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.

T here’s no place quite like Joshua Tree. A land of mysterious energy vortexes, sound baths, and a national park that fell ...

Everything in the Appalachian range from northern Georgia to southern Virginia is often thought to be the Smokies. But, of ...

In Riverside County, Oswit Land Trust was awarded $1.5 million for 642 acres in the foothills of the San Jacinto Mountains, preserving healthy coastal sage scrub, grasslands, and other habitats ...

The loss of hundreds of Fish and Wildlife employees could have immediate and long-term impacts on wild places, including ...

Residents of Yucca Valley and surrounding areas spoke at a public meeting Monday, asking state wildlife staff to reconsider ...

If you do hire a climbing guide, make sure that they are permitted to work in Joshua Tree National Park. Each guide is required to have rock guiding certifications through the Professional ...

Boy did Americans and other visitors make good use of US National Park Service sites in 2024 — enough to set a record. The NPS has reached a new overall milestone, with almost 331.9 million ...

has long been a bit quieter than the heavily visited towns of Joshua Tree and Yucca Valley to the west. Most visitors to Joshua Tree National Park enter through the West Entrance in the ...

Here are the eight best national park scenic roads. Trail Ridge Road carves a 48-mile path through the heart of Rocky Mountain National Park, connecting the gateway towns of Estes Park and Grand Lake.

Six Joshua Tree National Park rangers were fired Feb. 14 ... Press that around 50 would be rehired. At a town hall in Yucca Valley Feb. 22, Rep. Jay Obernolte, the area’s congressman, said ...

Of particular concern are disruptions to the delicate relationships between certain species that depend on each other for survival, such as the yucca plant and yucca moth, Li said. The small ...