Night’s window was opening. As the sky turned a deep shade of blue, stars began to appear above Hovenweep National Monument, Utah, one of the world’s first Dark Sky Parks. As a campfire ...

The other four national monuments are in the southern portion of the state. From the ancient structures of Hovenweep National Monument to the red rocks of Cedar Breaks National Monument, this ...

Three county supervisors oppose turning 1.4 million acres of Sierra National Forest land in Central California into a ...

In 2000, when President Bill Clinton carved the Giant Sequoia National Monument from the Sequoia National Forest to give ...

The Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument in New Mexico, which has been closed since March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, is reopening on Nov. 21 ...

Local organizations are working together to establish a new national monument in the Chuckwalla Valley, south of Joshua Tree ...

Two Democratic presidents moved to preserve this rugged terrain by creating a pair of national monuments in southern Utah — Bears Ears and Grand Staircase- Escalante. President Trump radically ...

Randy Kosaki, NOAA’s chief scientist aboard the Oscar Elton Sette research vessel, looks out at Nihoa as the ship cruises ...

On Oct. 9, a great celebration was held at HSHS St. John’s Children’s Hospital in Springfield for the 1908 race riot site’s federal designation as a national monument, which establishes it ...

Fort Sumter National Monument is perched on a small island in Charleston Harbor several miles southwest of the city. Ferries to the monument depart from the Fort Sumter visitor center (in ...

The tribes’ campaign comes amid a broader effort to return control of more lands and waters to Indigenous people in California.

With 391 units (58 national parks, plus 333 national monuments and historic sites), the National Park Service has a presence in 49 of the 50 states (Delaware is the sole exception). Like the idea ...