Why are so many people heading to California’s newest national park?

3 weeks, 6 days ago

14 Stunning National Park Hotels You Need To Put On Your Bucket List ASAP

Rebecca Harding via Getty Images Many lodges and hotels near National Parks offer a one-of-a-kind experience to make the most of your trip. Below, travel experts share their picks for the best hotels at or near National Parks: The Stanley Hotel at Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado Helen H. Richardson via Getty Images While not on the park itself, …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

How a tribe brought back its sacred California condors

BBC

How a tribe brought back its sacred California condors The Yurok Tribe A tagged condor flying in the skies above Yurok Territory, one of a number of successful releases from the tribal breeding programme On a cloudy day in May 2022, following years of research, it was time for the Yurok Tribe to test whether its captive-bred condors were ready …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

The Best National Parks To Visit In The Winter

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When people plan their national parks vacations, they typically don’t target the winter season. via Getty Images “Without a doubt my favorite national park to visit in the winter is Sequoia National Park in California,” Pattiz said. Yellowstone National Park ferrantraite via Getty Images “Yellowstone is one of the best parks to visit in the winter because it offers a …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

14 Stunning National Park Hotels You Need To Put On Your Bucket List ASAP

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Rebecca Harding via Getty Images Many lodges and hotels near National Parks offer a one-of-a-kind experience to make the most of your trip. Below, travel experts share their picks for the best hotels at or near National Parks: The Stanley Hotel at Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado Helen H. Richardson via Getty Images While not on the park itself, …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Native Americans press Biden to designate three new national monuments in California

LA Times

A Native American-led coalition is pressing the Biden administration to designate three new national monuments in California, with some fearing the chance to protect these areas from mining, drilling and logging could be jeopardized after President-elect Donald Trump takes office Jan. 20. In addition, the Fort Yuma Quechan Indian Tribe is seeking to establish the 390,000-acre Kw’tsán national monument on …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Underrated National Parks You Should Visit

Huff Post

Over the past few years, many Americans’ eyes have been opened to the beautiful sights in their own backyards. “Voyageurs is the only park my wife and I go back to every year because it provides an outdoor sanctuary that other parks simply can’t seem to replicate.” North Cascades National Park Cavan Images via Getty Images “While North Cascades National …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Everyone else enjoys Southern California trips. Why not you? Here are 11 staycation ideas.

LA Times

With the summer long gone and the holidays creeping along, now is the time for a short vacation. Here’s what you need to know to start your weekend: Now is the best time for a quick Southern California staycation With the summer long gone and the holidays creeping near but not yet here, travel experts say the best time for …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

This California national park is ‘chill Yosemite,’ an outdoor wonderland without crowds

LA Times

Just five hours north of Los Angeles sits a national park that should be on your outdoor bucket list. Getting there | Where to stay | What to pack | Bear safety | Where to day hike | Other activities The South Fork of the Kings River flows through the Cedar Grove area of Kings Canyon National Park. The most …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Firefighters significantly tame California’s fourth-largest wildfire on record

Associated Press

CHICO, Calif. — California’s largest wildfire this year has been significantly tamed as the state’s initially fierce fire season has, at least temporarily, fallen into a relative calm. The Park Fire was 53% contained Monday after scorching nearly 671 square miles in several northern counties, destroying 637 structures and damaging 49 as it became the state’s fourth-largest wildfire on record. …

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5 months, 1 week ago

Northern California’s Park fire expands with no end or relief in sight

LA Times

Seen in a long-exposure photograph, the Park fire burns along Highway 32 in the Forest Ranch community of Butte County, Calif., on Thursday. And here’s today’s e-newspaper California’s largest fire roars with no relief in sight A hillside burns as the Park Fire tears though the Cohasset community in Butte County, Calif., on Thursday, July 25, 2024. Path of destruction …

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7 months ago

Lassen Volcanic National Park: California's spectacular alternative to Yosemite

BBC

Lassen Volcanic National Park: California's spectacular alternative to Yosemite Getty Images Yosemite may get all the attention, but a road trip to Lassen's otherworldly landscape offers a hit of jaw-dropping natural beauty – without the crowds. If Yosemite is the Disneyworld of California's national parks, Lassen Volcanic National Park is the county fair. "People don't quite know what's here other …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

The magical California state park that doesn’t allow visitors

LA Times

Sheltered within the imposing lava domes of the Sutter Buttes is an oasis of rolling hills, rich with wildflowers and Native American artifacts. For the last two decades, the Sutter Buttes have also been home to a California state park that almost no one is allowed to visit. In 2003, the state of California spent about $3 million to buy …

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7 months, 4 weeks ago

Opinion: Californians love the state’s parks. We just don’t know they’re state parks

