Tagged: outdoors

Another Job Posting for Beer-Loving Hikers: Visit National Parks for $50k

Looks like Michelob Ultra has decided to outmatch a job posting we saw a while back. In June, the artisanal Devils Backbone Brewing Company offered what sounded like a sweet deal. The…

Great Art in the Great Outdoors: The USA's Finest Sculpture Parks

"Art evokes the mystery without which the world would not exist," wrote René Magritte, creator of some of the world’s most enigmatic paintings. He’s onto something. There is a space…

Horrifying Video Shows What Happens When Tourists Get Too Close to Buffalo

When it comes to bison, it's always the season for social distancing. A tourist learned that lesson the hard way this week in South Dakota's Black Hills—and her terrifying encounter…

The Best U.S. National Parks for Bicycling

Among the criteria for a memorable bike ride in a U.S. national park: good scenery (let's be honest—all the parks have that), terrain to suit your fitness level (are you up for peaks…

A Former Drive-In Theater in the Utah Desert Is Now a Glamping Retreat

Camping and drive-in movie theaters are two forms of good old-fashioned fun that have grown hugely popular again this summer, as we're all on the lookout for socially distanced…

Yo, Semites! Funding Boost to U.S. National Parks Signed Into Law

How about some good news for a change? Bipartisan legislation to devote almost $3 billion each year to conservation efforts and the upkeep of U.S. national parks has passed into…

5 Tips for Hiking in Extreme Summer Heat

In the summertime, hiking can mean withstanding extreme heat—especially as climate change continues to warm up spots that were pretty toasty to begin with. In past summers, rangers at…

WATCH: Alaska’s Bear Cams Are Back—Just in Time for Salmon Season

The bear cams at Alaska's Katmai National Park have been switched on again and are streaming live images of the reserve's furry denizens as they fish for salmon in the Brooks…

Glamping Retreat in Utah Takes Social Distancing to a Whole New Level

It's an odd time to be debuting any kind of tourism facility.But a new luxury encampment in southeastern Utah may be just right for our era. The retreat promises to give guests all the…

Listen to These Soothing Nature Sounds When You Can’t Explore Outdoors

Heading into the woods is usually a smart strategy for lowering your stress levels—unless, of course, you’re a character in a fairy tale, in which case your nearest woods are…

North America's Largest Outdoor Adventure Course Coming to Chicago Suburbs

A huge new outdoor adventure park is scheduled to open this summer in the Chicago suburbs. Set on 300 wooded acres in the town of Lemont (located about 30 miles southwest of the city's…

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park Reopens Walk-Through Lava Tube

After nearly two years, one of the most popular attractions at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on the Big Island has reopened to the public. Nahuku-Thurston Lava Tube, a walk-through…

What to Expect When You Stay Overnight at the Quebec Ice Hotel

The truth is, the Ice Hotel is mostly snow. More than 30,000 tons of it, in fact.Quebec’s Hôtel de Glace—or Ice Hotel for stubborn English speakers—does require about 500 tons of ice…

Chinese Glass Bridges Closed Out of Safety Fears

For a few years now, China has seemed determined to install spine-tingling transparent bridges, walkways, and slides at every cliffside, mountain gorge, and canyon in the country. At…

New England's Top 10 Family Hikes

With its pine forests, miles-long beaches, woodland lakes, and craggy mountains, New England has long been a hiker’s paradise. The region is accessible to a wide range of skill levels…

New Zealand Unveiling Epic New Hiking Trail

New Zealand's officially designated, government-maintained Great Walks give hikers access to the country's premier scenery—and that's saying something in New Zealand, whose North and…

Stroll Above the Smokies on the USA’s Longest Pedestrian Suspension Bridge

Eastern Tennessee is now home to the longest pedestrian suspension bridge in the United States.Opening May 17, Gatlinburg SkyBridge, located in the resort town that serves as a gateway…

Spot Orcas and Dolphins Along Western Scotland's New Whale Trail

About a quarter of the world's whale and dolphin species have been spotted at one time or another in the waters around western Scotland's Hebrides islands, according to the nonprofit…

Meet the USA's Newest National Park

The United States has a new national park.Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore has been re-designated Indiana Dunes National Park thanks to a provision in the same spending bill that…

What to Do in Aruba When You're Tired of Sunbathing

For many, the allure of a vacation in Aruba has to do with sun, slot machines, and shrimp dinners. If that’s you, we get it. Life is hard; sand is soft. Still, some of us prefer to…

Spectacular Spelunking: Cool Caves Around the World

Some of the most spectacular views of the earth come not from towering heights, but from deep inside it. These wondrous caverns—from the rainforests of Belize to rocky dwellings in…

British Columbia's Rugged Northern Coast: Seeing Bears, Whales, and Wilderness

The west coast of Canada doesn’t come to a full stop—it’s more like an ellipsis . . . Innumerable islets, many of them just uninhabited rocks with some trees on top, dot the Pacific…

Brazil’s National Parks: How to Pick Which Ones to See

Ask any avid hiker or nature lover to name the best national parks worldwide, and it's likely that Brazil won't make the list. But it should. The huge South American country has dozens…

A Return to Northern Michigan With No Repeat Experiences

I’ve always taken the stance that when you return again and again to the same place for vacation, you’re only setting yourself up for ennui. I figured there were a few exceptions to…

10 Things to See and Do in Colorado's Most Underrated National Park

At Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve in southern Colorado, the jagged, snow-capped peaks of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains plunge into a bowl of undulating sand dunes—North…