Mammoth Cave National Park Cave Tour Costs Could Increase
Going underground at Mammoth Cave National Park could cost you a buck or two more in 2014 under a proposal up for public review.
- By NPT Staff - August 18th, 2013 2:20am
Fall In The National Parks: Some Great Activities To Put On Your Calendar
Sure, it's still August, but that doesn't mean it's too early to start penciling some fall events and activities in the National Park System onto your calendar. Here's a start, and we'll keep adding to it as we hear of events.
- By NPT Staff - August 18th, 2013 2:14am
New Logos Designed To Help Resolve "Identity Crisis" At Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
Indiana Dune National Lakeshore preserves some fine natural resources and recreational opportunities near Chicago, but public confusion about what areas are—or are not—part of the Lakeshore creates a bit of an "identity crisis. The park hopes a series new graphic logos will help the public understand that the widely dispersed visitor areas are all part of one national park.
- By Jim Burnett - August 17th, 2013 2:42am
Missouri Man Killed By Fall In Rocky Mountain National Park
A 20-year-old Missouri man climbing in Rocky Mountain National Park was killed by a fall of about 150 feet from "the Narrows" section along the Keyhole Route on Longs Peak.
- By NPT Staff - August 16th, 2013 11:08am
Yellowstone National Park Hikers Injured During Grizzly Encounter
Two Yellowstone National Park hikers sustained relatively minor injuries when they encountered a sow grizzly and her cub on a trail southwest of Canyon Village.
- By NPT Staff - August 16th, 2013 10:54am
Visiting Rocky Mountain National Park On August 24? Expect Traffic Delays From Bike Race
If you're planning to visit Rocky Mountain National Park on Saturday, August 24, and your route in or out of the area passes through the town of Estes Park, plan ahead. Park officials are warning to traffic delays due to one stage of the 2013 USA Pro Cycling Challenge bike race.
- By Jim Burnett - August 16th, 2013 3:28am
Death Valley National Park Announces Plan For Managing The Park's Wilderness And Backcountry
The website for Death Valley National Park accurately describes this vast desert area as "Hottest, Driest, Lowest," and a couple of other superlatives would apply to the park as well. Death Valley is the largest NPS area in the Lower 48 and the park has recently announced completion of a plan to manage the "largest area of designated national park wilderness in the contiguous United States."
Meet Wendy Janssen, Superintendent Of The Appalachian National Scenic Trail
Wendy Janssen is the new superintendent of the Appalachian National Scenic Trail. Danny Bernstein talk to Ms. Janssen about the highlight of her NPS career and what she sees as the challenges of the A.T.
- By [email protected] - August 16th, 2013 2:39am
Visitor Survives 115-Foot Fall Over Cliff At Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park
A 73-year-old man survived a 115-foot fall over a cliff at Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park earlier this week, but his predicament wasn't discovered until the following day. He was successfully rescued by rangers with help from a helicopter just a daylight was fading Tuesday evening.
- By Jim Burnett - August 15th, 2013 10:41am
Walking Among Giants: A Three-Generation Hut Trek In Norway's Jotunheimen National Park
On a treeless tundra plateau deep in Norway’s Jotunheimen National Park, we stop before a bouncy suspension bridge over a roaring, snarling whitewater river. I shoot a glance at my 75-year-old mom. In a tone that contains more fatalism than enthusiasm, she reminds me, “I’ve never crossed one of these.”
- By Michael Lanza - August 15th, 2013 3:42am
