The term “rockhounding” refers to searching for and collecting rocks, fossils or ... Generally, national parks like the New River Gorge National Park & Preserve do not allow rockhounding ...

While acknowledging that leaving painted rocks for others to find is a fun activity, staff at Catoctin Mountain Park in Maryland respectfully reminded visitors that doing so violated the national park ...

Just as the spring tourist season is getting started, a major rockslide has closed one of the primary routes into Yosemite National Park ... and Yosemite’s Arch Rock entrance.