Outdoors 10 Beautiful Fall Foliage Trails in the Sierra Nevadamodernhiker.com - Casey Schreiner Although the weather is still warm in many parts of California, you may have noticed our seasonal coffees and just about everything they sell at …
Outdoors 10 Must-See Hikes in The Greater Yellowstone Regionmodernhiker.com - Scott Turner Welcome to the weird, wonderful world of Yellowstone. America’s first and arguably finest National Park harbors some of the greatest wonders in North …
Outdoors 10 Beautiful Waterfall Hikes Near San Franciscomodernhiker.com - Melissa Ozbek I don’t know what it is about waterfalls, but they always make me feel happy. Thankfully, the Bay Area is teeming with waterfalls—horsetail falls, …
Outdoors With a Billion Day Hikers at the Trailhead, Frontcountry Leave No Trace is More Important Than Evermodernhiker.com - Craig Rowe The Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics isn’t a big organization. About the size of a tech startup before it leaves the garage, “The Center” has …
Play buttonRoad Trips These are the best states in the US to take a summer road tripLonely Planet - Andrea SmithSummer is the perfect time to hit the open road, but if you’re planning to take a road trip in the US, the challenge may lie with deciding on a destination and affording everything you want to pack into
Hiking Night hiking might just become your new favorite outdoor activitymatadornetwork.com - Josh Laskin Hiking is an extremely rewarding way to escape the stress of daily life and enjoy nature. In recent years, an increasing number of people are …
Arches National Park Arches National Park is now an International Dark Sky ParkLonely Planet - Alex ButlerStargazers have a new place in the US to admire the night sky as Arches National Park has been named an International Dark Sky Park. The national park, located in Utah, is famous for its incredible rock
Bacteria How Quickly Can an Attached Tick Make You Sick?consumerreports.org - By Catherine Roberts For a tick bite to make you sick, the tick must be attached to you and feeding for a certain amount of time. For some diseases, this can take a day …
World News US cities are losing 36 million trees a year. Here's why it matters and how you can stop itCNN - By Amy Chillag, CNN(CNN) — If you're looking for a reason to care about tree loss, the nation's latest heat wave might be it. Trees can lower summer daytime temperatures by as much as 10 degrees Fahrenheit, according to
Jasper National Park Jasper National ParkNational GeographicThis Alberta park—the largest in the Canadian Rockies—is wild in every sense of the word. Its local residents include grizzly bears, moose, and elk. The largest national park in the Canadian Rockies, is
American History Take A Hike On These 12 Urban Historic Trailssavingplaces.org - Lauren Walser If you really want to get to know a city’s history, lace up your walking shoes. Urban historic trails offer a scenic way to learn about a city’s …
Appalachian Trail This Week’s Top Instagram Posts from the #AppalachianTrail - The Trekthetrek.co - Tasia (StinkyCheez) Welcome to the weekly roundup of the best Instagram photos of hiker trash and treasures on the Appalachian Trail. Summer is in full swing. That means …
Our National Parks Could Do a Lot with $2.5 MillionOutside Magazine - Chris WrightAt the end of his 50-minute, flyover-filled Fourth of July speech on Thursday, President Donald Trump offered a thank you to the National Park Service. He owed them one. Some $2.5 million of the total
Epic America: National Geographic photographers share their favorite placesNational Geographic - Maura FriedmanHow do you define an American icon? We asked 22 National Geographic photographers to pick their favorite spots. Any traveler looking to experience the United States in full would have a lot of ground cover.
Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park is once again welcoming visitorsLonely Planet - Alex ButlerHawai’i Volcanoes National Park reopened to the public this weekend, welcoming travellers back after the longest closure in the park’s history. Back in May, the Kīlauea eruption in the park caused unsafe
Trail Running Electrifying Tales from Victims of Lightning Strikeadventurepro.us - Donna Stewart Three shocking stories from victims of lightning strike in ColoradoA Life-Changing Experience: Dan McClure Dan McClure was coaching his son’s Little …
Day hiking on Mount Rainier: An introductory guideCurbed - Douglas ScottLooming large over the Pacific Northwest, Mount Rainier deserves both our attention and affection. Adorning our license plates, beer cans, clothing and the Seattle skyline, the mountain is the iconic of
The Grand Canyon Is Celebrating Its New ‘Dark Sky’ Status With a Weeklong PartySunset - Cailey Rizzo, Travel + Leisure Grand Canyon National Park is hosting a weeklong “party of the century” this month to celebrate its centennial and official acceptance onto the list …
Dominica I Survived the Most Exhilarating Hike in the CaribbeanBrit + Co - Katherine Parker-MagyarIt was an early morning in late January, though the temperature didn’t feel like the Polar Vortex I was used to in New York City. I was in the island nation of Dominica and about to embark on one of the
Appalachian Trail Best Hiking spots in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains - EcophilesEcophiles - Brandon Alimanestiano The Blue Ridge mountains, in Virginia, offer some of the most spectacular views and nature on the East coast. With much of the area untouched by …
Trail Running Outdoor Podcasts: Tales From the Trailsadventurepro.us - Hunter Harrell Podcasts provide education and entertainment between adventures We know what you like to do in your free time. You go on epic adventures. But how do …
8 Survival Tips for Wilderness Hikesthepointsguy.com - Brian Biros The Points & Miles Backpacker is a weekly column appearing every Monday. TPG contributor Brian Biros, who has backpacked the globe for the past 15 …
The 10 Best National Parks in the USAU.S. News & World Report - Christine Smith Explore the great outdoors at one of America's can't-miss national parks. If you're dreaming of an outdoor vacation filled with gushing geysers, …
Long-form Journalism Mt Everest: Why the summit can get so crowdedBBC News - Helier CheungIf you imagine the summit of Mount Everest, you might picture a quiet, snowy peak far from civilisation. But a striking photo, taken by mountaineer Nirmal Purja, shows how the reality can be a lot more
U.S. National Parks 10 Fascinating Facts About the 10 Most Popular National Parks in Americamentalfloss.com - BY Emily Petsko The U.S. is home to 61 national parks, and each one has something special about it. If you're pressed for time, though, you may want to turn your …
