US National Parks News

Visitors to the highest point in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park will find better toilet facilities next year.

Dozens of people who live within the boundaries of the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore have celebrated their final Thanksgiving in their homes.

The theme of the 68th anniversary of the Dec. 7, 1941 attack on Ocahu is But Not in Shame: The Aftermath of Pearl Harbor.

Work will begin soon on the first of four improvement projects on the National Mall funded by the federal economic stimulus package.

Two climbers from the San Jose area recently were rescued from Pinnacles National Monument after they had become stranded due to nightfall, according to a press release from the park.

Feed lots and sheds on a western ranch. NPS photo. 1. The accompanying photo was taken in the only unit in the entire 392-unit National Park System that has the word "ranch" in its name.

Visits to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park were down 4.1 percent in October, compared with the year before.

Malaquite Beach at Padre Island National Seashore in November. NPS photo. If you're headed to Padre Island National Seashore in Texas, leave Fido at home.

Guests at President Barack Obama's first state dinner were being treated to an eye-catching scheme of green and purple, from the green curry surrounding the prawns to the purple floral arrangements paying homage to the peacock, India's national bird.Pumpkin was on the menu, too, with Tuesday's dinner coming just two days before Thanksgiving.Hours ...

With its abundance of outdoor recreation areas, world-class wineries and outstanding restaurants, Northern California can be an overwhelming place to visit.

The 17th Pennsylvania Cavalry monument has been the victim of vandalism over the years and has not been restored completely.

KNOXVILLE - After 80 years, a novel set in the Great Smoky Mountains has finally been published.

A Modesto man who went missing in Yosemite National Park in early November still has not been found, according to park rangers.

Take four friends, an idea for a memorable trip, a year's worth of saving, good planning, and what do you get? An unforgettable trip July 25-Aug. 1 to Glacier National Park, Mont.

The National Park Service opposes renaming Pinnacles National Monument as a "national park." Photo of the High Peaks by Clayton Mansnerus via NPS.

Officials at Bandelier National Monument have removed five unbranded, untagged feral bulls from the northern New Mexico monument.

During its heyday, Murfreesboroa s Fortress Rosecrans was the largest earthern fortress build during the Civil War.

Beside them is one of the excavation pits where the team has found ample evidence that tribal people used the mountain's resources some 7,600 years ago.

Officials at the Grand Canyon are proposing to make the national park one of at least 50 in the country that attempts to counter and respond to global climate change.

The public gets a chance Tuesday to comment or ask questions about a proposed new recreational trail that would link Mount Rushmore National Memorial with the George S. Mickelson trail in the Black Hills.