National Parks Traveler

From searing temperatures at Death Valley National Park to surging Colorado River waters through Grand Canyon National Park, this week is one that beckons national park visitors to be particularly careful on their Western vacations.

Some views along the Appalachian National Scenic Trail in Virginia have been preserved thanks to the National Park Trust.

Interior Department officials have released a draft plan for battling invasive species such as Burmese pythons and Asian carp that threaten to upset native species in national parks and other public lands.

Work schedule modifications have allowed for necessary work on the Generals Highway in Sequoia and Kings Canyon national parks to be completed without disrupting park and forest visitors with weeknight road closures.

Margaret Everson's introduction to the National Park Service, an attempt to rid the National Park System of Confederate statues, and a desire to have more off-road access at Cape Cod National Seashore are among the issues you might have missed last week.

Contributing writer Rita Beamish and a friend headed out on the John Muir Trail for nine days in August to escape the coronavirus pandemic, and while they carried face masks and practiced social distancing, not everyone they encountered did.

Most folks who head to Grand Teton National Park most likely have hiking and climbing on their minds. But if you're going there with paddle in hand, this guidebook can help you make the most from venturing out on Jackson and Leigh lakes in the park.

A couple of backpackers are planning to embark next month on hiking the 900 miles of trails in Great Smoky Mountains National Park in a bid to raise $60,000 for Friends of the Smokies, with the money going to the park’s Preventative Search and Rescue program.

House Democrats, concerned that Interior Secretary David Bernhardt is not taking the coronavirus pandemic seriously enough, are pushing him to explain why the National Park Service is not uniform in enforcing social distancing and face mask guidelines.

With ongoing drought and hot, dry, windy weather conducive to wildfires, Rocky Mountain National Park officials are banning campfires inside the park.