Some stories in 2025 managed to break through a blind spot and enter the national conversation on public lands. Well, not all, but it was still a year of consequential changes.
Public campgrounds constantly sell out six months in advance, making it hard to find car camping near Capitol Reef National ...
Capitol Reef National Park in Utah is home to Glass Mountain, a 15-foot mound made of selenite and hidden deep in the desert. Here's how you can visit the formation.
In the 1970s, 80% of Americans took vacations, and most of those were by car. Here are 10 wildly nostalgic U.S. road trips ...
Depression-era park booklets printed by the Department of the Interior via the U.S. Government Printing Office are hugely ...
On Dec. 11, 2025, Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials captured and returned a wolf into Grand County, Colorado, that had ...
Zion National Park is more than just a park for so many of its park visitors. It has become a Pilgrimage, a place to fin ...
The town sits at the base of the imposing Mount Nebo, which at 11,928 feet is the highest peak in the Wasatch Range. This isn’t just any mountain – it’s the kind of geographic feature that dominates ...
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The end of the year brings a lot of anticipation—holiday parties, gift-giving, scrambling to finish a to-do list before some hard-earned PTO. Potentially one of the most exciting things about this ...
While some of the wolves are part of Colorado’s four packs establishing territories in Pitkin, Jackson, Routt and Rio Blanco ...
Nestled at the foot of the breathtaking Wellsville Mountains lies a hidden Utah gem that might just be the answer to your retirement dreams – or your “I need to escape the rat race without winning the ...
Wasatch Mountain’s New Year’s hike is actually Jan. 2, but for good reason: it’s a snowshoe hike under the full moon. Also in ...