USS Arizona Memorial Reservations Limited Due To Construction
The 56-day advance reservation system for tours of the USS Arizona Memorial in Hawaii is temporarily suspended until further notice
- By Compiled from NPS releases - July 10th, 2025
Exploring the Parks
UPDATED | Grand Canyon Hiking Could Be More Dangerous This Year
Hiking the Grand Canyon could be more dangerous this year due to construction of the Transcanyon Waterline.
- By Jan Childs - July 10th, 2025
The Spanish Isles That Are Quietly A National Park
“I guess this is the photo they took for the Guardian,” says an excited trio of young tourists, pausing on a wooden walkway to admire a crescent-shaped beach with fine white sand and turquoise waters that feels more like the Caribbean than northern Spain.
- By Jennifer Bain - July 8th, 2025
How I Got The Story: Kalaupapa National Historical Park
It was five months and three days from the moment that I put out feelers to see if I could get permission to visit Kalaupapa National Historical Park until the day I flew to see it on the Hawaiian island of Molokaʻi.
- By Jennifer Bain - July 7th, 2025
Joshua Tree National Park Association Expands Education Opportunities
Two nonprofits are teaming up to help students experience the outdoors at Joshua Tree National Park in the deserts of Southern California.
- By NPT Staff - July 5th, 2025
Sneak Peek At Hawaiʻi's Hidden POW And Internment Site
Gingerly exploring an overgrown gulch about 20 minutes west of Pearl Harbor, the serenity punctuated only by the chatter of Common myna birds, it’s hard to believe that this seemingly idyllic place once hid the largest and longest-running WWII incarceration site in Hawaiʻi.
- By Jennifer Bain - July 4th, 2025
July Fourth Around The National Parks
From the spectacular National Mall fireworks to kids' activities and readings of the Declaration of Independence, dozens of national parks celebrate July Fourth with special events.
- By Compiled from NPS releases - July 2nd, 2025
Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield Presents Guest Speaker Series
The This Hallowed Ground Speaker Series is presented at 1 p.m. each Sunday through Aug. 3 at Wilson's Creek National Battlefield in Missouri.
- By Compiled from NPS releases - July 2nd, 2025
Celebrate Dark Skies At Badlands National Park Astronomy Festival
The 2025 Badlands Astronomy Festival runs from July 18 to July 20.
- By Compiled from NPS releases - July 1st, 2025
In Hawaiʻi, Telling Kalaupapa's Complex Story Of Exile And Isolation
An endangered Hawaiian monk seal was the picture of bliss lolling about a shallow lava rock pool along Papaloa Beach with her slick black newborn pup. Snoozing in the sun, rolling over occasionally in the water, it’s as if she knew that she was safe in this sacred place. The normally solitary seal even tolerated a fellow mom and pup lounging nearby.
- By Jennifer Bain - June 29th, 2025
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