National Park Service recorded 331.9 million visits in 2024, highlighting overcrowding issues in popular parks.

Arches National Park in Utah is relatively small but also popular, leading to historically dense crowds and long lines to ...

Exploring the breathtaking landscapes and diverse wildlife of America's national parks offers retirees an adventurous way to ...

I've visited 50 of America's 63 national parks, so I've have earned the right to my opinion on what I consider the 20 worst ...

A figure-eight trail winding through a boreal forest, this one’s also largely about the destination: a pink-granite shore, where waves crash spectacularly at high tide and pools of tiny seaweed ...

Discover the 10 most beautiful national parks in the U.S., from Yellowstone and Yosemite to Glacier, featuring some of the ...

Digging into the stats a little deeper, somewhere in the neighborhood of 75,000 people visit Acadia during the wintertime, a small fraction of the annual total. So clearly, to have this amazing ...

Among the gaggles of Gilded Age robber barons who preferred their pleasure domes with a view of Maine’s Frenchman Bay, John Godfrey Moore was the rarest sort — a genuine local boy. Born in Steuben in ...

Updated rules make it easier to enter some of the country’s most popular parks, but some worry the crowds will return.

In early 2026, a number of the country’s most visited national parks scrapped their requirements for timed-entry vehicle reservations.

Three of America’s most popular national parks will be easier to visit this summer. “We’re expanding access where conditions ...