Natchez Trace Parkway is Rehabbing the Meriwether Lewis Site
The National Park Service is using economic stimulus funds to make extensive improvements to the Meriwether Lewis Site on Natchez Trace Parkway.
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Listening Sessions Intended to Help National Park Service Preserve World War II Internment Sites
National Park Service officials are looking for feedback on how a grant program designed to preserve World War II internment camps that imprisoned Japanese Americans fared.
Parking and Traffic Changes Will Ease Congestion at Grand Canyon National Park
Big changes in roads, parking and other facilities are nearing completion on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon. The result should be a much-improved visitor experience, beginning this month. The real payoff will come with next summer's crowds.
John Muir Buffs, Here's The Mother Lode
John Muir long has been closely associated with nature and the national parks, and rightly so. If you admire him and his writings, let us point you to a site where you can peruse thousands of his letters, sketches, photos and journals.
- November 26th, 2009
There Was No Happy Thanksgiving for the Lost Colonists of Roanoke Island
At Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, archeologists strive to solve a mystery that still fascinates us after more than four centuries. What happened to the lost Roanoke Colony?
Loop Road Through Cades Cove at Great Smoky Mountains National Park Could be Closed Tuesday and Wednesday
The 11-mile-long Loop Road that winds through Cades Cove at Great Smoky Mountains National Park is scheduled to be closed Tuesday and part of Wednesday to allow for spraying operations intended to save the hemlock trees that line the route.
Badger Pass Ski Area At Yosemite National Park Set to Open December 18
Badger Pass, an alpine ski area within Yosemite National Park, is set to open its 75th season on December 18.
By Bob Janiskee - October 28th, 2011 10:15am
National Park Quiz 74: Ranches
Lots of land in the national parks once served ranch functions, and a good deal of it still does. Let’s see if you are up to speed in this subject area. Answers are at the end of the quiz. If we catch you peeking we’ll make you ride drag on the next cattle drive and see what “eating dust” really means.
- By Bob Janiskee - October 28th, 2011 10:15am
Important Advisory to Dog Owners Issued by Padre Island National Seashore
If you're headed to Padre Island National Seashore in Texas, leave Fido at home. The park is advising visitors not to bring dogs to the beach until further notice, after several reports of illness and deaths of coyotes and dogs.
Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail: The Rest of the Story
The Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail is the first of its kind. It's a trail whose hallmark is geology. And what geology that is.
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The easiest way to explore RV-friendly National Park campgrounds.
Here’s the definitive guide to National Park System campgrounds where RVers can park their rigs.
Our app is packed with RVing- specific details on more than 250 campgrounds in more than 70 national parks.
You’ll also find stories about RVing in the parks, tips helpful if you’ve just recently become an RVer, and useful planning suggestions.
