Earlier this month, the U.S. Forest Service announced that it anticipates requiring advanced-purchased permits to hike the ...

Switzerland may be a bucket list destination for many, but the Little Switzerland of California offers similar outdoor ...

Campers can now reserve spots at two popular lakeside campgrounds on Thurmond Lake after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ...

The Kentucky State Parks have announced that they will be kicking off the 2026 camping season this coming Friday at 20 ...

The program builds on a pilot inspection and decontamination (“WOD”) station launched over Labor Day weekend 2025. The pilot found that voluntary inspections are insufficient for compliance, and ...

We can all agree that the national parks in the United States are breathtakingly beautiful and chock-full of opportunities to get outdoors in some of the most dramatic settings on Earth. The ...

Walker Lake has receded well beyond the sign on U.S. Route 95, in Mineral County, Nev., in January 2026. Decades ago, anglers could shorecast for fish that can no longer survive in the shrinking lake.

Several dozen horses calmly graze along the shores of Mono Lake, a sparkling saline expanse spread out before the jagged Sierra Nevada mountains. The September sun is blazing. A pair of brown horses ...

At a trailhead surrounded by sagebrush, a naturalist welcomes a group of visitors to Mono Lake beside a sign that reads “Oasis in the Desert.” Guide Ryan Garrett, his face alight, greets the group of ...