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Statement on P-22 from Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area

The National Park Service joins our partners, friends, and community members here in Los Angeles, and around the world, in remembering mountain lion P-22.


Zion National Park announces 2023 Angels Landing Pilot Permit Program Seasonal Lottery dates

Zion National Park is providing four seasonal lotteries for hikers who want to visit Angels Landing in 2023.


Uēkahuna overlook, restroom and parking lot reopen

The popular Uēkahuna area at the summit of Kīlauea volcano reopened to visitors today in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park after biologists observed that a nēnē family is no longer in the area.


Hagerman Park Film Awarded First Place

Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument’s park film “A Window Into the Past” won first place in the video category of the 2022 National Association for Interpretation (NAI) Interpretive Media Awards.


Rocky Mountain National Park continues pilot timed entry permit reservations from May 26 through October 22

Rocky Mountain National Park (RMNP) will implement another pilot temporary timed entry permit reservation system beginning on May 26, 2023.


Holiday Closures

Fort Larned National Historic Site will be closed on Christmas Day, Sunday, December 25, and New Year’s Day, Sunday, January 1, 2023.


Arches Will Implement Updated Pilot Timed Entry System in 2023

Arches National Park will implement an updated timed entry system pilot in 2023. Based on feedback received from the public, stakeholders, and local community members, visitors to Arches in 2023 will have additional flexibilities to enter the park, including the ability to purchase entrance fees or annual passes in advance and to access the park without a reservation during extended hours.


Oregon Caves Fire Management Plan

The National Park Service (NPS) is seeking public comment on the release of the Oregon Caves Fire Management Plan Environmental Assessment (FMP).


Business Opportunities at Indiana Dunes National Park

Indiana Dunes National Park is open for business! The park is looking for service providers for Commercial Use Authorizations (CUA), to provide appropriate business services for visitors. In 2021 alone roughly five million visitors came to the Indiana Dunes.


Four Park Annual Passes

Due to overwhelming public support, Whiskeytown National Recreation Area, in conjunction with Lava Beds National Monument, Crater Lake National Park, and Lassen Volcanic National Park, will be implementing an agreement to honor each other’s annual passes beginning January 1, 2023.


Crater Lake, Lava Beds, Lassen Volcanic and Whiskeytown Enter into Agreement for Annual Passes

Due to overwhelming public support, Crater Lake National Park, in conjunction with Lava Beds National Monument, Lassen Volcanic National Park, and Whiskeytown National Recreation Area, will be implementing an agreement to honor each other’s annual passes beginning January 1, 2023.


Glacier National Park Announces Plans for 2023 Reservations

Visitors to Glacier National Park in 2023 can expect to use a vehicle reservation system to access Going-to-the-Sun Road via the West Entrance and the North Fork area of the park from May 26 through September 10, 2023, from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m


Channel Islands National Park & Coast Guard respond to grounded fishing vessel on Santa Cruz Island

Channel Islands National Park and Marine Sanctuary is working closely with the United States Coast Guard, state, and local agencies responding to a fishing vessel that ran aground on Santa Cruz Island Thursday morning.


Alamo Canyon Campground Opens For Advanced Reservations January 1, 2023

Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument Alamo Canyon Campground will be available year-round, beginning January 1, 2023 for reservations on www.recreation.gov or by calling 877-444-6777.


Ranger III Ferry Fares Adjusted for 2023 Following Comment Period

Ranger III, the National Park Service’s ferry to and from Isle Royale, has been sailing under the same fare structure since 2018.


2023 Winter Access

Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area invites you to come and enjoy the great outdoors no matter the season.


Pam Tripp Presents for Casa Grande Ruins Speaker Series December 28, 2022

The Casa Grande Ruins Speaker Series takes place weekly through January 18, 2023. On December 28, 2022 Casa Grande Ruins will host Park Ranger Pam Tripp at 1:00 pm. Ranger Pam will present "The NPS: Inspiring a Nation to Protect America’s Lands". The speaker series will continue every Wednesday at 1:00 pm through January 18.


Winter Programming at Gettysburg National Military Park

Gettysburg will continue its popular Winter Lecture Series. Featuring some of the best National Park Service rangers and historians from across the region, this 10-week series of hour-long talks will examine a wide array of subjects related to the American Civil War and Gettysburg history including archeology at Little Round Top, the early life of Robert E. Lee, the fighting on Culp’s Hill, and compelling research on Lincoln at Gettysburg.


Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument Debuts New Paleo-Art Exhibit

Experience Ice Age Las Vegas at a brand-new travelling exhibit at the Springs Preserve, developed by Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument: "Apparitions of the Ice Age."


24th Annual Appomattox Court House NHP and Longwood University Free Civil War Seminar

Join the National Park Service and Longwood University at the annual free Civil War Seminar on February 4, 2023, located in the Jarman Auditorium at Longwood University, Farmville, VA.