You'll feel like you're walking though Hawaii's national park when you tackle this short trail at Craters of the Moon in ...

ARCO • Idaho is the only state in the West that doesn’t have a national park solely within its borders. That could change if a proposal to convert Craters of the Moon gets legs. The idea has ...

Though many believe it deserves national park status, this volcanic landscape in Idaho is "just" a national monument and preserve - for now ...

I want to call on our Idaho Congressional delegation to make Craters of the Moon the 64th National Park in the United States. National Parks are created through Congressional Action with four ...

Note: This is the fourth in a series of six Guest Opinions commemorating the Craters of the Moon National Monument Centennial. While southern Idaho’s vast Snake River Plain is lauded and ...

This rugged landscape features cinder cones, spatter cones and lava tube caves formed from volcanic activity in the Great Rift, a series of cracks in the Earth that runs over a stretch of 52 miles. In ...

Sixty different historic lava flows punctuate Craters of the Moon National Monument, which was expanded in 2000 to a size approaching that of Rhode Island. ARCO, Idaho — ...

Located on Maui, Haleakalā National Park protects 30,000 acres of land from its namesake volcano and its moon-like crater to the tropical footpaths along the rugged coastline. It is one of the top ...

ARCO — National Park Week begins April 21 and runs through April 29. The scenic seven-mile-loop road at Craters of the Moon National Monument — located about halfway between Arco ...

ARCO, Idaho — The National Park Service (NPS) invites members of the public to participate in three special “walks on the Moon” that will be held in May and June ...

A wilderness study of the Craters of the Moon National Monument was undertaken and finished by the National Park Service in 1965, recommending a wilderness area of 41,000 acres.

Craters of the Moon is a "lunar-like" landscape home to cinder cones, fissures, lava tubes, and other volcanic features. The park is designated as an International Dark Sky Park making the park ...