Astrotourism is traveling to places — sometimes remote locales — where it’s possible to see celestial events such as stars, ...

California is home to three of the best national parks in the country, according to Lonely Planet. The travel guide recently ...

National parks saw a record-breaking 331.8 million visitors in the last year, a 2% increase from the previous year. Great Smoky Mountains National Park remains the most visited national park ...

The striking image from the International Space Station captures the rain shadow effect, where a part of a mountain range is ...

America’s national parks just had their busiest year ever—right as the National Park Service (NPS) struggles with major staffing cuts. In 2024, a record-breaking 332 million visitors explored ...

Outside of visiting on the above days, there are several other ways you can enter national parks free of charge — one of which is with a military ID. All U.S. military service members and ...

The National Park Service just released visitation data for 2024, reporting a record-breaking number of visitors just as federal staffing cuts, funding freezes and the proposed dismantling of ...

Traditionally, individual parks and the National Park Service have touted how successful the previous year was. That has been especially true since a spike in attendance during the COVID pandemic.

U.S. National Parks experienced a record 331.9 million visits in 2024, but the data was not publicly announced due to an internal memo. Parks face staffing shortages and hiring freezes ...

Nearly 332 million people showed up to hike, camp or simply get a breath of fresh air in America’s national parks last year. That’s 6 million more visits than the year before, and a million ...