Hiking is exercise, but it can be much more than that to the extent that we let it. As challenging terrain offers a test of our physical limits, nature offers infinite opportunities to appreciate a world teeming with life and fascinating processes.
The cost benefit of dispersed camping on vacation is definitely noticeable when reviewing your bank account.
- Lacking the popularity of national parks, America's national forests offer their own appeal
- Students get hands-on history lesson with Mesa Prieta Petroglyph Project
- Locals celebrate diversity of wildlife at Las Vegas refuge
- Gila Wilderness turns 100: A trailblazer by remaining unchanged
- Bandelier's Tsankawi unit to reopen Thursday following 14-month closure
- Forest Service hopes renovation will usher in 'new era' for Echo Amphitheater
- Public trails on Los Alamos National Laboratory land offer access to scenic landscapes
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The area has been closed to the public since April 2023 due to a project to improve traffic flow and safety to the site.
Most visitors to Bandelier stick to two miles of trails that can be packed with people, but there's much more to explore along the park's 70 miles of trails.
New visitors will likely feel fulfilled from their time spent in this beautiful place that continues to excite imaginations.
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Officials say the changes are overdue and needed to keep up with the costs of maintaining, policing and modernizing state parks.
Winter Fest visitors praised the national preserve's open vistas and thriving wildlife.
My favorite time of the year has arrived. I am now checking weekly to see if there is any activity at our bluebird nesting box. The box is clean and ready for immediate occupancy. Our nest box is in the sun and faces southeast. It is on a steel pole, five feet high with a predator guard to k…
Even limited opportunities for time in nature can foster a strong and meaningful connection.
The annual race, which will take place Saturday, has grown in popularity in recent years to well over 100 participants.
The bald eagle count Saturday morning, which the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has hosted at Abiquiú Lake for at least 20 years, drew about 100 volunteers.
Outdoors writer Matt Dahlseid reflects on the people who have inspired him during five years at 'The New Mexican.'
The world opens up to David Roop when he rides his longboard long distances.
A news release stated the unit is expected to reopen when the project is completed before the summer season.
Seven bridges were completed between 2014 and 2018, but there was a multi-year gap to build the last five.
The alignment of the sun, moon and Earth puts New Mexico squarely in the spotlight of eclipse fanatics.
As people affected by the Hermits Peak/Calf Canyon Fire work to rebuild their lives, the land around them is also regenerating.
Essays on the natural world can move you with brilliant writing about magnificent landscapes.
With its large, grassy meadows interspersed among stands of pine trees, the wilderness is an oasis teeming with life.
The project manager of the ninth edition of Day Hikes in the Santa Fe Area talks about trails and improvements to the book.
The authority of hiking New Mexico's peaks touts the beauty and solitude to be found in the mountains.
