For those who have closely followed this year's volcanic activity at Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park, or are simply interested in earth geology, the park staff has created a new video that traces the history of this year's eruptions from the Kīlauea Volcano specific to Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō , Halema‘uma‘u and the East Rift Zone in lower Puna.

If there's a problem with visiting a national park in fall, it's that the days are too short. The weather usually is incredible, the crowds, and bugs, minimal, and wildlife usually visible. With those givens, where is your go-to national park destination for fall?

Along with pristine beaches and miles of sand dunes, Cape Cod National Seashore also protects a dozen mid-20th century modern homes that are eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. One of those, the Kohlberg House, will be taken care of for the next decade by the Cape Cod Modern House Trust, which also will utilize the home for its scholar-in-residence programs and architectural studies.

If you read Part 1 of the Armchair Photography Guide for Bryce Canyon National Park, you’ll have followed photographer Rebecca Latson through a photographic journey from Sunrise Point to Sunset Point, along the rim trail between those two view areas. This month’s article continues the narration, moving from Inspiration Point to Paria View, Bryce Point, and view areas further south, from Farview Point, with an elevation of 8,819 feet, all the way to the end of the road at Rainbow Point, with an elevation of 9,115 feet and a side hike along the Bristlecone Loop Trail.