Cave Tours At Wind Cave National Park Resume Saturday
After nearly two years of being shut down, tours of Wind Cave at Wind Cave National Park in South Dakota are set to resume Saturday.
- By NPT Staff - March 19th, 2021 3:48pm
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Glacier National Park Gains Tools For Managing Sun Road Visitors
Growing crowds year after year are not only making it harder and harder to find parking spots at popular locations in your favorite national park, but solitude along some trails is also more difficult to find, and resources are being impacted. Nowhere in Glacier National Park is this more obvious than along the Going-to-the-Sun Road corridor, where one day soon you might have to reserve parking at Logan Pass or return at another time to hike to Avalanche Lake.
- By Kurt Repanshek - March 19th, 2021 2:00am
Exploring Canada's Most Accessible Arctic National Park
North of the Arctic Circle, our Twin Otter soars over the Mackenzie Delta’s maze of waterways and patchwork of tundra, darts across the Beaufort Sea and passes over the British Mountains before shaking and shuddering its way down to Sheep Creek International Airport. Well, that’s what the hand-painted sign says at the end of the grassy wilderness landing area. Parks Canada marks the spot as Imniarvik base camp in Ivvavik National Park, a place that just 100 or so people get to see each year in the extreme northwest corner of the Yukon.
- By Jennifer Bain - August 2nd, 2024 5:54am
Rocky Mountain National Park Backcountry Reservations To Reopen Thursday
Rocky Mountain National Park's reservation system for backcountry campsites, which was overloaded by demand earlier this month, is set to reopen Thursday for dates ranging from July into October.
- By NPT Staff - March 16th, 2021 3:04pm
Visitor Stats Reveal How Canada's Parks And Historic Sites Fared In 2020
Even a global pandemic couldn’t knock Banff National Park off the top of the list of Canada’s most visited national parks. Rouge National Urban Park saw more visitors than ever before as urbanites looked for quick and close outdoor escapes. And a Quebec island that once served as a quarantine station for new immigrants, and is now a national historic site, enjoyed a summer surge in popularity.
- By Jennifer Bain - August 2nd, 2024 5:57am
Point Pelee National Park Cancels Festival Of Birds
The annual Festival of Birds at Point Pelee National Park is going virtual in the face of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
- By NPT Staff - March 12th, 2021 2:30am
Restoration Of Chateau At Oregon Caves National Monument To Begin This Summer
Restoration of the historic Chateau at Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve has been delayed due to additional studies of the lodge, but now is expected to get underway this summer.
- By NPT Staff - March 12th, 2021 1:45am
Grand Teton Officials Announce Plans For Healthy Visits This Year
Grand Teton National Park officials say they are modifying operations to protect the health of park employees, volunteers, partners and visitors this summer.
- By NPT Staff - March 10th, 2021 1:45am
Alcatraz Island To Reopen At Golden Gate National Recreation Area
Golden Gate National Recreation Area in California plans to reopen access to Alcatraz Island on March 15.
- By NPT Staff - March 18th, 2021 3:45am
One Of Canada's Least Visited Parks Will Stay Closed This Year
Tuktut Nogait National Park will remain closed for all of 2021 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
- By Jennifer Bain - August 2nd, 2024 5:57am
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