Embracing Nature's Majesty Yosemite National Park, located in California's Sierra Nevada mountains, is famed for its granite ...

For travelers wishing a much-needed getaway, there are plenty of national parks to visit in March, endowing graceful natural ...

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The North Carolina section offers many of the Appalachian Trail's highest peaks ... especially inside the Great Smoky Mountains). If you're just looking for a little taste of the trail, venture ...

Mt. LeConte Lodge is a fairly hard-to-reach and hard-to-book getaway. The lodge and peak are only accessible by one of six trails: Alum Cave Trail, Boulevard Trail, Bullhead Trail, Rainbow Falls Trail ...

President Donald Trump announced the name of Alaska’s highest peak — and North America’s tallest at over ... “Our nation’s tallest mountain, which has been called Denali for thousands of years, must ...

(Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon) President Donald Trump announced the name of Alaska’s highest peak — and North America’s tallest ... “Our nation’s tallest mountain, which has been called Denali ...

In the late 1800s, the mountain was known locally by some as "Densmore Peak" after a particularly enthusiastic prospector named Frank Densmore. Another gold prospector named William Dickey came up ...

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