Drought, a warming climate and decades of firefighting policies that suppressed natural fires have turned many grasslands and ...

Roughly 6 million people visit Grand Canyon National Park in a year, but fewer than 100,000 of them spend a night in the park’s backcountry. My wife and adventuring buddy of more than 30 years ...

I've visited all 63 major US national parks. I think Great Smoky Mountains and Grand Canyon are some of the best parks for ...

The drive to the Grand Canyon’s South Rim is easy enough. Get to Flagstaff and it’s only about 90 miles across Arizona’s high country. But why take a car when you can ride a train, ...

Here’s how to plan a ride aboard the Grand Canyon Railway, a 65-mile journey from Williams, Arizona to the South Rim.

Scenic drives Cape Royal. From Grand Canyon Lodge, go north on State Route 67. To the right (east) about a mile beyond the well-signed North Kaibab Trailhead is the road that crosses the Walhalla ...

Visiting Grand Canyon If you want to stay in the park, book months in advance. You’ll need even more lead time to get a room at the historic El Tovar Lodge, offering the best views of the Canyon.

Climb a grand staircase. Grand Canyon, Zion and Bryce Canyon national parks, Arizona and Utah. ... Not only is the geology and scenery dramatic at this park, but so is its fossil history.

Fortunately, the Grand Canyon is far from the only worthwhile national park site in Arizona. After all, the state's vast and scenic deserts, picture-worthy mountains, and unique geological ...

Located in north-central Pennsylvania, within the 160,000 acre Tioga State Forest, Pine Creek Gorge was carved into the ...

Thinking of Phantom Ranch, one is likely to conjure up images of extreme heat, with that little oasis at the bottom of Grand Canyon teeming with river runners, backpackers, day ...

GRAND CANYON VILLAGE, Ariz. — Roughly 6 million people visit Grand Canyon National Park in a year, but fewer than 100,000 of them spend a night in the park’s backcountry. My wife and ad… ...