Parks in the News

Trails I’ve Hiked: Lost Mine Trail

The Lost Mine Trail is one of the most popular at Big Bend National Park, and with good reason. The trail is not too very steep and the views of the Chisos Mountains and Chihuahuan Desert are expansive. Traveler contributing writer and photographer Rebecca Latson shares her observations about this trail she’s hiked.

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By Rebecca Latson - May 6th, 2023 3:00am

Blue Ridge Parkway To Begin Mabry Mill Wheel Repairs

Needed repairs are coming to Mabry Mill on the Blue Ridge Parkway, with the first project to address the mill wheel.

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By Compiled From N... - May 5th, 2023 3:00am

Woman Bitten By Rabies-Infected Bat At Death Valley National Park

A woman was bitten by a bat while trying to move it off a garbage can outside the gas station at Stovepipe Wells Village in Death Valley National Park on Friday, April 28. The bat has since tested positive for rabies. The woman has no symptoms and is undergoing treatment.

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By Compiled From N... - May 4th, 2023 5:45am

Black Bear Collared At Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area

A 210-pound black bear found wandering in Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area in California has become the first bruin to be fitted with a radio collar in the park.

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By Compiled From N... - May 4th, 2023 3:00am

Rocky Mountain National Park Going Cashless On June 1

Beginning on June 1, Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado will transition to a fully cashless fee system and only accept mobile or electronic payments for entrance and permit fees. Visitors who are only able to pay with cash may purchase a prepaid pass from the Rocky Mountain Conservancy Nature Store at Beaver Meadows, Fall River, or Kawuneeche Visitor Centers.

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By Compiled From N... - May 4th, 2023 2:30am

Happy Birthday Timpanogos Cave National Monument

While winter's snows are slowing the opening of Timpanogos Cave National Monument in Utah for the summer, the monument is ready to mark its centennial as a unit of the National Park System.

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By Compiled From N... - May 9th, 2023 10:20am

Your Opportunity To Lease A Dune Shack At Cape Cod National Seashore

Your opportunity to call a historic home within Cape Cod National Seashore your own for a decadeis coming up, but it requires you to embrace a humble lifestyle.

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By Compiled From N... - May 3rd, 2023 2:45am

National Park Service Adds More Than 100 Acres To Timucuan Ecological And Historic Preserve

The National Park Service recently completed an acquisition to add more than 100 acres to Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve in Florida.

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By Compiled From N... - May 3rd, 2023 2:30am

Remains Of Hospital, Cemetery Discovered In Waters Of Dry Tortugas National Park

A chapter of 19th century history at Dry Tortugas National Park has been discovered underwater on a submerged island near Garden Key that once housed a quarantine hospital and cemetery.

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By Kurt Repanshek - May 2nd, 2023 7:00am

Lake Powell Water Levels Rising More Than Expected

An unexpectedly large snowpack in the Upper Colorado River Basin is expected to raise the elevation of Lake Powell at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area higher than previously forecast, leading to the likelihood of more boat ramps being in use this summer.

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By NPT Staff - May 1st, 2023 3:15am

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