While hundreds of parks are free to enter, others use timed entry and other reservation methods to control crowds — but that also means you may need to secure your spot well in advance.

TIME has named Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park in Macon, Georgia one of its World's Greatest Places for 2025. The park was one of just 12 places in the United States to make the magazine's ...

Boy did Americans and other visitors make good use of US National Park Service sites in 2024 – enough to set a record.

The Park Service calls them all parks even though only 63 have national park in their name, like Acadia and Zion. Here are the biggest takeaways from the new data. Need a break? Play the USA ...

Because there are hundreds of thousands of trails in our country, several of which are probably not far from your back door, ...

SUMMARY Belongs on List? Yes No Considered one of the world's best places to visit, Glacier National Park spans two mountain ranges and includes more than 700 lakes across Montana. Take advantage ...

Comprised of a National Park and a National Reserve it has a total surface area of 600,000 hectares. Los Glaciares owes its name to the numerous glaciers covering roughly half of the World Heritage ...

the 63 sites with “national park” in their name accounted for just 28% of all NPS visits in 2024. Last year, 28 sites in the system set a record for annual recreation visits.