Many Rooms At The Park Lodges This Summer
President Trump's insistence to levy tariffs on other countries is paying benefits for Americans who want to visit a national park this summer.
- By David and Kay Scott - August 5th, 2025
Yosemite National Park
Yosemite's Tuolumne Meadows Campground Set To Reopen After Three-Year Renovation
Yosemite National Park's Tuolumne Meadows Campground reopens Friday.
- By Compiled from NPS releases - July 31st, 2025
Yosemite National Park Breaks Ground On New Wastewater Treatment Plant
Construction started Thursday on a $239-million project to replace Yosemite National Park's aging wastewater treatment plant.
Five National Park Lodges For The Crypto Crowd
Lodging in the America’s national parks varies from basic to plush, beginning with tent cabins whose occupants use a communal bathroom to luxurious suites with separate bedrooms. Likewise, the spread in room prices is considerable, ranging from just over $100 to more than $1,000 nightly, exclusive of taxes.
- By David and Kay Scott - July 20th, 2025
Amid Staffing Concerns, Yosemite Confirms All 13 Park Campgrounds Will Open This Summer
Yosemite National Park confirmed all 13 park campgrounds will open this summer for the first time since 2019.
- By NPT Staff - June 13th, 2025
The Ponderosa Pine
Ponderosa pine trees are widespread in western and southwestern units of the National Park System. These trees with their red-yellow bark that looks like jigsaw puzzle pieces exudes a pleasant aroma on a warm, sunny day of vanilla, butterscotch, cookies, cinnamon, or coconut, depending upon the perception of the person smelling the tree bark. That’s right – smelling the bark.
- By Rebecca Latson - June 10th, 2025
Goodbye Bullfrogs, Hello Turtles At Yosemite National Park
A cacophony of croaking bullfrogs under a dark night sky might seem like one of nature's sweetest sounds, unless you're a turtle in Yosemite National Park.
- By Jan Wesner Childs - May 25th, 2025
You'll Likely Need A Reservation To Get Into Yosemite National Park This Weekend
Unless you arrive before sunrise, or wait until mid-afternoon, you'll need a reservation to get into Yosemite National Park this weekend.
- By Compiled from NPS releases - May 23rd, 2025
Photography In The National Parks: Food Photography And A Cookbook Review
Contributing photographer Rebecca Latson discusses food photography and even cooked up some recipes from a national park cookbook she reviews for this month’s photography article.
- By Rebecca Latson - May 20th, 2025
Are Staffing Woes Keeping Yosemite National Park's High Sierra Camps Closed?
Officially, the word is that the inability to provide potable water and toilets to the High Sierra Camps in the backcountry of Yosemite National Park will keep the camps closed this summer, though a lack of park staff also could be playing a role.
- By Kurt Repanshek - May 15th, 2025
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