When the crowds descend upon Arches National Park in southern Utah, you can be about 100 miles away enjoying the world's ...

But Mecca Hills — part of the newly established Chuckwalla National Monument — is not in the middle of nowhere ... The highlight of Painted Canyon trail is a series of precarious ladders that lead up ...

When it comes to national parks in particular, the Great Smoky Mountains saw the most visits at 12.2 million followed by Zion (4.9 million), the Grand Canyon ... Monument, the Ice Age Trail ...

trails and campgrounds if seasonal staff could not be hired. In Colorado, the park service manages four national parks covering 713 square miles: Great Sand Dunes, Black Canyon of the Gunnison ...

On Feb. 26, 1919, President Woodrow Wilson signed an act making the Grand Canyon a national park. Evidence of human life is evident from the spear points found around the Colorado Plateau ... Grand ...

The national monument sits on the Colorado Plateau that is also home to the Grand Canyon and several Utah national parks. Colorado National Monument’s early champion, John Otto, knew this land ...

The National Park Service has been authorized to hire seasonal workers this year at Colorado ... monument. Seasonal employees do a range of work at parks, such as at visitor centers, on trails ...

The monument is open 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Wednesday through Sunday.” Located 35 miles west of Colorado Springs and administered by the National Park Service, Florissant Fossil Beds attracted ...

When it comes to national parks in particular, the Great Smoky Mountains saw the most visits at 12.2 million followed by Zion (4.9 million), the Grand Canyon ... Monument, the Ice Age Trail ...

At the Bandelier National Monument ... try the 2-mile-long Frey Trail, which begins at Juniper Campground and makes its way to the edge of the Frijoles Canyon. The 2.2-mile Tyuonyi Overlook ...