Despite impressive landscaping efforts over the last two centuries, New York's Central Park has retained natural features that took thousands of years to form. The urban oasis, which covers some ...

At Summit Rock, the highest natural elevation in the park at 141.8 feet (43.2 meters), Horenstein lingers over a bit of lore about the American sculptor Sally James Farnham.

Could a car-free Rock Creek Park become D.C.'s version of New York’s Central Park? Yes — or an even better version. At 1,754 acres, Rock Creek is more than twice the size of Central Park’s ...