 yards away from all large animals. Bison ...

For most of her 13+ years with the Traveler, contributing photographer Rebecca Latson has spent time in western, northwestern, and southwestern park units. In early May 2026, Rebecca traveled to ...