Following these five simple rules while hiking helps preserve the gorgeous national parks the United States is famed for.

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Police were called to Devil’s Den State Park, about 25 miles south of Fayetteville, shortly before 3 p.m. A 43-year-old man and a 41-year-old woman were found dead on a walking trail within the park, ...

A pedestrian bridge linking Melas Park to Meadows Park in Mount Prospect has been talked about for seven years. But the ...