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Fall Is The Best Time To Make Discoveries At The National Parks

Submitted by jane schneider on August 19, 2012 - 1:40am

If you’re in mood to travel, September and October are wonderful months to spend in the national parks. The crowds have departed, the animals are busy, and the fall color beckons. Now is the time park friends also host an array of workshops tailor-made for life-long learners.

Slideshow: Echoes Of The Ancients

Submitted by Kurt Repanshek on August 19, 2012 - 1:18am

Visit national parks of the Southwest and you’ll see remnants of an ancient society -- their well-placed cliff dwellings, smoke stains on rock overhangs, curious art works staring back at you from cliff walls.

Dining At The Parks: The Metate Room At Mesa Verde National Park

Submitted by jane schneider on August 8, 2012 - 1:11am

It’s not often you walk out of a national park lodge restaurant feeling wowed. But that was my experience during a recent stay at the Far View Lodge at Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado.

Movement Along Fault Line Threatening Cliff Palace At Mesa Verde National Park

Submitted by NPT Staff on August 6, 2012 - 1:43am

Some 800 years after it was built within an alcove in southern Colorado, a section of Cliff Palace at Mesa Verde National Park is being threatened by a fault that is damaging the iconic cliff ruin.

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New Booklet Tracks World Heritage Sites Across The National Park System

Submitted by NPT Staff on July 30, 2012 - 1:11am

There are a surprising number of World Heritage Sites in the National Park System. A new booklet tracks them and explains why they carry this distinction.

Special Photo Workshop This Fall In Mesa Verde National Park

Submitted by NPT Staff on June 26, 2012 - 1:42am

For most of us, capturing great pictures during our national park visits is difficult at best. To help you get that perfect shot at Mesa Verde National Park, a special three-day photography workshop has been scheduled for this fall.

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Energy Department, National Park Service Team Up To Launch Alternative Fuel Vehicles

Submitted by NPT Staff on June 21, 2012 - 1:20am

In a move to help the National Park System become more fuel efficient, the National Park Service and U.S. Department of Energy are partnering to bring alternative fuel vehicles to the parks.

Celebrate International Migratory Bird Day In Rocky Mountain National Park Or Mesa Verde National Park

Submitted by NPT Staff on June 8, 2012 - 1:06am

If you missed celebrating International Migratory Bird Day last month, you can make it up by heading to Rocky Mountain National Park on Saturday for a bird walk in the park

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A $25 Hike At Mesa Verde National Park

Submitted by Kurt Repanshek on June 6, 2012 - 1:18am

For $25, you can drive into Yellowstone or Yosemite national parks, your car loaded with family, and spend the rest of the week exploring. At Mesa Verde National Park, after paying the park's $15 entrance fee, another $25 fee will get you -- only you, not your entire family -- on a two-hour hike to either Mug House or Square Tower House.