When Dos Rios Ranch opens to visitors next month in the San Joaquin Valley, California will have 280 state parks — making it one of the nation’s largest systems, as well as one of its most popular, with about 70 million visitors a year. Who knew? The short answer is: hardly anyone. Over the past 20 years I’ve asked several thousand Californians to name five state parks. Fewer than 5% can do so. And most of these baffled respondents are outdoorsy folks — the kind of people I meet on the trail or...
HURRICANE — The Utah Division of State Parks released the name of the man who died while swimming at Sand Hollow State Park on Saturday. Just after 2:20 p.m., Christian Jeffrey Fisher from Las Vegas, Nevada, was swimming with friends in the dive park area at Sand Hollow State Park. While swimming, Fisher’s friends reportedly […]
As government offices across Minnesota opened Monday, May 13, the old state state flags went down and the new ones up — maybe.
Lake Sylvia State Park will be closed June through September for a major construction project that will replace the culvert beneath the entrance road with a bridge and a new road.
Top seeds Augustana and Minnesota State-Mankato continued their romp through the first two rounds of the Northern Sun baseball tournament Thursday afternoon, beating up on Wayne State and Southwest Minnesota
Schafer State Park is ready to welcome visitors to its expanded campground, just in time for its centennial anniversary as a state park.
The Hernando DeSoto Lake campsites can be reached in multiple ways, allowing you to choose your own adventure.
The DNR also recommended signing up for an Indiana State Nature Passport, which is free and makes those who sign up eligible to earn prizes when they check in at a passport location.
A grand opening is set next month for a new state park in Ohio.
A body recovered out of a Minnesota lake Tuesday has been positively identified as a 39-year-old kayaker from Overland Park, Kansas.
Fire District 8 rapidly extinguished the blaze, but several acres of grass were destroyed
Every summer, throughout the month of July, 42 North hosts a series of Friday evening concerts. The live music series, called Sunset at the Stables, features some of the region’s []