Man Falls To Death From Half Dome In Yosemite National Park
A hiker slipped from the Half Dome cables and fell to his death during a thunderstorm Monday afternoon in Yosemite National Park.
- By NPT Staff - May 22nd, 2018 5:07pm
Photography In The National Parks: Capturing Nature With A Time-Lapse Video
Contributing writer and photographer Rebecca Latson is always trying to learn something new about her cameras that she can pass on for use during your own national park visit. This month's article takes you to Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, where Rebecca demonstrates the capture of time-lapse videos utilizing any type of camera.
- By Rebecca Latson - May 22nd, 2018 2:45am
House Of Representatives Passes Bill To Create Medgar Evers National Monument
About 18 months after the Obama administration designated the Medgar Evers home in Mississippi as a national historic landmark, the U.S. House of Representatives has passed legislation to transform it into a national monument.
- By NPT Staff - May 22nd, 2018 1:31am
Fredericksburg, Petersburg, & Richmond: Experiencing Civil War Battlefields
Growing up in the Pacific Northwest, I learned about the Civil War through books, movies, and plastic action figures. There just weren’t any battlefields in Oregon for a ten-year-old to experience first-hand. So, when I started traveling east, I was drawn to iconic battlefields like Gettysburg and Antietam. Until I started my quest to visit all the national park units, I had no idea of the sheer number of battlefields or how integrated into local communities they were and still are.
- By stratto - May 22nd, 2018 1:15am
A Day In The Park: Grand Canyon National Park
A colorful rift in the earth millions of years -- and immeasurable gallons of water -- in the making, the jagged maw of the Grand Canyon draws crowds content enough to simply stare across this impressive cross-section of geology from either the South or North rim of its namesake national park.
- By Kurt Repanshek - May 21st, 2018 3:00am
Road Work To Temporarily Close Gros Ventre Road In Grand Teton National Park
The Gros Ventre Road in Grand Teton National Park will be closed for up to five nights from Tuesday, May 29, through Saturday, June 2, to allow construction of a roundabout.
- By NPT Staff - May 21st, 2018 1:30am
Shenandoah National Park Announces 2018 Seminar Series
The Shenandoah National Park Association is sponsoring the 2018 Resource Seminars in Shenandoah National Park. These seminars provide participants with the opportunity to get to know their national park a little more personally through in-depth, hands-on experiences. This year there are five seminars that feature Shenandoah National Park as a place for inspiration, recreation, and renewal.
- By NPT Staff - May 21st, 2018 1:30am
Where In The National Park System Should You Pitch Your Tent Or Park Your RV?
Land a site in one of the park
campgrounds our writer points to
and you’ll be a happy camper
- By NPT Staff - May 20th, 2018 2:00am
Yosemite National Park's Tioga Road To Open Monday
Barring an unexpected storm, the Tioga Road near the roof of Yosemite National Park will open this coming Monday, May 21, at 9 a.m.
- By NPT Staff - May 20th, 2018 1:30am
Where Will You Get Your National Park News From?
More and more newspapers across the country are cutting staff, greatly reducing the number of reporters covering national parks and all that goes on in them.
- By Kurt Repanshek - May 20th, 2018 1:15am
