While coastal retirement havens and trendy mountain towns demand hefty bank accounts, this Virginia gem quietly delivers the good life at a fraction of the cost. So before you resign yourself to ...

American climber Balin Miller has died at the age of 23 while climbing at Yosemite National Park, his mother confirmed on Thursday.

Born from the high, cold springs of Great Smoky Mountains National Park and destined for the Gulf of Mexico, the clear waters of the Oconaluftee River have a long journey ahead. The river flows ...

Tennessee’s backroads hold secrets that GPS just can’t capture. Between the rolling hills and winding country lanes, you’ll discover towns where time moves more slowly and hospitality runs deeper.

September 2025 was a paradise for anyone engaging in outdoor activities with most days bright, dry, and comfortable. But the dry became extreme with conditions ...

This shutdown is going to be bad for the national parks and all of our public lands," says Dan Ritzman, director of conservation at the Sierra Club, a US-based environmental organization. "This action ...

The Midwest is an underrated, autumnal gem that deserves just as much fall foliage hype as New England. Here are some of the best places for leaf peeping.

States where national parks draw major tourism lobbied to keep them open during past shutdowns, and Utah agreed to donate $1.7 million in 2013 to keep its national parks open. Arizona, Colorado, New ...

This summer, we participated in a weeklong wilderness expedition sponsored by All American Leadership and the National Outdoor Leadership School. We traveled to Wyoming and hiked through the wildernes ...

Robert Redford had an indirect hand in shaping celebrity style and putting the local clothing stores of Sundance’s longtime home, Park City, Utah, on the map.

These sites of national significance hold surprising treasures no less wondrous than the big-name destinations, potentially right around the corner from your home.

It “provides beautiful views of America’s sixth-largest lake, Lake Champlain, as well as of Vermont’s Green Mountains and New York’s Adirondack Mountains,” said Dan Albrecht, chair of Lake Champlain ...