28th Annual Grand Canyon Star Party Coming In June
If you're planning to visit Grand Canyon National Park in mid-June, spend a little time looking up, not just down into the canyon.
- By NPT Staff - May 10th, 2018 1:30am
Half Dome Cables To Go Up Friday At Yosemite National Park
With warm weather becoming more prevalent, it's time for crews to put the cables up on the shoulder of Half Dome in Yosemite National Park. They are scheduled to be in place this Friday.
- By NPT Staff - May 10th, 2018 1:15am
Explosive Eruptions With 6-Foot-Wide, 2,000-Pound Projectiles Possible From Kīlauea Volcano
After cracking open the earth and spewing lava fountains more than 200 feet high at times, Kīlauea Volcano at Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park next could produce explosive eruptions that eject ballistic blocks 6 feet wide and weighing a ton or more, according to the Hawaii Volcano Observatory.
Exploring Canyonlands National Park In Spring: A Primer
It wasn't much more than a goat path. Or, more appropriate for the setting, a desert bighorn sheep path. With the wind swirling about us and a lapis lazuli sky overhead, we played connect-the-dots with the small stacked cairns that looped across the sandstone amphitheater and took us higher and higher. This was Canyonlands National Park at its best.
- By Kurt Repanshek - May 9th, 2018 1:45am
Rough Winter Delays Some Road Openings At Acadia National Park
Maine winters can be hard, and those on coastal parts of the state can be particularly hard. At Acadia National Park, last winter's rough winter has led to delayed openings for several roads in the park.
- By NPT Staff - May 9th, 2018 1:30am
Rangers Being Sent To Organ Pipe Cactus NM, Amistad NRA To Help With Border Control
Teams of rangers next week will begin rotating through Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in Arizona and Amistad National Recreation Area in Texas to help with border control.
Two Feral Horses Sent To Yosemite National Park After Being Trained By Inmates
Two wild horses taken from public lands in the West have been trained to work as mounts for rangers at Yosemite National Park, where they'll help patrol the park.
- By NPT Staff - May 8th, 2018 2:00am
Confusion Over Future Of Claude Moore Colonial Farm
A window into a living history farm that portrays Colonial life just prior to the Revolutionary War will close at least temporarily in December due to a contractual stalemate between the National Park Service and the friends group that operates the farm located just outside Washington, D.C.
- By Kurt Repanshek - May 8th, 2018 2:00am
Around The Parks: Removing Trees, Climbing Closures, And A Grand Reopening
Look around the National Park System and you'll find a tree removal project at Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park, a climbing closure at Devils Tower National Monument, and a celebratory reopening of Perry’s Victory and International Peace Memorial.
- By Kurt Repanshek - May 8th, 2018 1:15am
Skeletal Remains Found At Joshua Tree National Park
Skeletal remains have been discovered at Joshua Tree National Park in California by some hikers.
- By NPT Staff - May 7th, 2018 5:24pm
