National Parks Traveler

Shenandoah National Park will honor America’s wilderness heritage during its 18th annual Wilderness Weekend, September 8 – 9. Today, more than 110 million acres are protected in the National Wilderness Preservation System. Wilderness designation provides enhanced protection of areas that are used as sanctuaries for human recreation, habitat for wildlife, and sites for scientific research.

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By NPT Staff - September 3rd, 2018 2:00am

Youth Leadership Adventures: Inspiring The Next Generation Of Conservation Leaders

“Out here in the backcountry, I learned naturalist skills like identifying native plants, how to Leave No Trace and why it’s important, and the indigenous history of this region,” explained O., a young woman who lives in Bellingham in northwestern Washington State. “Most importantly, I learned how to take care of myself, and how I can take care of the Earth.

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By NPT Staff - September 3rd, 2018 1:30am

Wolves At Glacier Bay National Park Find Frisbee To Play With

Most everyone loves to fling a Frisbee around the yard. But when that Frisbee gets flung or washes up onto an out-of-reach beach at Glacier Bay National Park, and it becomes a toy for wolves, that's a problem, park staff point out.

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By NPT Staff - September 2nd, 2018 2:15am

Inspiration Point Restoration Completed At Yellowstone National Park

It's going to be easier to find some inspiration at Yellowstone National Park now that Inspiration Point overlooking the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone has reopened after a two-year restoration project.

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By NPT Staff - September 2nd, 2018 2:15am

A Tale Of Two Caves: Going Underground At Wind Cave And Jewel Cave

By drips and weeps over thousands if not millions of years, beauty is created underground. Here in the subterranean world the moist air and mineral-rich water create castles, not in the sky, but in the caves of the National Park System.

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By Kurt Repanshek - September 2nd, 2018 2:00am

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Key Road At Zion National Park To Close For Emergency Repairs

The Zion-Mount Carmel Highway through Zion National Park, connecting State Route 9 between Springdale and Mt. Carmel Junction, will temporarily close next Wednesday and Thursday, September 5 and 6, from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. for emergency repairs to the asphalt roadway and historic road guard walls.

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By NPT Staff - September 1st, 2018 1:15am

Body Of Missing Hiker Believed To Be Found At Rocky Mountain National Park

For the second time this summer, the body of a missing hiker has been found in the high, rugged backcountry of Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado.

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By NPT Staff - August 31st, 2018 6:54pm

Grand Teton Superintendent Vela Nominated To Be National Park Service Director

Grand Teton National Park Superintendent David Vela was nominated Friday by President Trump to take the helm of the National Park Service, which has been without a permanent director since Jon Jarvis retired in January 2017.

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By NPT Staff - August 31st, 2018 3:59pm

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Trophy Hunts For Yellowstone Ecosystem Grizzlies Put On Hold

Grizzly bears that roam the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, a sprawling 34,000-square-mile landscape of national parks, national forests, wildlife refuges, and state and private lands, gained a reprieve from hunting seasons that were to open in Wyoming and Idaho on Saturday when a federal judge granted a temporary restraining order halting the hunts.