National Park Service recorded 331.9 million visits in 2024, highlighting overcrowding issues in popular parks.

Each year in late spring, the forest fills with fireflies that flash in unison at Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The synchronous show draws so many spectators to eastern Tennessee that the park ...

When I think of Valentine’s Day, I think of crowded restaurants, prix-fixe menus, and awkward candlelight listening to the ...

I've visited 50 of America's 63 national parks, so here's my opinion on what I consider the most disappointing national park ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Fifty years after the federal government saved the Congaree swamp from industrial scale logging, the 27,000 acre nature preserve faces a rash of other threats that have the attention ...

LOWELL — Nearly a year after its approval by the Conservation Commission, and after blowing through its expected fall 2025 opening, the Muldoon Park kayak launch project in South Lowell finally went ...

HOPKINS — Richland County sheriff's deputies have called off a search for an individual in distress in Congaree after hours with police dogs and helicopters in the swamp-laden national park . The ...

SCHUYLERVILLE — A new, accessible kayak launch is coming to Hudson Crossing Park this spring. The park announced the plans for the new launch to be installed by BoardSafe, a commercial dock-building ...

A government shutdown may limit services at National Park Service locations, though parks will remain as accessible as possible. Some essential staff, like law enforcement and emergency response, will ...

IM YUNA LEE. HERE'S WHAT WE'RE WATCHING FOR YOU TODAY. POLICE SAY A 76-YEAR OLD MAN DIED AT THE SILOAM SPRINGS KAYAK PARK. ACCORDING TO SILOAM SPRINGS CHIEF OF POLICE-- PEOPLE PERFORMED C-P-R ON ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Less than an hour outside downtown Columbia lies one of the Midlands’ best-kept secrets- Cedar Creek in Congaree National Park. With its serene waters, canopy tupelo trees, and ...

National parks in America offer every kind of escape; some overflow with eager visitors, while others stay under the radar. We've ranked them all and shown where the crowds gather and where solitude ...