Though Hurricane Beryl was roughly 1,200 nautical miles from Padre Island National Seashore on Tuesday, crews already were out on the barrier island's beaches searching for Kemp's ridley sea turtle nests. Any that were found were recorded with a GPS location so, in the event the hurricane took a hard swipe at the national seashore, the nests could be relocated after the storm.

The Sentinel Campground in the Cedar Grove area of Kings Canyon National Park in California will reopen Wednesday, just in time for the 4th of July holiday weekend.

Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area is the perfect unit of the National Park System for boating, paddling, swimming, and fishing. If you don’t engage in any of those water sports very much, then maybe a little history might “float your boat” instead, because Fort Spokane, located along the southeastern border of this NRA, has the history.

A 69-year-old Texas man hiking to Phantom Ranch on the floor of Grand Canyon National Park lost consciousness along the way and died, according to a park release.