Spending time in Yosemite Valley at Yosemite National Park in California is a great introduction to this national park. But there is so much more to see and do within it’s 1,200 square miles of rivers, meadows, forests, and granite hills of the High Sierra.

March 27 marks the anniversary of the onset of Mauna Loa’s dramatic 1868 eruption, when lava flows from the Southwest Rift Zone severely impacted the Kaʻū district. However, this may not have been the only place that saw significant changes during the eruption, since new research suggests a simultaneous collapse at the volcano’s summit—similar to events at Kīlauea in 2018.

All developed campgrounds and large group sites at Ozark National Scenic Riverways in Missouri are now reservation-only.

The Federal Highway Administration is completing its first round of improvements to Cunard Road (Route 9) in New River Gorge National Park and Preserve in West Virginia and plans to reopen for access on Monday. The road closed last November for upgrades from just past the trailhead for the Brooklyn Mine Trail extending to the river access at Cunard.