Warm turquoise water lapping against red sandstone, with 15,000 acres of rideable sand dunes just a tunnel-crossing away. Sand Hollow State Park, one of Utah's newest and now busiest parks, pulls off a combination few…
A steep, three-quarter-mile hike separates the parking lot from the campground here, and that deliberate inconvenience is precisely the point. Afton State Park keeps its blufftop campsites accessible only on foot, preserving one of the…
For decades, showing up to Sandy Point State Park on a summer Saturday meant a simple gamble: get there early enough, or risk finding the gates closed once the 786-acre park filled to capacity. That…
Most people plan their entire Pacific Northwest waterfall trip around Multnomah Falls, snap a photo from the viewing platform, and never realize there's a spot an hour south where you can walk directly behind a…
The glass-bottom boat wasn't invented as a gimmick — it was invented right here, on this river, back in the 1870s, because someone realized the water was so clear that glass simply got out of…
If you're planning a summer trip to Slide Rock specifically to swim or shoot down its famous 80-foot natural sandstone chute, stop and read this first: the Oak Creek swim area is closed through August…
In 1986, a French climber named Jean-Baptiste Tribout free-climbed a route here called "To Bolt or Not to Be," establishing the first 5.14a in North America and permanently putting this stretch of central Oregon on…
Despite the name, Snow Canyon rarely sees snow at all. It's named after early Utah leaders Lorenzo and Erastus Snow, and this stretch of red Navajo sandstone and black lava rock near St. George is…
Walk the Gulf-facing beach at St. Andrews and you'll find open water, real waves, and the occasional dangerous current. Walk around the corner to the jetty, though, and the whole picture changes: calm, protected water…
Ninety minutes from Chicago, sandstone canyons carved by glacial meltwater create a landscape that looks more like the American Southwest than central Illinois — which is exactly why over two million visitors show up here…
