AURORA • Welcome to Hogan Park at Highlands Creek, a 100-acre space where plans call for a disc golf course, a zip line and a climbing wall. If that sounds like any number of new parks these days, ...

Colorado is one of those places where nature really went all out. From towering mountain peaks to bizarre rock formations ...

Big Basin Redwoods State Park is California’s oldest state park, and it’s been making people feel insignificantly small in the best possible way since people started designating places as parks.

Fort Myers-Cape Coral area has several wonderful trails, boardwalks and preserves that make for great day trips, casual hiking during winter months.

Exploring Mendocino, California, offers more than just the well-known coastal views and redwood forests. If you’re looking to ...

French Creek State Park stands as one of the largest contiguous forests between Washington D.C. and New York City, a verdant oasis amid the otherwise developed corridor of the eastern seaboard.

Live music: The Ghost Racket, 6-9 p.m. Parkside Station, 1026 Poyntz Ave. Trunk or Treat, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Hilton Garden Inn, 410 S. Third St. Paint and Sip: Simply Meant to Be, 6 p.m. Also Paint and ...

Meet the nominees for The Observer’s boys’ high school athlete of the week. The poll closes Friday at noon. Vote now. Vote ...

Our pick of the top Florida state parks to explore for wildlife, springs, and coastal parks, manatees, alligators and more.

There’s a lot to like about Southern mountain towns, but there’s an extra special reason to love Hot Springs, North Carolina. The teensy tiny town (no really, the last census recorded fewer than 550 ...

Pacific salmon perform one of the greatest wildlife migrations on the planet. You can view the migration just east of Grays Harbor County at the Kennedy Creek Salmon Trail. WHAT: View spawning chum ...

Some features of Spring Hammock Preserve, like the towering cypress trees that date back centuries, have stood the test of time. Other manmade features, like the boardwalks, have had trouble ...