If you can believe it, Washington has one of the least visited national parks in the country! It must be because people haven ...

North Cascades National Park Finally, the region's heart—the North Cascades National Park—is an expanse characterized by the IUCN category II designation, which speaks to its unspoiled ecosystems.

North Cascades National Park Service Complex encompasses 684,000 acres of wilderness, trails and rivers, as well as Ross Lake and Lake Chelan National Recreation Areas. In this vast terrain are jagged ...

With glacier-clad peaks rising almost vertically from thickly forested valleys, the North Cascades are often called the American Alps. The national park forms one unit of the North Cascades ...

After nearly three years, the popular 4-mile trail to Great Smoky Mountains National Park’s tallest waterfall is fully open.

NPCA is committed to aiding grizzly bear recovery in Washington’s North Cascades National Park. Our national parks are priceless treasures that offer visitors ample opportunities for outdoor ...

followed by Kobuk Valley National Park in Alaska, which saw just 17,616 visits in 2023. Rounding out the top 5 are North Cascades National Park in Washington and Michigan's Isle Royale National Park.

University of Oregon revealed its scientists were among the group that discovered a massive aquifer, described by National Geographic as a “body of rock and/or sediment that holds groundwater,” below ...

the trail to Great Smoky Mountains National Park’s tallest waterfall is fully open — and following an intensive rehabilitation of its entire 4-mile length, Ramsey Cascades Trail is in better ...

the trail to Great Smoky Mountains National Park’s tallest waterfall is fully open - and following an intensive rehabilitation of its entire four-mile length, Ramsey Cascades Trail is in better ...