Not far from Antietam battlefield, one of the more unusual Civil War sites: Gathland State Park. Gathland was the home of George Alfred Townsend, a Civil War journalist. Townsend wanted to ...

Large crowds are flocking to Watkins Glen State Park to enjoy the views the Gorge has to offer. Watkins Glen State Park's ...

William C. Sterling State Park runs along a mile of the Lake Erie shoreline in southeast Michigan. The park is Michigan's only state park on the Lake Erie coast. Visitors can camp, hunt ...

Visitors to Squantz Pond State Park in New Fairfield, CT, must buy parking passes in advance for holidays and weekends, ...

Cheyenne Mountain State Park is Colorado's sixth state park to be named a Gold Standard Site. The others are Golden Gate Canyon, Roxborough, Castlewood Canyon, Barr Lake and Highline state parks.

Michigan's camping season is here and, with it, comes the annual competition to get into the most popular state park and recreation area campgrounds in the state. In some cases, campers' options ...

The Tillandsia Garden Club, which is in its 76th year, recently donated a bench for a garden at Tomoka State Park. Club members donated $2,000 for the bench and they also planted trees and worked ...

A 1,000-pound female manatee that was recovering at a Florida state park from a boat strike drowned earlier this year after employees left her unattended and she became trapped, according to a ...

An amateur rock collector recently hit the jackpot while exploring a state park in Arkansas. David DeCook, a Minnesota resident, unearthed a stunning 3.81-carat brown diamond at the Crater of ...

Hikers will find some of the most challenging stretches of the famed Appalachian Trail within the pristine nature of this ...

Search and rescue teams aided an older adult female hiker May 4 at Silver Falls State Park who sustained a fall and had a minor head injury. The hiker, who was not named, fell near an embankment ...

Through all four seasons millions of campers enjoy Michigan‘s 13,750 state park campsites. Agreeing on a favorite campground, however, is a heated discussion. By the numbers, the Michigan ...