Stories from our nation's treasures.

Explore our nation’s treasures — our National Parks — their history, their people, and their stories. From Denali, the tallest mountain peak, to Death Valley’s Badwater Basin, 282 feet below sea level. Nearly 90 million acres of land and the 20,000 rangers and 246,000 volunteers that protect it all at over 400 individual National Park Service units.

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Stories from our nation's treasures.

Recent Episodes

  • The Life of a Canine Ranger

    12 Nov , 2020

    This episode was written by Lindsey Taylor, whose blog “The Curiosity Chronicles” follows her adventures around the world. Every fall in one of the largest national parks in America, visitation slows to a near halt by the end of September. The ground is already covered with golden aspen leaves and the mountaintops are powdered with

  • News from the Parks | Big Bend Closes, Yosemite Cancels Reservations

    15 Aug , 2020

    This month, Big Bend closes, Yosemite cancels reservations, and Blackfeet Nation closes to visitors.

  • Hey Bear!

    27 Jun , 2020

    As more and more people experience National Parks and public lands for the first time, a common concern often arises. Bears. Bears are highly misunderstood creatures and are more often than not afraid of humans. But the behavior of park visitors and often puts the safety of both people and bears at risk.  On this

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  • This podcast sets its sights on you audiobook listeners out there, aspiring to the literary heights of London, Krakauer, and even – in the more gruesome details of this episode’s harrowing survivor’s tale – a Disney-fied McCarthy. That it hits these notes at a time when environmental crises and deregulation threaten all our National Parks makes it an especially poignant reminder of our collective vulnerability in the face of (human) nature.

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  • 37 Days in Yellowstone” by the America’s National Parks Podcast presents the truly captivating story of Truman Everts with equal parts tranquility and suspense similar to The Revenant. Listeners are easily engrossed with the narrator’s natural storytelling cadence and a light score underlying the entire episode. The hosts know the story is worthy of cinematic quality, and they achieve that feat easily within its brief 40 minute runtime. America’s National Parks Podcast succeeds in capturing the natural majesty of their subject matter.

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