Parks Slowly Recovering From Damage Inflicted By Helene
Oct 3, 2024 · Editor's note: This updates with the entire length of the Blue Ridge Parkway closed. As damage assessments and recovery work slowly progressed in national park units from North Carolina to Georgia that were hard hit by Tropical Storm Helene, National Park Service officials decided to close the entire 469 miles of the Blue Ridge Parkway as a public safety precaution.
Mount Rainier Is Shrinking According To New Measurements
Oct 14, 2024 · Mount Rainier's true summit is no longer where it once was. Today, if you climb Rainier, the centerpiece of Mount Rainier National Park, you'll summit at a spot called Columbia Crest.Officially, according to the U.S. Geologocal Survey, it's 14,410 feet.
Camping At Badlands - National Parks Traveler
Located less than a mile (1.62 km) from the Ben Reifel Visitor Center, Cedar Pass RV and Campground is open April 11 – October 20, 2025 and offers 96 sites, including three ADA accessible sites, one of which is in the group site loop (see map). Accessible sites are not set aside specifically but instead offered on a first-come, first-served basis, so they may not be available if the ...
Photos Depict Tropical Storm Damage Along Blue Ridge Parkway
Oct 4, 2024 · Images taken by National Park Service crews assessing damage from Tropical Storm Helene along the Blue Ridge Parkway illustrate just how devastating the storm was.
Your Artificial Travel Agent For A Yellowstone Vacation
The itinerary for Day 3 features the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, with a hike along the South Rim Trail and lunch at Canyon Village. It recommends optional trips to Norris Basin or the Lamar Valley, though I would skip those because they appear again on the itineraries for Days 5-6.
Repairing The Blue Ridge Parkway In The Wake Of Helene Won't …
Oct 12, 2024 · Through the years, Mike Litterest has been assigned storm recovery duties in a dozen or so national parks, but he's never seen devastation like that visited on the Blue Ridge Parkway from the remnants of Hurricane Helene. "I can say, really without hesitation, that the destructive force of what hit the Blue Ridge Parkway is unlike anything I've seen at any of the other ones," he said during a ...
These National Parks Are Dropping Reservation Requirements For …
Sep 23, 2024 · Visit these 6 national parks without entrance reservations this fall and winter.
Planting Trees And Mending Ground At Thousand Islands National …
Oct 3, 2024 · I’ve joined them and two other Parks Canada summer staff at this southern Ontario park — just a bridge away from New York — to see how their Mending Ground project works and how it fits in with the federal 2 Billion Trees (2BT) program. Canada has pledged to plant this staggering number of trees between 2021 and 2031 to …
A Tale Of Cabins In The National Parks
Oct 6, 2024 · Becky: The cabins in which I stayed may not have possessed hugely scenic views, but they were still close to where the action was.For instance, my Old Faithful Lodge fourplex cabin led across the gravel road between cabin and main lodge right onto the Upper Geyser Basin boardwalks, Old Faithful Geyser, Geyser Hill, and the Observation Point trailhead.
Cumberland Gap, the Cleft Between North and South - National …
Jun 14, 2024 · Scenery and history come together at Cumberland Gap National Historical Park, which preserves a western passageway cut by Daniel Boone and fought over during the Civil War.