US National Parks News

Members of the Mattaponi and Aquia District Boy Scouts of America and the Commonwealth Council Girl Scouts of the USA will light 15,300 candles in the Fredericksburg National Cemetery on Saturday to honor each soldier buried there.

Bryan Sherwood portrays a sergeant in the the 42nd Regiment of Foot May 19 at Claude Moore Colonial Farm at Turkey Run in McLean.

Diane Burgess of Bradford, Vt., was searching Thursday for the name of Barry Woods, also of Bradford, who died in Vietnam.

A wildfire approached Scotty's Castle in Death Valley National Park , but firefighters managed to keep the flames from reaching the historic complex.

Family and friends Susan, Randy, Eliott and Aaron Axbig, Brandon Beauboin, Laura Ax and Tierney Schipper, from North Dekota, enjoy thin-air views of the Mummy Range from Rainbow Curve.

Wildfires may be the furthest thing from our minds with the cooler temperatures the Valley has been experiencing this week, but for the folks at Yosemite National Park the threat of fire is front and center.

Even 150 years later, Vicksburg is still overshadowed by Gettysburg - so much so, that the Mississippi city is having its Civil War commemoration a few weeks early rather than compete with Pennsylvania for tourist dollars around July 4. Union forces waged a long campaign to conquer Vicksburg and gain control of the lower Mississippi River.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the most visited National Park in the country , with 9.7 million visitors last year.

A story about pigs, foxes, and golden eagles might sound like it was pulled from Aesop's Fables, but at Channel Islands National Park it's one of how ecological balance has rescued one species from possibly vanishing forever.

An investigation into the deadly hantavirus outbreak in Yosemite National Park last year has concluded that the park's staff acted appropriately in responding and managing the matter.

Vietnam veteran George Martin of Fair Oaks looks over at names on the panels of the traveling Vietnam memorial on Wednesday, May 22, 2013.

Frogs, toads and other amphibians are vanishing so fast nationwide that if the decline continues at the same rate, they'll be gone from half their current habitats in 20 years, a federal study has found.

Rescue crews are working through the night after a monstrous tornado barreled through the Oklahoma City suburbs, demolishing an elementary school and reducing homes to piles of splintered wood.

Rancho Sierra Vista/Satwiwa re-opens 5/14/13, with restrictions . Sandstone Peak & Mishe Mokwa trails will also open, as will Backbone Trail east of Point Mugu State Park boundary.

A lot of the trail work in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is done by volunteers.

And you'll have that chance this fall in Mesa Verde National Park. Every year thousands of visitors snap photos of the spectacular, world-famous Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde.

Indiana's Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives is seeking nominations for the Governor's Service Awards.

After two days of exploration and documentation, the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve BioBlitz held on May 17 and 18, 2013, captured a vivid snapshot of the plant and animal diversity in Jean Lafitte's Barataria Preserve.

13 feeds hundreds of motorcycle riders on their way to Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C. Hundreds of motorcycles rolled into Williams last Wednesday as part of the 25th annual Run for the Wall motorcycle rally.

Imagine being told you and your buddies have to climb a 21-foot tall monument that looks like a smaller version of the Washington Monument.