National Parks Traveler

Perhaps the best-kept secrets of our National Park System are found on millions of acres which are located underwater, and most of those areas are yet to be explored. Sound intriguing? If you're a diver, perhaps you'd like to apply for a Scientific Diving Internship. Applications are now being accepted.

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By Jim Burnett - November 28th, 2009 3:50am

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Driftwood Trunk Perfect Showcase For National Park Medallions

Earlier this month Traveler readers compared notes on national park memorabilia collections -- T-shirts, ball caps, hiking medallions, lapel pins and whatnot. Dan Martin had an innovative way to display his collection of hiking medallions -- he buys two from each park and attaches one to his hiking stick and another to a piece of driftwood he found near Yellowstone National Park.

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By Kurt Repanshek - November 28th, 2009 3:43am

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Clingmans Dome at Great Smoky Mountains National Park Gets a Makeover This Winter

Clingmans Dome is the highest point in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, so it's a popular destination for visitors. The road to that location will close on December 1 and likely won't reopen until May 2010, to allow work on several facilities in the area.

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By Jim Burnett - November 28th, 2009 3:08am

A Gift Guide For National Park Travelers

With Friday kicking off the holiday shopping season, quite a few folks more than likely will have national parks on their minds. And so do we at the Traveler, and so we've decided to offer for your consideration our first Traveler Gift Guide.

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By Kurt Repanshek - November 27th, 2009 4:03am

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Natchez Trace Parkway is Rehabbing the Meriwether Lewis Site

The National Park Service is using economic stimulus funds to make extensive improvements to the Meriwether Lewis Site on Natchez Trace Parkway.

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By Bob Janiskee - November 27th, 2009 3:55am

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Listening Sessions Intended to Help National Park Service Preserve World War II Internment Sites

National Park Service officials are looking for feedback on how a grant program designed to preserve World War II internment camps that imprisoned Japanese Americans fared.

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By Kurt Repanshek - November 27th, 2009 3:45am

Parking and Traffic Changes Will Ease Congestion at Grand Canyon National Park

Big changes in roads, parking and other facilities are nearing completion on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon. The result should be a much-improved visitor experience, beginning this month. The real payoff will come with next summer's crowds.

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By Jim Burnett - November 27th, 2009 3:41am

John Muir Buffs, Here's The Mother Lode

John Muir long has been closely associated with nature and the national parks, and rightly so. If you admire him and his writings, let us point you to a site where you can peruse thousands of his letters, sketches, photos and journals.