National Parks Traveler

At National Parks Traveler, our mission is to support the parks, show people how to get the most enjoyment from them, keep them abreast of issues confronting the parks, and provide calls to action when necessary. Sharing that mission are the many friends groups across the National Park System, organizations such as Friends of Acadia.

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By NPT Staff - October 20th, 2015 3:00am

Birding In The National Parks: Where Should You Look For Finches This Winter?

Predicting the winter movements of semi-migratory birds can be tricky business. Sometimes birds move south because food has become scarce in the north, as was the case with Pine Siskins last winter. Other times, an abundance of food creates a hyper-successful breeding season that results in overpopulation and migration south.

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By Kirby Adams - October 20th, 2015 2:45am

See The Tree Root That Ate Roger Williams' Skeleton

This Thursday, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., the perfect story for the Halloween season . . . digging up bones from a long neglected grave. The infamous "Roger Williams tree root" will be on display at Roger Williams National Memorial in Providence, Rhode Island, as part of the park's 50th anniversary celebration.

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By NPT Staff - October 20th, 2015 2:15am

Great White Sharks On The Prowl In San Francisco Bay

Your trip to Alcatraz Island might offer more than a look at the famed old prison in the middle of San Francisco Bay. It just might give you a front-row seat to Great White sharks on the hunt, as was the case recently for passengers waiting to leave dock.

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By NPT Staff - October 19th, 2015 8:53am

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Should You Start Planning Your Spring Wildflower Trip To Death Valley National Park?

It's been an incredibly wet fall at Death Valley National Park, where torrential rains at times washed over, and washed out, roads. Which begs the question: Should you book your spring 2016 wildflower trek to the park?

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By NPT Staff - October 19th, 2015 3:00am

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Great Smoky Mountains National Park Drainage Part Of Nation's First Native Fish Conservation Area

Recognizing its incredible diversity of stream life and years of efforts to conserve that diversity, the Little Tennessee River basin, which includes the Abrams Creek drainage in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, has been designated the nation’s first Native Fish Conservation Area.

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By NPT Staff - October 19th, 2015 2:30am

National Park Service Working To Update Regs For Oil And Gas Production In Park System

The National Park Service is proposing to modernize regulations for non-federal oil and gas rights exercised in national parks. The proposal would update current regulations that are now 36 years old.