Parks Slowly Recovering From Damage Inflicted By Helene
Oct 3, 2024 · Editor's note: This updates with the entire length of the Blue Ridge Parkway closed. As damage assessments and recovery work slowly progressed in national park units from North Carolina to Georgia that were hard hit by Tropical Storm Helene, National Park Service officials decided to close the entire 469 miles of the Blue Ridge Parkway as a public safety precaution.
Mount Rainier Is Shrinking According To New Measurements
Oct 14, 2024 · Mount Rainier's true summit is no longer where it once was. Today, if you climb Rainier, the centerpiece of Mount Rainier National Park, you'll summit at a spot called Columbia Crest.Officially, according to the U.S. Geologocal Survey, it's 14,410 feet.
Photos Depict Tropical Storm Damage Along Blue Ridge Parkway
Oct 4, 2024 · Images taken by National Park Service crews assessing damage from Tropical Storm Helene along the Blue Ridge Parkway illustrate just how devastating the storm was.
Jasper National Park Emerges From The Ashes Of A Wildfire
Nov 29, 2024 · In a mountain forest ravaged by fire in Jasper National Park, charred trees stand alongside a few that look like giraffes, their blackened trunks dotted with golden patches.Locals have taken to calling these strange beauties giraffe, cheetah or leopard trees. Parks Canada wildfire specialists don’t have a name for this and neither apparently do their Canadian Forest Service/Natural Resources ...
Camping At Badlands - National Parks Traveler
Located less than a mile (1.62 km) from the Ben Reifel Visitor Center, Cedar Pass RV and Campground is open April 11 – October 20, 2025 and offers 96 sites, including three ADA accessible sites, one of which is in the group site loop (see map). Accessible sites are not set aside specifically but instead offered on a first-come, first-served basis, so they may not be available if the ...
Ongoing Recovery At Great Smoky Mountains National Park From …
Oct 11, 2024 · While crews are making progress in coping with the impacts Tropical Storm Helene had on Great Smoky Mountains National Park, some areas of the park remain closed due to damage from the storm.. The park experienced substantial damage particularly in North Carolina, including Balsam Mountain, Big Creek and Cataloochee Valley.
A Tale Of Cabins In The National Parks
Oct 6, 2024 · Becky: The cabins in which I stayed may not have possessed hugely scenic views, but they were still close to where the action was.For instance, my Old Faithful Lodge fourplex cabin led across the gravel road between cabin and main lodge right onto the Upper Geyser Basin boardwalks, Old Faithful Geyser, Geyser Hill, and the Observation Point trailhead.
National Public Lands Day Means Free Admission To Parks And …
Sep 27, 2024 · This Saturday, September 28, is the 31st annual National Public Lands Day.It's one of the park service's 5 fee free days in 2024, so every national park property that charges admission will waive their fees to enter the parks.
Repairing The Blue Ridge Parkway In The Wake Of Helene Won't …
Oct 12, 2024 · Through the years, Mike Litterest has been assigned storm recovery duties in a dozen or so national parks, but he's never seen devastation like that visited on the Blue Ridge Parkway from the remnants of Hurricane Helene. "I can say, really without hesitation, that the destructive force of what hit the Blue Ridge Parkway is unlike anything I've seen at any of the other ones," he said during a ...
National Park Service Still Assessing Storm Damage Along Blue …
Oct 5, 2024 · Ongoing assessments of storm damage on the Blue Ridge Parkway have found significant, and in some cases castrophic, damage between mileposts 280 and 469, the National Park Service said Saturday.