National Parks Traveler

Since August 2005, National Parks Traveler has been the only website focusing daily on the United States National Park System and the National Park Service. Unlike other sites that merely present park statistics and trail descriptions, The Traveler goes beyond being a simple travel blog. It provides a distinct mix of news, feature articles, discussions, and debates, all centered around America's national parks, making it a dynamic resource for park enthusiasts.

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Traveler's View | Tell Interior Secretary Burgum What You Think

1 week ago | nationalparkstraveler.org | Kurt Repanshek

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum wants you to reach out to him about national parks. So do it.
Boston Man Falls Off Cliff While Searching For Better View Of Kīlauea Eruption At Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park

2 weeks ago | nationalparkstraveler.org | Kurt Repanshek

A Boston man searching in the dark for a better view of the Kīlauea volcano's eruption at Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park fell off a cliff but survived by landing in a tree. The unidentified man was pushing through dense vegetation along the Byron Ledge Trail that circles the volcano's caldera without a headlamp or flashlight when he stumbled off the cliff edge, according to park staff.
Kid-Friendly Olympic National Park

2 weeks ago | nationalparkstraveler.org | Kurt Repanshek

National parks on their face are often kid friendly, but there are some special spots that seem to be designed with kids in mind. Here are some at Olympic National Park in Washington State. Hands down, the Hoh Rain Forest delights 99.9 percent of kids who enter it. Soaking up some 12 feet (3.7 m) of rain a year, this temperate rain forest is an emerald kingdom filled with surprises lining the trails that wind through it.
Debate Resumes Over Whether Trump Can Reduce Size Of National Monuments

2 weeks ago | nationalparkstraveler.org | Kurt Repanshek

Debate is resuming over Donald Trump's first-term belief that as president he could reduce the size of national monuments. The president's legal counsel maintains that a 1938 attorney general's opinion that presidents could not alter the size of a monument was wrong, wrote Lanora C. Pettit, deputy assistant attorney general, in an opinion this week.
National Park Visitors Asked To Report Signs That Depict History Negatively

2 weeks ago | nationalparkstraveler.org | Kurt Repanshek

National Parks have until Friday to post signs asking visitors to report any information they see in the parks that depicts the nation or its history in a negative way, according to published reports. The National Park Service also must conduct its own review by mid-July of images, descriptions, and other content that may present disparaging information, news organizations report.
YVO’s Plan For Responding To Future Geological Hazards In Yellowstone National Park

2 weeks ago | nationalparkstraveler.org | Kurt Repanshek

Editor's note: Yellowstone Caldera Chronicles is a weekly column written by scientists and collaborators of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory. This week's contribution is from Michael Poland, geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey and Scientist-in-Charge of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory. Yellowstone Volcano Observatory just released an updated version of its response plan for geological hazards in Yellowstone National Park.
Five New Routes Added To National Recreation Trails

3 weeks ago | nationalparkstraveler.org | Jan Wesner Childs

The National Trails System just got bigger, by nearly 400 miles. Five new trails in six states were recently designated as National Recreation Trails, the Department of the Interior announced Friday. They include land, water and even a section that glows in the dark. The announcement coincided with National Trails Day and Great Outdoors Month. The newly designated trails, which together add up to 387 miles, join a network of more than 1,300 existing National Recreation Trails.
Roof Repairs Underway At Blue Ridge Parkway's Mabry Mill

3 weeks ago | nationalparkstraveler.org | Jan Wesner Childs

Some call the Blue Ridge Parkway's Mabry Mill "the most photographed structure in the national park system," but the building had fallen into disrepair in recent years. Efforts to change that continue this summer with a new project to replace the mill's shake roof. The work is being done with an emphasis on historical accuracy, according to the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation, which is contributing $100,000 to the repairs.
Politicians Want BLM To Block Mining Inside Mojave National Preserve

3 weeks ago | nationalparkstraveler.org | Kurt Repanshek

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has been urged by Congressional Democrats from California and New Mexico to halt an illegal mine inside Mojave National Preserve. Back in April an Australian company with rights to a mine within the preserve in California received approval from the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to resume operations, although it's been accused of illegally mining there for some time.
Concerns Voiced That Sen. Daines Is Open To Land Sales

3 weeks ago | nationalparkstraveler.org | Kurt Repanshek

Concerns have been voiced that U.S. Sen. Steve Daines, a Montana Republican who had supported an amendment to block sales of federal lands, now is open to selling some lands. Daines was one of just two Senate Republicans who back in April supported an amendment to the House spending bill that would have blocked the sale of public lands to help reduce the federal deficit. But now there's word that Daines has been discussing with Sen.