Pinnacles National Park

Why Our Nation's Most Vulnerable Species Are At Risk

President Trump’s zest for rapidly shrinking the government is triggering anxiety about conservation priorities that have been embedded for more than five decades in the country’s national parks and wildlife refuges.

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By Kurt Repanshek - March 29th, 2025 2:30am

National Parks Quiz And Trivia #84: The Pinnacles National Park Edition

This month’s quiz and trivia piece focuses on one of those parks: Pinnacles National Park in California. How many of you have visited this place? Test your knowledge and see just how much you know about this particular park unit. You might know more than you realize, and you will definitely learn something new.

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By Rebecca Latson - March 8th, 2025 3:00am

Pinnacles National Park

Caves, condors, high peaks, woodlands, and meadows. Pinnacles National Park in California, named after the eroded remnants formed from volcanic eruptions over 20 million years ago, offers visitors a contrasting variety of environments to explore.

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By Rebecca Latson - March 4th, 2025 3:52am

Staffing Issues May Affect Your 2025 National Park Plans

Planning a national park trip in 2025? If there is a tour, ranger-led program, campsite, or any other park event for which you need a reservation, you’d better be prepared for staffing issues to affect some of those plans.

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By Rebecca Latson - February 28th, 2025 2:18pm

Paving Projects Will Impact Pinnacles National Park Visitors

Later this month paving projects will begin in Pinnacles National Park in California, creating some access issues for visitors.

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By Compiled From N... - April 22nd, 2024 10:29am

Searching For Condors At Pinnacles National Park

Though Pinnacles National Park is renowned for its geology and its testing grounds for climbers, it's a great place to go in search of California condors.

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By Lori Sonken - August 1st, 2024 1:24am

Groups Urge Fish And Wildlife Service, Agriculture Department To Vaccinate California Condors Against Flu

Nearly 30 organizations have asked the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and U.S. Agriculture Department to vaccinate California condors in the wild to protect them from avian flu, which already has killed at least 21 of the iconic birds.

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By NPT Staff - May 10th, 2023 2:30am

California Storms Impacting Multiple Park Units

The ongoing series of storms that has dropped more than 400 percent of the normal amount of rain California might expect has impacted multiple National Park System sites in the state. Here's a glance of some of the impacts and closures:

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By Compiled From N... - January 11th, 2023 4:16pm

California Storms Close National Parks

The atmospheric rivers that have been bringing torrential rains to California have led to the closure of at least one unit of the National Park System, Pinnacles National Park.

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By Compiled From N... - January 9th, 2023 1:26pm

National Parks Quiz And Trivia #54

With 423 units of the National Park System from which to choose, there will never be a shortage of questions and interesting trivia to test your knowledge and provide you with a fact or two you can use to impress family, friends, and colleagues.

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By Rebecca Latson - October 15th, 2022 10:45am

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The easiest way to explore RV-friendly National Park campgrounds.

The Essential RVing Guide to the National Parks

Here’s the definitive guide to National Park System campgrounds where RVers can park their rigs.

Our app is packed with RVing- specific details on more than 250 campgrounds in more than 70 national parks.

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The Essential RVing Guide to the National Parks