National Parks Traveler

“There’s a tractor-trailer on the Parkway,” reported the caller to the dispatcher. “It’s heading north from Highway 82.” This was the eighth call of the day on illegal trucks traveling the Natchez Trace Parkway, but this time, rangers could not respond because they were busy with a motor vehicle collision.

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By NPT Staff - January 29th, 2018 1:30am

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Plan Carefully If Intending To Visit Glacier National Park This Year

Glacier National Park in northern Montana offers a gorgeous mountainous setting, has amazing displays of wildlife, and an invigorating climate for hiking and boating. And all those things attract millions of visitors, most during the incredibly busy summer months, and that's why park officials urge you to plan carefully if you're intending to visit Glacier.

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By NPT Staff - January 29th, 2018 1:30am

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Another Round Of Fee Increases Proposed At Saguaro, Cedar Breaks

Two parks in the Southwest – Saguaro National Park in Arizona and Cedar Breaks National Monument in Utah – have proposed higher fees as the National Park Service works to standardize rates across the country. Both parks also raised their entrance fees last year.

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By NPT Staff - January 28th, 2018 2:00am

Founder Of Congress' National Park Caucus Concerned For Parks, National Park Service

After just one year of the Trump administration, the co-founder of the National Park Caucus in Congress has great concerns for the future of both the National Park Service and National Park System.

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By Kurt Repanshek - January 28th, 2018 1:30am

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Poll Claims More Westerners Consider Themselves Conservationists These Days

Having public lands to play on is key to a strong economy in Western states, according to a poll now in its eighth year, which also found that more Westerners view themselves as "conservationists" than did two years ago.

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By NPT Staff - January 28th, 2018 1:15am

Another Year, Another Visitation Record For Great Smoky Mountains National Park

If you're thinking of visiting Great Smoky Mountains National Park, you might want to avoid July, and maybe October. Those are the two busiest months of the year for the mountainous park that straddles the Tennessee-North Carolina border.

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By NPT Staff - January 27th, 2018 1:45am

A Day In The Park: Canyonlands National Park

One of the most fascinating parks in the National Park System, at least geologically, is Canyonlands National Park in southeastern Utah. Baked by time like some multi-layer geologic tort, Canyonlands features a landscape cut by canyons, rumpled by upthrusts, dimpled by grabens, and even pockmarked, some believe, by ancient asteroids.

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By Kurt Repanshek - January 26th, 2018 2:45am

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Connecting The Dots: Net Neutrality, Burgers, And National Parks

Are net neutrality, burgers, and national parks related? If you've been following the debate over whether Internet access should be equal and free for all, or doled out to the highest bidders and most affluent users, then the following video that boils those concepts down to selling hamburgers likely can be equated to pricing schemes for national park entrance fees.

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By NPT Staff - January 26th, 2018 1:30am

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Rocky Mountain National Park Visitation Ebbs; Is The Thrill Gone?

Rocky Mountain National Park saw strong visitation in 2017, but it was down nearly 2 percent from the record year of 2016. Still, visitation to the Colorado jewel is up 40 percent from 2012 levels, according to park staff.

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By NPT Staff - January 26th, 2018 1:15am

Pacific Earthquake Generates Larger Waves At Death Valley National Park Than At Coastal States

While a powerful earthquake off the coast of Alaska generated a tsunami wave just 8 inches high, at Devils Hole in Death Valley National Park a foot-high wave was generated, according to park officials.