Road Plowing In Glacier National Park Is Under Way
It's time for the annual pool: When will the snowplows open the Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park end-to-end?
- By NPT Staff - April 5th, 2012 2:25am
Congressman Making Run To Jettison Off-Road Vehicle Rules At Cape Hatteras National Seashore
It may be “back to the drawing board” for off-road vehicle rules at Cape Hatteras National Seashore. On February 28, 2012 North Carolina Congressman Walter B. Jones, Jr. introduced a bill to void the latest “final rules” regarding pedestrian and ORV use on the seashore.
Reader Participation Day: Do You Read Nevada Barr's National Park-Based Anna Pigeon Mysteries?
Nevada Barr is the premier writer of novels dealing with national parks and the people who manage, work in, and protect them. If you've read any of the best-selling author's 17 Anna Pigeon Mysteries, please let us know what you think of them.
Putting Black History Into Perspective At Hampton National Historic Site
A page out of slavery unfolds at Hampton National Historic Site in Maryland, where Ranger Angela Roberts-Burton tells an unusual story of a freed slave who returns to work for her once-upon-a-time overseers.
- By Lisa Lance - April 4th, 2012 2:58am
Some Unusual National Park Raft Trips To Consider
There are raft trips, and then there are raft trips. Once upon a time the prime objective was to get wet and have fun while bucking rapids, but these days companies are getting more creative in the trips they offer. Yoga, anyone?
- By NPT Staff - April 4th, 2012 2:56am
Trails I've Hiked: The Crystal Forest At Petrified Forest National Park
Though it's called the "Crystal Forest," it could just as easily have been dubbed "the wood lot" for all the slabs and trunks of petrified wood you'll find along this easy hike in Petrified Forest National Park.
- By Kurt Repanshek - April 3rd, 2012 2:43am
Find Yourself At Dry Tortugas National Park
Roughly 70 miles off the tip of Florida, Dry Tortugas National Park is not the easiest place to get to. But plan your trip with the following suggestions and you likely will be able to justify the expense getting there.
- By Kurt Repanshek - April 3rd, 2012 2:24am
Alternative Spring Break: Seeing The Forest For The Joshua Trees
Alternative Spring Break -- time spent not on the beach, but in the national parks -- might not be for everyone, but for Student Conservation Association students, it can be a blast.
- By Oliwia Baney - April 3rd, 2012 2:21am
Explore Fort Pulaski National Monument By Boat
A relentless barrage of Union cannon fire prompted the Confederate forces in Fort Pulaski near Savannah to surrender in April 1862. Today you can gain a new perspective of this assault when national monument rangers offer a special water tour of the fort.
- By NPT Staff - April 2nd, 2012 2:21am
Images of America – Grand Canyon's Phantom Ranch
There aren't many places in national parks where you can venture well into the backcountry by foot, raft or saddle and then enjoy a good meal you didn't cook yourself
and sleep in a bed you didn't tote. One of them is the subject of a new book, Images of America - Grand Canyon's Phantom Ranch, and it's worth a read.
- By Jim Burnett - April 2nd, 2012 2:18am
