My list of the ten best summer national parks brings plenty of stops to cool off, but also a few where it’ll be hard to beat the heat! So grab your sunscreen and favorite canteen, pile the ...

Here, The Wall Street Journal lays out an objective view of the best national parks from Acadia to Zion across four criteria: crowds, hiking trails, campsites and the availability of other ...

Our national parks saw record crowds over the summer during the National Park Service's centennial. Some of our most popular national parks were so full that the NPS set daily caps on visitors.

The lack of crowds and time for peace, quiet and solitude. If you haven't experienced America's national parks in the off-season, you've missed the chance to see this country's wild places with ...

Absolute purists will correctly state that there are currently 63 national parks because these vast areas ... four national rivers, ten national seashores and a combined ten national wild and ...

With more than 60 national parks, plus hundreds of national monuments, seashores, preserves, battlefields, and more, our National Park System offers visitors more than 85 million acres of ...

She edits stories with a focus on outdoor and adventure travel, as well as Canada, Northern Europe, and the Southeastern U.S. If you've checked a few of America's favorite national parks off your ...

Sovereign states typically designate their own national parks and are responsible for their general upkeep. Depending on the country and park, visitors from the general public may be charged an ...