Happy Thursday, North Cascade Highway fans! It’s Week 4, and we’ve got some good news and some tough news, so let’s get to it ...

I've been searching for a place where I can escape reality for a few days, and I've found a little-known waterfront town in ...

National park travel shows no signs of slowing down—especially with summer’s peak season on the horizon. The country’s ...

The legendary mountaineer Jim Whittaker, the first American to summit Mount Everest, has died at the age of 97.

You’re invited to come learn what’s at stake and how you can take action to defend America’s wildest public lands.

How popular are public lands in Washington state? In 2025, the top national parks, recreation areas and historic sites in Washington state each attracted more than a million visitors, according to the ...

The National Park Service manages more than 85 million acres of land across the country, from national parks to historic sites. Parks staff keeps track of how many visitors stop by each attraction ...

North Cascades National Park in Washington offers glacier lakes, alpine hikes, and remote beauty with far fewer crowds—here’s ...

Olympic National Park will receive $768,483 in grant funding this year to support projects including backcountry trail work, infrastructure improvements, youth science programs and initiatives to ...

Two new lightning-caused wildfires were spotted in remote parts of the North Cascades National Park Complex on Wednesday, Sept. 10. The Arctic Fire is burning in steep, cliffy terrain near Mount ...

The Perry Fire, which started Aug. 27 because of a lightning strike, has grown to an estimated 1,477 acres near Ross Lake as of Saturday, Sept. 6. Due to smoke and low visibility across the area over ...