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- By admin - June 12th, 2014 12:00am
Fall Proves Fatal To Colorado Man At Rocky Mountain National Park
A Colorado man apparently trying to summit Longs Peak in Rocky Mountain National Park has been killed in what appears to have been a fall of about 1,000 feet, according to park officials.
- By NPT Staff - June 11th, 2014 10:25am
On Mountaineering
Probably everyone has a book inside themselves, somewhere; some interesting....some not so much. Radford West's is interesting, mainly because he's had an interesting life, with a keen passion for the outdoors. In 1971 West came home from the confusion of Vietnam and sought solace in the high, lonesome. "The mountains gave me a new respect for nature and myself," he says, and his book reflects that.
- By Patrick Cone - June 11th, 2014 2:24am
Annual March Out This Weekend At Valley Forge National Historical Park
Summer officially kicks off at Valley Forge National Historical Park in Pennsylvania this weekend with a commemoration of the Continental Army's departure from the winter quarters in pursuit of the British Army.
- By NPT Staff - June 11th, 2014 2:21am
Surveying Of Seabed Off Fire Island National Seashore Under Way
Despite appearances, war games are not being held at Fire Island National Seashore this summer. Rather, the amphibious vehicle plying the waters around the Seashore is surveying the seabed and coastline.
- By NPT Staff - June 11th, 2014 2:21am
Redwood National Park Officials Working On Management Plan For Second-Growth Forest
Fifty years ago a section of forest in the Middle Fork of Lost Man Creek in Redwood National Park was logged. Now the National Park Service is drawing up a plan for managing that acreage and seeks your input.
- By NPT Staff - June 11th, 2014 2:13am
Falling Tree Kills Yellowstone National Park Visitor
A 36-year-old Taiwanese visitor to Yellowstone National Park who apparently was aiming for a better camera angle of Grand Prismatic Spring was killed when a tree fell on top of him.
- By NPT Staff - June 10th, 2014 5:42pm
Cape Cod National Seashore : Clambakes, Whales, And Beach Time
Summer vacations at the Cape have long been an American tradition, dating back well before the national seashore was authorized in 1961. So popular is the seashore, in fact, that the vacation season has stretched out, going well beyond Labor Day and creeping into October. And why not? Waters, whether you’re talking about the Cape’s freshwater kettle ponds, Cape Cod Bay, or the Atlantic, remain relatively warm through September.
- By Kurt Repanshek - June 10th, 2014 3:06am
Celebrate A Quarter Millennium Of The Sandy Hook Lighthouse At Gateway National Recreation Area
Quick, how old is the Sandy Hook Lighthouse at Gateway National Recreation Area in New Jersey?
Photography In The National Parks: A Wildlife Advocate's View Of Wildlife Photography
Nearly every day someone tells me that I have the dream job as a full-time wildlife photographer in Yellowstone National Park, but if they knew that a Dutch photographer nearly punched me out yesterday, when I was trying to assist a black bear in crossing the road on a blind curb, they might think again.
