Sitting much closer to Los Angeles is an unforgettable canyon park that blends the best features of California's Mojave Desert and Sierra Nevada ...

A troubling sign of the times: national park visitors being asked to report information that is "negative" about past or ...

For those wishing for a Yosemite-like adventure without the crowds, check out this guide to the Trinity Alps which offers a ...

The system will be the least restrictive the park has ever implemented, with reservations required every day from June 15 to Aug. 15, 2025, between 6 a.m. and 2 p.m., as well as over Memorial Day ...

Yosemite's most underrated trail, like many of the park's most popular routes, gets its name from historical figures. Olmstead Point was named after landscape architects Frederick Law Olmsted and his ...

Brown reportedly noticed an unnatural section of rock on a cliff face, which gave way to a cave “that curved downward into the mountain,” Frank wrote. After days of exploring and cataloging, Brown ...

As the sixth most visited national park in 2024, Yosemite has a well-known congestion problem that should be of no surprise ...

Mules have been part of Yosemite since 1916, when Congress created the National Park Service and civilian park rangers were put in place to patrol the park, according to the NPS.

Madison, Firehole and Gibbon Rivers would all close at 2 p.m. until sunrise on the next day over the coming days, the national park said in a news release Thursday. The Madison and Fire Rivers will be ...

A new Trump administration policy urging national park visitors to flag “negative” information about America at the sites is backfiring. Instead of reporting the disparaging information on ...

The park is down about 20% from its normal full-time staff of 350. Due to the federal hiring freeze, those positions are not being filled for now.

The Brief Visitors will need an advance reservation in order to enter the park between 6 a.m. and 2 p.m. from now through mid-August. Yosemite National Park is opening all of its campsites this ...