Just beyond Chicago, a pocket of wilderness offers wooded trails, quiet fishing ponds, and peaceful campsites where visitors ...

This Tennessee state park is a waterfront beauty with miles of hiking trails, campsites, cozy cabins, and lakes that are ...

A new marina and nature center is open at Buck Creek State Park in Springfield as of Friday, Oct. 17. The new marina and ...

Both locals and travelers love the park with its well-shaded campsites and cozy cabins elevated between the tree canopy and ...

COLCHESTER, Ill. — Argyle Lake State Park, a 1,700-acre recreation area known for its hiking trails, fishing opportunities and scenic natural setting, is inviting visitors to take part in a series of ...

Tree clearing has started along the dam structure at Nescopeck State Park’s Lake Frances following a drawdown over the summer, the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources announced. The tree ...

Larry, left, and Lynn Beauchaine, of St. Louis, look over the bridge at an empty Benton Park Lake in St. Louis on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025. ST. LOUIS — The manmade, roughly one-acre lake in Benton Park ...

DENVER (KDVR) — State park rangers announced Friday night that they are closing Cherry Creek State Park overnight after a rise in law enforcement concerns and vandalism. The park will no longer be ...

A family visiting Crater of Diamonds State Park in Arkansas found a nearly 3-carat brown diamond on the park's north side, park officials said in a statement. Raynae Madison and her family traveled ...

“I honestly thought it was too big to be a diamond!” Rayne Madison said of her discovery at an Arkansas state park Arkansas State Parks Raynae Madison and her family, of Cookson, Okla., visited Crater ...

The president of the Crystal Lake Park District board wore a bulletproof vest to the panel’s meeting Monday, one of several heightened security measures taken amid hostile sessions that have included ...

A 47-year-old man was taken to the hospital after he was shot at the Neshaminy State Park Marina in Bucks County on Friday afternoon, Pennsylvania State Police said. State police responded to the ...