Other fee-free days in 2026 will be Memorial Day (May 25), Flag Day (June 14), Independence Day Weekend (July 3-5), National Park Service Birthday (August 25), Constitution Day (September 17), ...

Scott Socha is an executive at Delaware North, a company that contracts with the National Park Service to provide lodging and ...

Voyageurs National Park in Minnesota is quietly outperforming America’s most iconic parks, offering fewer crowds, more ...

“Yosemite National Park is preparing to welcome visitors for the 2026 Horsetail Fall viewing period, projected for February 10–26, when the setting sun can illuminate the waterfall on El Capitan with ...

MONO COUNTY, Calif. ( KSEE/KGPE) — For the first time in years, researchers have captured and collared one of California’s ...

President Donald Trump has nominated hospitality executive Scott Socha to be director of the National Park Service, sparking ...

This article originally published at 'No experience and no vision': Trump nominates hospitality exec to run National Park ...

The Empire Mine State Historic Park offers fascinating tours of what was once one of California’s richest gold mines.

The White House formally transmitted Socha’s nomination to the Senate yesterday, listing “Scott Socha, of New York, to be ...

In a Tuesday release, the National Park Service said, "No reservations are required to enter Yosemite National Park during ...

TRAILBLAZING Two and a half years ago, my brother hatched a scheme to visit every one of the U.S. National Parks. We’re not ...

Fewer than 50 are believed to remain in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Only those who are extremely lucky have caught a glimpse ...