Choose your own adventure: a rustic tent cabin at the base of Half Dome or a lavish lodge just outside the national park’s gate.

A prominent feature of the Yosemite Valley ... a steep rocky climb finally takes you up the Half Dome Cables, a vertical, exposed rock face scalable by two steel cables for the final 400 feet ...

Rock climber Alex Honnold training on Freerider ... rope-free ascents—the northwest face of Yosemite’s Half Dome and the Moonlight Buttress in Utah’s Zion National Park.

We were in Death Valley National Park. The trees dripped. The ocean below heaved. But it was quiet under the redwoods, their girth dwarfing our truck and trailer. We'd driven to Redwood National Park ...

satisfied with the views of Half Dome and Sentinel Rock at this point. Keep climbing until you reach the top of Yosemite Falls and gaze down at the mighty 2,425-foot drop. The short and sweet ...

The cascading tower of water that is Vernal Falls is one of the most powerful waterfalls in the incredible Yosemite National ...

In the distance in the Half Dome rock formation. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn ... conservationist John Muir (to the President’s left) in Yosemite Valley, California, 1903. (Photo by PhotoQuest/Getty ...

These national parks were chosen as the world's top 10 for their unique features, popularity, and ecological significance.

The Postal Service this month celebrated the 100th anniversary of its building in Yosemite Village. Completed in 1925, the ...

At one Florida national park, however, it’ll take more than a hike or a bus ride to see some of its beloved features. You’ll ...

There are also a handful of stand-alone restaurants in Yosemite and Half Dome Villages, including the Pizza Patio and The Loft at Degnan's, but overall they are few and far between in the park.

Sidney Woodruff of UC Davis holds a northwestern pond turtle at a field site in Yosemite. (Courtesy Sidney Woodruff ... Yet the western pond turtle has disappeared from over half of its range, which ...