Opening Dates And Price Changes At Cape Lookout National Seashore
Opening dates for the season and pricing changes announced for Cape Lookout National Seashore campground.
- By justin.housman - December 19th, 2024 6:25pm
Cape Lookout National Seashore
Traveler's View: National Park Service Has Its Blinders On At Cumberland Island
A decade after the National Park Service acknowledged feral horses at Cumberland Island National Seashore are a nonnative species that has damaged natural, cultural, and historical resources and that a management plan needed to be developed for them, the agency still lacks such a plan and has endorsed a defense of legal technicalities to oppose emergency food and water for them.
- By Kurt Repanshek - September 5th, 2024 4:43am
Postal Service Issues Stamps To Raise Awareness Of Sea Turtles' Plight
In an effort to raise awareness of the challenges sea turtles face, the U.S. Postal Service has released a collection of stamps in honor of the "ancient mariners."
- By NPT Staff - June 12th, 2024 2:30am
Fossils Telling Stories Across The National Park System
Thirty-two-million years after a saber-tooth cat stalked prey on the landscape known today as Badlands National Park, a 7-year-old girl working for her latest Junior Ranger badge spotted the animal's fossilized skull protruding from a hillside.
- By Kurt Repanshek - October 16th, 2024 5:35pm
Most Overlooked National Park System Units
There seem to be countless national park stories in the media about "best this" or "best that," or "most underrated" park. More often than not, those stories revolve around the 63 "national parks" that go into the 428 units of the National Park System. What about the remaining 365 units? Let's take a look at some of the most overlooked parks in that universe (and we hope you'll help!).
- By Kurt Repanshek - February 1st, 2024 2:45am
New Boardwalk Will Take You To Cape Lookout Lighthouse
The stretch of boardwalk that leads you to the lighthouse and keeper's quarters at Cape Lookout National Seashore is currently being replaced, a process that is limiting access to the area, especially for those with mobility issues, a release from the seashore says.
- By Compiled From N... - December 9th, 2023 2:30am
National Park Service Facilities Close Ahead Of Tropical Storm
Tropical Cyclone Sixteen's path prompted storm warnings along coastal North Carolina and led to closures at Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, and Wright Brothers National Memorial in North Carolina.
- By Kurt Repanshek - September 22nd, 2023 10:26am
More Than A Dozen Parks Closed By Idalia
Hurricane Idalia's charge across Florida on Wednesday prompted more than a dozen units of the National Park System to close in the face of forecasts calling for heavy rains, high winds, storm surges, and possibly tornadoes.
- By Kurt Repanshek - August 30th, 2023 1:39pm
Hurricane Idalia Prompting More National Park Closures
National Park System units along the Carolinas were making plans Tuesday to close before the remnants of Hurricane Idalia reached them.
- By Kurt Repanshek - August 29th, 2023 12:44pm
Ancient, And Big, Shark Tooth Found At Cape Lookout National Seashore
Will a massive shark tooth spur a throng of beachcombers to Cape Lookout National Seashore on the Outer Banks of North Carolina?
- By Compiled From N... - July 29th, 2023 2:30am
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