LA Times

Other states have mountains, deserts and scenic shorelines, but California excels at preserving these natural features in its park system, seen above at Crystal Cove State Park in Newport Beach. Opinion Editorial: How to get Californians to visit their state parks It’s a poorly run and out-of-touch parks system, indeed, that needs a commission to tell it to accept credit …

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8 months, 1 week ago

Editorial: Biden expanded two national monuments in California. Three more to go

LA Times

Samantha Alvarez, right, of Boyle Heights stands next to 50-foot-tall Millard Falls near Altadena in the San Gabriel Mountains. President Biden’s move Thursday to expand two national monuments in California is unquestionably good news for our climate and environment. The most significant proposal would create Chuckwalla National Monument on more than 600,000 acres of federal land near Joshua Tree National …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

California announces first new state park in a decade and sets climate goals for natural lands

Associated Press

MODESTO, Calif. — California will open its first new state park in a decade this summer, Gov. Ali Manzo, a Central Valley native and California State Parks interpreter, said the new park will help bring people together and allow them to develop a deeper respect for nature. “It’s a community treasure that offers peace, adventure and a vital connection to …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

America’s four most polluted national parks are in California, study finds

LA Times

Some of California’s most treasured parks are threatened by blight caused by pollution and climate change, according to a pair of new reports. The four national parks with the highest ozone levels are all in California, with Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks topping the list of parks struggling with air that’s dangerous to breathe, according to a recent report …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

California tribe that lost 90% of land during Gold Rush to get site to serve as gateway to redwoods

Associated Press

California’s Yurok Tribe, which had 90% of its territory taken from it during the Gold Rush of the mid-1800s, will be getting a slice of its land back to serve as a new gateway to Redwood National and State Parks visited by 1 million people a year. The Yurok will be the first Native people to manage tribal land with …

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10 months, 2 weeks ago

The best US National Parks to visit

The Independent

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, Montana and Idaho open image in gallery Yellowstone’s 2.2 million acres sprawl across state lines America’s …

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

Burney Falls, a Northern California waterfall overrun by crowds, will be closed all summer

LA Times

A man dressed like Bigfoot takes a photo for Instagram last July in Burney, Calif. Burney Falls, a secluded Northern California waterfall that became too Instagram-famous for its own good, will be closed all summer because of trail and slope damage caused by heavy crowds and erosion from recent storms, the California Department of Parks and Recreation announced Friday. California …

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11 months, 1 week ago

The top ten DEADLIEST national parks in the US and the terrifying risks they contain

Daily Mail

A recent study indicated that more than 300 million Americans visited a national park in 2023. It does also have a death probability rate of one in 514,000, which is a bit worse than Mount Rainer National Park. As of 2023, 45 deaths inside the park have occurred Located in California, Kings Canyon National Park features a one in 220,000 …

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1 year ago

Editorial: Biden should protect more of California’s mountains and deserts as national monuments

LA Times

Samantha Alvarez of Boyle Heights stands near Millard Falls at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains. One would create Chuckwalla National Monument on 660,000 acres of federal land next to Joshua Tree National Park, an area mostly south of Interstate 10 stretching from the Coachella Valley to the Colorado River. The two proposals in Northern California would add 13,753 …

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1 year, 4 months ago

National Parks: How to beat the crowds on your next trip.

Slate

This is part of Airplane Mode, a series on the business—and pleasure—of travel right now. It lists all sites overseen by the National Park Service, and upon next printing will include the newest: the Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni Grand Canyon National Monument, designated as such by President Joe Biden on Aug. 8. In July, Biden also designated a national monument …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Lake Tahoe takes proactive approach to overtourism, emphasising management over marketing

Hindustan Times

Lake Tahoe tourism officials were surprised, and a bit miffed, when a respected international travel guide put the iconic alpine lake straddling the California-Nevada line on its list of places to stay away from this year because of the harmful ecological effects of overtourism. “We know that we really need to get out of the tourism marketing business and get …

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1 year, 6 months ago

San Luis Obispo: California’s last sleepy stretch of coast, hidden in plain sight

The Independent

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery Sunrise view towards Morro Rock from Cayucos I was in Cayucos, a hidden surf town in …

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1 year, 6 months ago

California Congress members call for expansion of San Gabriel Mountains National Monument

LA Times

Andrew Guiding Young Cloud Morales, from the Gabrieleno Band of Mission Indians, offers a blessing during an event calling for the expansion of the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument by over 100,000 acres. In a bid to expand wilderness protections to the mountains and foothills just north of the Los Angeles Basin, California Rep. Judy Chu and Sen. Alex Padilla …

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1 year, 8 months ago

California condors barely escaped extinction decades ago. Avian flu could change that

