While hundreds of parks are free to enter, others use timed entry and other reservation methods to control crowds — but that also means you may need to secure your spot well in advance.

Tired of crowded national parks, or want something new? Here are less visited national parks in California, what months to ...

Nearly 332 million people visited America's national parks last year, a record high. That popularity hasn't shielded the agency from the Elon Musk team's purge of the federal workforce.

National parks saw a record-breaking 331.8 million visitors in the last year, a 2% increase from the previous year. Great Smoky Mountains National Park remains the most visited national park ...

California has over two dozen national parks, monuments, memorials and preserves, awarding it the No. 2 spot for the most ...

To help you narrow down your options, U.S. News compiled a ranking of the best national parks in the world using reader votes and expert insights, as well as factors like accessibility ...

The theme study is no longer available on the National Park Service website as of March 2025. In an effort to preserve public access to the LGBTQ Theme Study, the National Parks Conservation ...

Trails, bathrooms, wait times: How National Park staffing cuts could impact your next visit While you can find the data on the NPS website, the agency and its parks will likely not be sharing much ...