National Park Mystery Spot 36: Seven Words
These seven words should be enough.
- By Bob Janiskee - February 23rd, 2012 4:00am
Snowcoach Now Providing Access to Exit Glacier at Kenai Fjords National Park and Preserve
Visiting Exit Glacier in Kenai Fjords National Park during the winter is getting a little bit easier now that the National Park Service has authorized snowcoach travel to the popular destination.
- By NPT Staff - February 23rd, 2012 3:00am
Visitors To Hot Springs National Park Spent Nearly $90 Million In The Area In 2010
How much is a national park worth? That's difficult to truly answer once you move beyond dollars and cents. But if you're sticking on the economic worth, you could say Hot Springs National Park is worth about $90 million to its surrounding communities.
- By NPT Staff - February 23rd, 2012 3:00am
High Spike In Great Smoky Mountains National Park Visitation Attributed To Good Weather
Great weather, when compared to January 2011, is thought to be behind a nearly 24 percent increase in visitation to Great Smoky Mountains National Park this past January.
- By NPT Staff - February 23rd, 2012 3:00am
Reader Participation Day: Has the Presence of Pythons Changed the Way You Feel About Visiting Everglades National Park?
The National Park Service believes that the big pythons that now living in Everglades National Park are very unlikely to harm visitors. Has the presence of the pythons changed the way you feel about visiting Everglades National Park?
Crater Lake National Park Officials Given Final Say Over Sightseeing Overflights
While legislation has been signed into law by President Obama to give Crater Lake National Park officials final say on whether to allow helicopter sightseeing tours over the park, that authority is lacking in many other units of the National Park System.
- By Kurt Repanshek - February 22nd, 2012 3:00am
Latest Study Shows Warming Climate Forcing Alpine Chipmunks To Yosemite National Park's Roof
Not only is a warming world forcing a tiny chipmunk towards the roof of Yosemite National Park, but it appears to be eroding the genetic diversity of the species as well, according to a study by University of California, Berkeley, researchers.
- By NPT Staff - February 22nd, 2012 3:00am
New Life for Old Voices at Thomas Edison National Historical Park
Until recently, no one alive today had ever heard the recorded voice of someone born in the eighteenth century. That's now changed, thanks to some recent technological wizardry on an old box of unique wax recordings housed at Thomas Edison National istorical Park.
- By Jim Burnett - February 22nd, 2012 3:00am
Some Mammoth Cave National Park Campgrounds Opening March 1
It might be a bit chilly, but some campgrounds at Mammoth Cave National Park will open for the season on March 1. The Houchin Ferry will get a slightly earlier jump on the season, with operations scheduled to begin this Sunday.
- By NPT Staff - February 22nd, 2012 3:00am
Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park More Dangerous Than It Might Appear To the Unprepared
Despite the relaxed tropical connotations "Hawaii" might conjure, those who head to Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park without preparing adequately for the trip could run into problems.
- By NPT Staff - February 21st, 2012 3:00am