LA Times

A California condor takes flight over the Ventana Wilderness, near Big Sur, in this 2017 photo. However, the World Health Organization has described increased reports of the virus jumping to a variety of mammals, including humans, as “worrying.” The nonprofit Peregrine Fund of Boise, Idaho, which operates a captive breeding program and manages the Arizona-Utah flock, said it has halted …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Here Are 4 Easy Hikes For Seniors In Southern California

LA Times

It’s finally spring, and more importantly, it’s finally beautiful out after a very, very wet winter. Trailhead: 928 W. Avenida De Los Arboles, Wildwood Regional Park, Thousand Oaks 91360 Redwood Grove @ Carbon Canyon Regional Park Want to enjoy the majesty of California’s redwoods but stay close to home? The largest Southern California grove of the trees is in Brea, …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Climate change is here. It’s time Californians stopped clinging to the past

LA Times

This story originally published in Boiling Point, a weekly newsletter about climate change and the environment. It’s not yet clear how the ruling might affect dozens of other cities across the country — including Los Angeles — that have also banned or discouraged planet-warming natural gas in new construction in an effort to promote climate-friendly electric heaters and stoves. California’s …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Giant sequoias, desert land and alpine peaks? California’s 280 state parks have it all

LA Times

Ah, the spring bloom. Mill Creek Trail in Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park, Crescent City, Calif. That’s why I have a new mission for you: Visit all 280 California state parks and stamp each one on a new digital passport created by the state. California State Parks just launched this program to encourage us to give some love to our …

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1 year, 10 months ago

10 Must-visit national parks across the world: Explore nature's wonders

Hindustan Times

10 Must-visit national parks across the world: Explore nature's wonders Whether you are looking for a wildlife safari or a scenic hike, these 10 must-visit national parks across the world are sure to please.. 1 / 11 View Photos in a new improved layout Exploring the world's natural wonders is a great way to discover new places and explore the …

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1 year, 10 months ago

The least-visited national parks in the United States in 2022

CNN

Editor’s Note: Monthly Ticket is a CNN Travel series that spotlights some of the most fascinating topics in the travel world. “Alaska’s national parks are some of the least visited for a good reason – they are hard to get to,” said Peter Christian, chief of public and legislative affairs in the National Park Service’s Alaska Region But while they …

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1 year, 10 months ago

The least-visited national parks in the United States in 2022

CNN

Editor’s Note: Monthly Ticket is a CNN Travel series that spotlights some of the most fascinating topics in the travel world. “Alaska’s national parks are some of the least visited for a good reason – they are hard to get to,” said Peter Christian, chief of public and legislative affairs in the National Park Service’s Alaska Region But while they …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Travel danger in California, Sierra Nevada range, San Bernardino range due to snowstorms

Hindustan Times

Jennifer Cobb and her husband planned on staying four days in their vacation rental in Southern California's San Bernardino Mountains. Travel danger in California, Sierra Nevada range, San Bernardino range due to snowstorms When they try to shovel themselves out, it just snows again. “Being stuck up here in this beautiful place shouldn’t be awful, but it is.” Cobb and …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Must-visit national parks in the United States

Hindustan Times

The United States of America is home to some of the most spectacular and diverse national parks in the world. Must-visit national parks in the United States Yellowstone National Park Located in Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho, Yellowstone National Park is the oldest national park in the United States. Visitors can explore the park’s many trails, take part in ranger-led activities, …

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2 years ago

Want to camp at Big Sur, Leo Carrillo or Crystal Cove on the Fourth of July? Here’s how

LA Times

Yes, it’s still winter. California state parks use a reservation system that opens up six months ahead of your intended stay. The key to state park reservations is Reserve California, the online booking system that handles about 15,000 campsites in state parks throughout California. Among the state’s most popular campgrounds: Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park, which has about 190 spots …

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2 years ago

The writer who’s been everywhere shares his 2023 California travel wish list

LA Times

I’ve been meandering around California for decades, which is how I came up with the 101 Best California Experiences, a.k.a. Comb the beach at Garrapata State Park With Carmel just 10 miles north and Big Sur’s most famous landmarks just south, this dramatic set of cliffs and beaches doesn’t get the awe it deserves. Yet those five campsites are in …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Why are some of Southern California’s most expensive properties left completely empty?

