Less crowded but not less beautiful, these underrated U.S. national parks are worth visiting to avoid the crowds and enjoy beautiful views.

Skip Yosemite’s crowds and explore otherworldly landscapes with lava fields and steaming fumaroles along epic hikes in this California hidden gem.

America the beautiful is a wonderland for nature lovers and hikers. Although most of the top-rated hikes are on the West Coast and in the Mountain West, the East Coast and even the Deep South and ...

You can access Sentinel Bridge, which is located on the eastern side of Yosemite Valley, on Sentinel Drive (near Cook's Meadow) from shuttle stop No. 11. To hike Half Dome, the trail is about 14 ...

You'll find many of Yosemite's best restaurants in the park's hotels and lodges, including the Dining Room at The Ahwahnee, the Mountain Room at the Yosemite Valley Lodge or the Wawona Hotel ...

Campsites in Yosemite will soon require reservations, park rangers announced on Thursday. According to park rangers, Camp 4 will require reservations beginning ...

Then tap Done. Maps will also download your custom route to your iPhone, so you won't have to worry about losing reception, especially if you're hiking out in the wilderness. After you've saved ...

Ten students and 14 mentors will be hiking through the Grand Canyon thanks to Kids in the Canyon (KITC). The nonprofit is an experiential, education-based mentoring program for students that ends ...

Strange-looking boulders adorned the landscape “in the most diverse and bizarre forms,” wrote one observer, “like herds of monsters grazing at the bottom of a valley.” When the sun burst ...

Night - Clear. Winds S at 6 mph (9.7 kph). The overnight low will be 51 °F (10.6 °C). Sunny with a high of 81 °F (27.2 °C). Winds variable at 6 to 16 mph (9.7 to 25.7 kph). Partly cloudy today ...

Where normally there would be one or two hikes per season, the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic ...