The cascading tower of water that is Vernal Falls is one of the most powerful waterfalls in the incredible Yosemite National ...

Yosemite National Park, about 1,200 square miles along the Sierra Nevada Mountains in central California, is one of the oldest, most popular and most indescribably majestic of all national parks.

It was updated with additional photos on October 3, 2018. YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, CALIFORNIA—Renowned rock climber Alex Honnold on Saturday became the first person to scale the iconic nearly ...

Seven years ago, two climbers were killed in a fall on El Capitan at Yosemite National Park in California. The group of four were scaling the Early Winters Spires, jagged peaks split by a cleft ...

The park is also home to half of the caves and karst systems over a mile long in California, the longest cave in the state, and at least 275 total caves in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California's governor called upon the state's cities and counties to ban homeless encampments this week, even providing blueprint legislation for dismantling the tents ...

This river would have flowed from now-vanished volcanic slopes north of where the National Park is today and then gushed into the ancient Merced and Tenaya Creek, enabling them to carve out ...

Most visitors to Yosemite National Park flock to the iconic Yosemite Valley, with its sweeping views of El Capitan and Yosemite Falls. But for those looking to escape the crowds and discover a ...

Visit the parks webpage on the National Park Service’s website. Paris Barraza is a trending reporter covering California news at The Desert Sun. Reach her at [email protected].

A Yellowstone National Park tourist was gored by a bison when he got too close to the animal, according to officials. The 47-year-old man from Cape Coral, Fla., was hooked by the bison’s horns ...

El Capitan from Merced River, California The massive granite El Capitan cliff towering over the Merced River which tumbles through a rocky valley in the Yosemite National Park, California. yosemite ...