A sunny day in Colorado's Ridgway State Park. National parks tend to steal the spotlight, but some of Colorado’s most rewarding landscapes are found in its state parks. These smaller, often overlooked ...

I have a confession… While I work as an editor here at Road Trips for Families, I’ve only taken one “real” road trip myself.

Cherry Creek State Park, one of Colorado’s busiest recreation areas, will close nightly from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. due to rising safety concerns and vandalism. In a recent social media post, Colorado ...

AURORA, Colo. — One of Colorado's busiest state parks is back open at night. Cherry Creek State Park closed nightly from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. starting Monday night, Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) ...

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It's astonishing to learn that the ruins of a 2,000-year-old Native American village exist near the much younger, 149-year-old village of Tehachapi. Located a short drive from the mountain town about ...

A 47-year-old man was taken to the hospital after he was shot at the Neshaminy State Park Marina in Bucks County on Friday afternoon, Pennsylvania State Police said. State police responded to the ...

GOBLIN VALLEY STATE PARK, Utah (KUTV) — Search crews were dispatched to Goblin Valley State Park after multiple people were trapped and missing due to sudden flash flooding in Little Wildhorse Canyon.

Editor's note: A previous version of this story ran in September 2023. This story has been updated with the most recent information provided by the Department of National Resources and the Indiana ...

Officials with the Pennsylvania State Police said that they are investigating after a shooting at the Neshaminy State Park Marina left a man hurt on Friday afternoon. The shooting happened sometime ...

Oklahoma family members recently hit the jackpot when they found an impressive diamond at an Arkansas state park this month – with tools they bought at a dollar store. The discovery, made at Crater of ...

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