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Raptor-Watching Program This Weekend At Yellowstone National Park

While most Yellowstone National Park visitors look for bison, wolves, and bear when they come to visit, this weekend there will be a special event to watch the fall migration of raptors as they wing past the park.

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By NPT Staff - September 17th, 2013 3:18am

Facilities On North Rim Of Grand Canyon National Park To Begin Closing In October

While you'll be able to visit the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park beyond mid-October, weather permitting, many of the visitor services and facilities will begin closing for the winter on October 15.

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By NPT Staff - September 17th, 2013 2:30am

Glamping Far And Away In Yellowstone National Park

If you have ever stood on the shores of Yellowstone Lake and looked way across the water to the southeast, into that area of the park where few visitors go, and wished to experience life in the backcountry without hiking with a heavy backpack, go glamping!

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By Deby Dixon - September 17th, 2013 2:22am

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Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument Remains Closed Due To Flooding

Rocky Mountain National Park isn't the only unit of the National Park System that's been closed by floodwaters. Down in New Mexico, Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument remained closed Monday as a result of heavy precipitation the past few days.

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By NPT Staff - September 16th, 2013 12:21pm

Earthquake Swarm Rattling Yellowstone National Park

More than 100 earthquakes have shaken Yellowstone National Park since last Tuesday, with the strongest, a tremblor of 3.6 magnitude, felt Sunday.

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By NPT Staff - September 16th, 2013 11:59am

As Storms Ease, Damage To Rocky Mountain National Park Is Revealed, Lengthy Rehab On Tap

Roads severed. Walls of rock and mud blocking access. Trails washed out. That is some of the aftermath at Rocky Mountain National Park, where streams and rivers normally feeble at this time of year swelled to spring runoff levels and more after days of torrential rains.

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By NPT Staff - September 16th, 2013 3:35am

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El Tovar Hotel At Grand Canyon National Park To Get A Little Makeover Early Next Year

Even grand dames need an occasional sprucing up, and that's why the iconic El Tovar Hotel on the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park will be closed for three months beginning January 2, 2014.

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By Kurt Repanshek - September 16th, 2013 3:23am

Wind Cave National Park Seeking Higher Fees For Cave Tours, Campgrounds

Fee increases, some up to 100 percent, are being proposed at Wind Cave National Park in South Dakota.

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By NPT Staff - September 16th, 2013 2:43am

Taste The Mountain Life At Great Smoky Mountains National Park On September 21

You can, quite literally, sample the ways of the past at the annual Mountain Life Festival that will be celebrated at Great Smoky Mountains National Park on September 21.

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By NPT Staff - September 16th, 2013 2:16am

State Of Florida Pledges $90 Million To Help Fund A Bridge To Somewhere In Everglades National Park

In 1928 a highway known as the Tamiami Trail was built across the southern Florida peninsula, and while it was a boon for developers, the dam-like road fill created serious problems for Everglades National Park. A partial solution—replacing some of the road's berm with bridges—got a welcome boost with a recent pledge of $90 million from the State of Florida.

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By Jim Burnett - September 15th, 2013 3:15am

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