US National Parks News

Instead of leading to the Washington Monument though, the walkway will be a path to a clock tower on a new Circuit Court building beside Hampton's Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court and General District Court.

Reservations are being accepted now for the season's last lantern tour of the Stones River Battlefield, which will take place Saturday.

Work has started on the Ramirez Solar House at the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area.

Smokestack scrubbers will eliminate most of the sulfur emissions from the coal-fired Kingston Fossil Plant, but they will also produce a new waste stream for a site still engaged in a $1 billion cleanup from a massive ash spill.

Is there oil beneath this abandoned jetport in Big Cypress National Preserve? Historical Museum of Southern Florida photo.

The National Park Service says Hot Springs residents will see smoke rising from North Mountain in the middle of the city, but they shouldn't be concerned.

The man who survived a truck barreling over the edge of a cliff near Cabrillo National Monument is meeting his rescuers.

Yosemite National Park will offer free admission on Veterans Day. Free admission on Wednesday, Nov.

Airborne nitrogen pollution from vehicle exhaust and farm fertilizer is turning algae in the alpine lakes of Rocky Mountain National Park into junk food for fish, a study says.

Avid hikers, Dr. Paul Hendricks, a Kings Mountain dentist, and his wife, Mary Ann, didn't wait for a formal invitation to start enjoying the new Gateway Trails portion ready for a grand opening Saturday.

TripAdvisor, the world's largest travel community, recently kicked off the TripAdvisor World Heritage Campaign and has pledged to support the UNESCO World Heritage Centre by making a call to action for the 25 million monthly visitors on TripAdvisor to help protect the places around the world that matter the most.

By Joel Davis of The Daily Times Staff Originally published: November 04. 2009 3:01AM Last modified: November 03.

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Volunteer researchers have found microscopic worms, species of mushrooms and lichen, slender grass and tiger beetles never before documented in Yellowstone National Park.

ST. LOUIS - The shimmering Gateway Arch on the banks of the Mississippi River is St.

Contestants on The Biggest Loser , like a lot of people on reality shows, are given special treatment all the time in order to heighten the drama of the show.

Several controlled fires are planned this week for about 450 acres in scenic Cades Cove in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

A nearly $5 million allocation will allow for the purchase of 1,087 acres to expand the Monongahela National Forest and make other improvements in the forest.

The Blue Ridge Parkway will launch its 75th anniversary this month with a series of events in Cherokee, N.C., near the parkway's southern terminus.

Move over digital maps and interactive displays a ' make room for that green roof, recycled glass countertop, low-flow toilet and passive heating system.