Sam Hill is a contributing parks editor at SFGATE, covering national parks in the Pacific Northwest. Born and raised in Maine, he moved to Oregon in 2019 to escape the New England winter and has ...

At Seattle’s Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, inside Pioneer Square’s restored Cadillac Hotel, visitors react to ...

One of the best ways to see the National Park is by walking through it. Hiking is one of the top things to do in the National ...

The trend at Crater Lake differs from other Pacific Northwest national parks. In 2024, Olympic National Park saw a near-record 3.7 million visitors. At Mount Rainier, the annual visitor count has ...

For the kickoff of the annual National Park ... admission to all its parks and monuments on Saturday, April 19. How to enjoy the natural and urban gems of the Pacific Northwest — even when ...

For the kickoff of the annual National Park Week, which for 2025 will be held April 19-27, the park service is offering free admission to all its parks and monuments on Saturday, April 19.

For hikers seeking their next adventure, these two WA trails offer iconic scenery and rewarding climbs, all within an easy ...

Adventure travel companies are offering new trips for 2025 with options for a variety of interests and activity levels.

"These hydrologic oddities illustrate how much we have still to learn about Earth's dynamic surface," researchers said in a ...

A proposed rule from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service would change the definition of “harm” to an endangered species, ...

From Spokane to Seattle, Bellingham to the Columbia River Gorge, Washington has a bounty of beautiful destinations for ...