LA Times

In Beverly Crest, a 157-acre property known as the “Mountain” has never been developed. In 2017, Milwaukee Brewers owner Mark Attanasio left neighbors scratching their heads when he shelled out $6.6 million for one of the last remaining vacant lots on Malibu’s Broad Beach, an ultra-exclusive stretch of sand where Pierce Brosnan, Frank Sinatra and Jack Lemmon have owned homes. …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Why ‘head to BLM land’ is the camping advice you didn’t know you needed

LA Times

If you spend enough time trying to snag one of the very limited camping spaces inside Joshua Tree National Park, eventually you’ll run into some helpful advice from a park ranger or fellow camper: “Head to BLM land.” That’s what avid camper, hiker and L.A. furniture maker Josh Jackson heard from a friend as he struggled to find a last-minute …

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2 years, 1 month ago

The Best National Parks To Visit In The Winter

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LOADING ERROR LOADING When people plan their national parks vacations, they typically don’t target the winter season. via Getty Images “Without a doubt my favorite national park to visit in the winter is Sequoia National Park in California,” Pattiz said. The ocean water is cold during this time of year, which also takes away recreation options at the beach.” Yellowstone …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Ski season is here. What you need to know before heading to California’s most popular resorts

LA Times

Eva Borrelli, a 6-year-old in Encinitas, has told her mother she loves snowboarding at Mammoth so much that she wants to move there. While climate change continues to threaten the ski industry, resorts are still busy gearing up for visitors, some who’ll be arriving in less than a month. You may see some improvements at your favorite resort — new …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Climate deniers are costing California too much time, money

LA Times

Looking back, Bradley Bentz doesn’t know what took him so long to move out of Los Angeles County. “I kind of just.,” Bentz said, searching for the right words to sum up his life, “fell in love.” Lumber trucks display the Stars and Stripes in Greenville’s Gold Diggers Day parade. “I really think it would take a disaster to scare …

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2 years, 5 months ago

California trying to make the world’s tallest tree invisible. Now visitors face jail, fines

LA Times

It sounds hard to hide the tallest tree in the world. “People have the right to come and enjoy their parks,” said Leonel Arguello, the park’s chief of natural resources. “Pressing the soil down is going to hurt the tree’s ability to survive,” Nelson said. “That’s just the natural way of things in these open redwood forests,” Arguello said. “So …

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2 years, 8 months ago

Condors soar again over Northern California coastal redwoods

Associated Press

REDWOOD NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — The endangered California condor returned to soar the skies over the state’s far northern coast redwood forests on Tuesday for the first time in more than a century. Two captive-bred birds were released from a pen in Redwood National Park, about an hour’s drive south of the Oregon border, under a project aimed at restoring …

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2 years, 8 months ago

After more than a century, California condors soar over Yurok tribal lands once again

LA Times

Two condors being reared at the Northern California Condor Restoration Program in Northern California spread their wings in their pen. The New World vultures selected for the momentous occasion betrayed little on whether they would take flight from their designated staging area in Northern California near the Klamath River. VIDEO | 00:25 California condors soar over redwoods once again Two …

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2 years, 8 months ago

Condors are soaring again over Northern California's coastal redwoods

NPR

Condors are soaring again over Northern California's coastal redwoods Enlarge this image toggle caption Yurok Tribal Government via AP Yurok Tribal Government via AP REDWOOD NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — The endangered California condor returned to soar the skies over the state's far northern coast redwood forests on Tuesday for the first time in more than a century. Enlarge this image …

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2 years, 9 months ago

Launch of condors on tribal land marks the species’ comeback, but a new threat looms large

LA Times

A condor in the California Condor Recovery Program at the Los Angeles Zoo. “Now, the condor is coming home.” Meanwhile, a very different scenario is unfolding in Southern California, where federal wildlife authorities are taking the controversial step of helping smooth the regulatory path for a growing number of wind energy companies seeking permission to breed additional condors in captivity …

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2 years, 9 months ago

Underrated National Parks You Should Visit

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LOADING ERROR LOADING The pandemic may have restricted travel over the past two years, but it also opened many Americans’ eyes to the beautiful sights in their own backyards. “Voyageurs is the only park my wife and I go back to every year because it provides an outdoor sanctuary that other parks simply can’t seem to replicate.” North Cascades National …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Editorial: California lost thousands of giant sequoias. It’s tragic, but at least we are aware

LA Times

Pretty much anyone who has had the privilege of standing next to one of the biggest, oldest giant sequoia trees understands the rush of awe. But as the public tracked the fight against the KNP Complex fire in September, which threatened giant sequoias to the point where their lower parts had to be tucked under fire-resistant foil blankets, it might …

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3 years, 3 months ago

Grit, determination and heart on Mt. Whitney

LA Times

Nothing is easy about hiking Mt. The event takes place from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 2 at Copper Mountain College and is The red flag Agate Beach at Patrick’s Point State Park in Northern California. Patrick’s Point State Park in Trinidad, Calif., may soon be called Sue-meg State Park, the original place name used by the Yurok people. …

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Why are so many people heading to California’s newest national park?

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