The U.S. federal government is partially shutdown thanks to a political dispute, and here's how such shutdowns impact popular National Parks.

While state and local officials are scrambling to keep parks open, many Americans are ready to cancel their travel plans if the government shuts down.

Utah loves its national parks and rural economies are strongly invested to thwart the impacts. But there is optimism.

In these seven postcard-worthy state parks, you can marvel over stunning vistas and find hiking, biking, rafting and wildlife to rival popular national parks.

Not quite. National parks often remain physically open to the public during a government shutdown, but services are limited or nonexistent. Think of it this way: the gates might be open, but no one is ...

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — According to a National Parks Service report, tourism from 15.8 million visitors to Utah’s national parks had a total benefit of $3.1 billion to the state economy. The National ...

Travelers may want to head to the airport a bit earlier than usual and should expect some services to be suspended at the national parks as government spending grinds to a halt during a shutdown that ...

The 850-square-mile Isle Royale National Park lies in an isolated stretch of Lake Superior. This archipelago, with one main island and hundreds of tiny islands, is reachable via a multi-hour ferry ...

Crowds of people loaded onto boats to tour the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island Wednesday with no immediate signs of a government shutdown that has triggered the furlough of about two-thirds of ...

According to the U.S. Travel Association, 60% of Americans said they would cancel or avoid trips by air amid a government shutdown. About 81% of Americans agree a shutdown will hurt the economy and 86 ...

U.S. congressional lawmakers have failed to agree on a spending package for the new fiscal year, triggering a federal government shutdown.

A group of former national park superintendents is calling on the Trump administration to close the parks to visitors in case of a government shutdown ...