Camping Is Free For The Summer At Biscayne National Park, Then Expect A Fee Increase
You now can camp at Biscayne National Park in Florida without worrying about a fee, but come October the rate will jump to $25 per night.
Tioga Road In Yosemite Scheduled To Open Monday Morning
More evidence of the mild, precipation-wise, winter in the Sierra: The Tioga Road in Yosemite National Park is scheduled to open this coming Monday at 8 a.m.
- By NPT Staff - May 2nd, 2015 2:40am
Las Vegas Man Identified As Victim Of Fall At Grand Canyon National Park
A Las Vegas man was identified Friday as the victim of a roughly 400-foot fall off the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park.
- By NPT Staff - May 1st, 2015 5:09pm
Half Dome Opens Saturday For Hikers At Yosemite National Park
The cables to the summit of Half Dome in Yosemite National Park will be in place this Saturday, May 2 and available for hikers. This opening date is three weeks earlier than previously scheduled due to the low snowpack.
- By NPT Staff - May 1st, 2015 1:34pm
Provocative Bud Light Campaign Doesn't Concern National Park Service, National Park Foundation
A risqué Bud Light campaign that critics said encouraged a culture of rape is not prompting the National Park Service or National Park Foundation to reconsider their centennial partnership with Anheuser-Busch.
Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail Opens Friday In Great Smoky Mountains National Park
The Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail is scheduled to open at noon today. The road has been closed since November 1st, so that crews could replace eight bridges.
- By NPT Staff - May 1st, 2015 2:48am
High Cost Of Replacing Grand Canyon Water Line -- $100-$150 Million -- Means It's Done Piecemeal
Trying to lay a water line down to the bottom of the Grand Canyon is not easy, and not inexpensive, and that's why it's being done piecemeal.
Visitor Falls Roughly 400 Feet To Death At Grand Canyon National Park
A visitor to Grand Canyon National Park fell roughly 400 feet to his death Thursday afternoon.
- By NPT Staff - April 30th, 2015 8:30pm
America's Oldest National Military Park Is Also Home To An Unusual Civil War Monument
Our National Park System contains thousands of monuments commemorating people or events connected to the Civil War, but one of those memorials has an unusual reconciliation theme. It's located in the country's oldest national military park, which is also said by some to be the site of one of "the most noted battles of the modern world." Can you name this unit of the National Park System?
- By Jim Burnett - April 30th, 2015 6:08pm
Cape Hatteras National Seashore Proposes Reduction In Wildlife Buffers, Draws Criticism From Conservationists
Wildlife buffers at Cape Hatteras National Seashore would be reduced, some by 50 percent or more, under proposed guidelines released by the park staff Wednesday.
