Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument Offers Elk Bugling Tours
You can add Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument to the list of parks where you can enjoy elk bugling this fall.
- By NPT Staff - September 2nd, 2013 2:41am
"Elk Bike Patrol" Pedaling At Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Park the rig and ride the bike. That's the tack being taken in the Cataloochee Valley of Great Smoky Mountains National Park this fall to better manage visitors and elk.
- By NPT Staff - September 2nd, 2013 2:33am
Traveler's Gear Box: Lowepro's DryZone Camera Bags
Water in a national park, whether you're encountering the white-water variety, or a relatively smooth lake, or even pools of water while canyoneering, can wreak havoc on cameras and other electrical equipment. They need protection.
- By Kurt Repanshek - September 1st, 2013 3:29am
Fall In The National Parks: A Quieter Ride Through Fall Along The Natchez Trace Parkway
Fall, that lofty season when Eastern hardwood forests don foliages red, gold, and orange, lures us like motorized lemmings into national parks to admire nature’s wizardry. We inch along, practically bumper to bumper at times, to be dazzled in a final seasonal hurrah before the paint-by-number leaves are shed and winter’s first squalls convince us that being inside really isn’t such a bad thing.
- By NPT Staff - September 1st, 2013 3:05am
A Sampling Of Canada's Maritime Provinces Parks: Fortress Of Louisbourg National Historic Site
Many Americans aren't familiar with the Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site, but in the mid-1700s, this heavily fortified town in present-day Nova Scotia was one of the most important ports and military posts in North America. A visit to the largest historical reconstruction in Canada offers a fun and enlightening glimpse into the past.
- By Jim Burnett - September 1st, 2013 2:38am
Take A Peek Into The Dinosaurian Past Of Petrified Forest National Park
Just the name of Petrified Forest National Park plants the notion in your mind that the Arizona park is full of petrified wood. But this parched-looking landscape also holds stories of the dinosaurs that once roamed here.
- By Kurt Repanshek - September 1st, 2013 2:20am
Chaco Culture National Historical Park Earns Designation As An International Dark Sky Park
Chaco Culture National Historical Park in New Mexico is home to both outstanding archeological resources and an increasingly rare treasure—dark nights that allow for outstanding viewing of the night skies. The park has just become one of only a dozen
Dark Sky Park's recognized around the world by the non-profit International Dark Sky Association (IDA).
- By Jim Burnett - August 31st, 2013 3:05am
Lake Mead National Recreation Area Offering Free Loaner Life Jackets In Bid To Save Lives
The numbers at Lake Mead National Recreation Area are sobering: the leading cause of unintentional deaths at the park is drowning and none of the drowning victims were wearing a life jacket. The park is trying to change those statistics by offering free loaner life jackets at two popular swim beaches.
- By Jim Burnett - August 30th, 2013 3:09am
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area Running Out Of Water For Boat Ramps
If you look forward each year to boating on Lake Powell at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, you might want to consider a rain or snow dance upstream of the reservoir. Continued drops in the water level are creating some problem for those who need a ramp to launch their boat.
- By NPT Staff - August 30th, 2013 2:55am
Some Backcountry Travelers At Canyonlands National Park Will Have To Pack Out Poop
Some backcountry travelers in Canyonlands National Park will have to carry out their human waste as the National Park Service strives to better protect resources.
- By NPT Staff - August 30th, 2013 2:10am
