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the slimmest section of Zion Canyon is known as The Narrows. It's one of the park's most popular hikes and starts tame with the one-mile Riverside Walk, a wheelchair-accessible hike. After that ...

Grand Canyon National Park camping fees will take a substantial increase on May 1, when standard frontcountry sites at Desert View, North Rim and Mather campgrounds will jump from $18 a night to $30 a ...

Grand Canyon National Park has raised its camping fees for the first time in decades. The park is boosting fees at its popular Desert View, Mather and North Rim campgrounds starting May 1 from $18 to ...

One includes the Chiricahua National Monument in Willcox. The whimsical hoodoo formations and deep canyons at Chiricahua rival those inside the beloved Bryce Canyon. So, why not skip the crowds in ...

Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo — Anthrax poisoning has killed about 50 hippos in Virunga, Africa's oldest national park, which is located in the Democratic Republic of Congo's troubled east ...

Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park in western Colorado is home to one of North America's steepest and most dramatic gorges. I love taking a scenic drive or hiking along the canyon's rim ...

The National Park Service on Monday returned an image of and quote from Harriet Tubman to a webpage about the Underground Railroad, following backlash after her presence on the page was ...

A National Park Service web page on the Underground Railroad was temporarily edited to remove references to abolitionist and former slave Harriet Tubman, with the exception of an image of a stamp ...

Information about Harriet Tubman has been restored to a National Park Service website about the Underground Railroad. The National Park Service said Monday that a portrait and a quote from Tubman ...