US National Parks News

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park isn't the only park celebrating a milestone this year.

Law Enforcement Agencies have provided the following information about road closures in the District for Saturday, July 4, 2009.

Mesa Verde National Park will get $22 million for a proposed visitor and curatorial center near the park's entrance MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK, Colorado - Mesa Verde National Park will get $22 million for a proposed visitor and curatorial center near the park's entrance under a funding bill passed by the U.S. House.

The Del Norte County Sheriff's office said no human remains have been found but the investigation is continuing.

Visitor numbers at Rocky Mountain National Park were up 23% in May compared with a year earlier, and the economy may be a factor.

If you're planning to spend the holiday weekend in Yosemite National Park , you might run into smoky conditions on occasion due to two fires burning in the park.

Should excursion trains still roll into Grand Canyon National Park on the South Rim? Xanterra Parks & Resorts photo.

A possible botulism outbreak has been found at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.

Gettysburg National Cemetery will be a sea of red, white and blue this July 4. A non-profit group plans to mark the holiday by placing bouquets of flowers at thousands of graves at the historic veterans cemetery.

A propane leak at the Zion Lodge in Zion National Park sent one person to the hospital and led to an evacuation of the area.

The extensive security measures put in place for the 4th of July celebration will close many streets in and around the the National Mall.

Reconstruction of a section of boardwalk in the Norris Geyser Basin means you won't be able to see Minute Geyser for roughly a month.

A group that has been trying for years to build a Revolutionary War museum on private land within Valley Forge National Historical Park says it will instead build it in downtown Philadelphia.

July 1, 2009 Unusual wreck on Blue Ridge Parkway An unusual wreck involving a Roanoke County police cruiser and another vehicle on the Blue Ridge Parkway.

On July 1, 1863, Gen. Robert E. Lee led Confederate troops into the battle of Gettysburg, the bloodiest battle of the Civil War.

The city of Munising received a visit from aA U.S. senator this afternoon to celebrate a major achievement for the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore.

SULPHUR a ' A 32-year-old Shawnee man died Monday saving a drowning child at the Chickasaw National Recreation Area.

A Maryland man is in jail after police say he was driving drunk and crashed his car into two bike riders on the Blue Ridge Parkway.

It's a good summer for humpback whales cruising the chilly waters of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, and park rangers would like to keep it that way.

Mount Airy Chamber of Commerce, serving in Surry County North Carolina. Explore Mount Airy, the hometown of actor Andy Griffith, for the Mayberry parallels.