Beautiful views and exciting activities aren't just for the parks. These accommodations also have their own charms.

As the spring sun melted the final bits of snow ... an area of Yosemite I'd never been to before. I wanted to do something different there, and this was it." Yosemite National Park, about 1,200 ...

The Trinity Alps Wilderness, about three hours north of Sacramento, offers hiking trails, waterfalls, alpine lakes and ...

For decades, geologists have hypothesized that Yosemite Valley was shaped by a combination of natural forces, including tectonic uplift, water erosion, and glaciation. However, a ...

Yosemite National Park Hetch Hetchy Valley is a landscape photographer's dream. But whether you're going for the views or some adventure, you'll have to hike to explore the area. Luckily ...

From Australia and New Zealand to Africa and North America, these walks allow you to explore some of the world’s most ...

Pianist Hunter Noack combines two of his passions, music and nature, to present unique outdoor concerts. He spoke with JPR’s ...

This easy (but dangerous) interpretive trail through the desert is hiding in plain sight at one of Southern California's most popular national parks.

is only a fraction of the size of the 266,000-acre Rocky Mountain National Park. But this gem also sees a fraction of the crowds, despite a similarly stunning landscape of snow-fed lakes ...

Perhaps it was hubris for Rocky Mountain National ... landscape too, from prehistoric mammoth hunters, to the Ute and Arapaho people who spent their summers here long before it became a park ...

Access to the Rivers of America will officially be closing on July 7, 2025, as Disney begins reimagining this area. This includes its two attractions: Liberty Belle Riverboat and Tom Sawyer Island.

I’ve oftentimes entertained the opinion – unfashionable in the current climate, it hardly needs stating – that America could ...