As the National Parks Traveler's readership has grown, so too has the number of comments posted on the site. Frankly, it's gotten too unwieldy, with too many veering off topic, to the point where a staff as small as the Traveler's cannot manage it. As a result, the comments section is shutting down for the foreseeable future.

Perspective is a particular way of viewing things, and how you view your photographic subject is a matter of perspective. Perspectives change, depending upon whether you are at ground level, above, or below your subject. Capturing different perspectives of the same subject fleshes out your subject’s story and your park trip.

Camping fees are inching up at Hovenweep and Natural Bridges national monuments in Utah in a move to tackle deferred maintenance and bring pricing in line with campground fees at Arches and Canyonlands national parks.

Beginning next month you'll be able to buy one annual pass that gains you entrance into Crater Lake National Park, Lassen Volcanic National Park, Lava Beds National Monument, and Whiskeytown National Recreation Area.