If you're planning to visit Cape Cod National Seashore this summer, the locals will be waiting for you with some tips for staying safe at the beach.

A Missouri woman's visit to Yellowstone National Park will be particularly memorable following her encounter with a sow grizzly.

Renny Russell is waiting with bated breath for his new book, Rebel of the Colorado, to be delivered to his New Mexico hideaway homestead. Russell spent the last dozen years, and worked with a half-dozen editors, to create this homage to a unique character who rambled throughout the Colorado Plateau for decades: Harry Aleson.

One of the hidden delights of the National Park System lies south of Yosemite National Park and north of Kings Canyon National Park, tucked in a small depression of the Sierra. And on Friday, the Reds Meadow Road leading to Devils Postpile National Monument will be open to the public.