Arches National Park
Broken Arch in Arches National Park June 2016.

Florida Parks and Beaches
Siesta Key Beach and Myakka River State Park in Sarasota, Florida.

Grand Teton - Yellowstone National Park
Wanting to get away from the crowded holiday weekend in Yellowstone, Friday afternoon my son and I went to a ranger station to register for a backcountry permit. There were several...

Illinois Parks, Hikes and Historic Sites
Photo: Burden Falls located in Southern Illinois in the Shawnee National Forest May 2015.

Missouri Parks, Rivers and Hikes
We took a couple of hikers for their first backpacking campout on the Wilderness Trail at Meramec State Park this weekend. Packed in to a backpacking camp Saturday afternoon with o...

Missouri Springs, Mills and Historic Sites
Photo: Greer Spring, The second largest spring in Missouri with an average daily flow of 222 million gallons from two outlets about 250 feet apart. The spring is 0.9 miles from the...

Oregon Waterfalls
Photo: Multnomah Falls, 611 feet tall and located off of I-84 just 30-minute east of Portland, Oregon in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area.

Ozark Mountain Hiker
While researching possible trails in the Jacks Fork and Current River area of Missouri, I almost dismissed Alley Spring because of its shortness at only 1.9 miles. As I stepped ont...

Rocky Mountain National Park
Photo: Dream Lake, 1.1 miles from the Bear Lake Trailhead on Bear Lake Road in Rocky Mountain National Park. I was passed by skiers and snowboarders skiing down the trail while hik...

Shoshone Falls
Hint of a second rainbow in the mist of Shoshone Falls, Twin Falls, Idaho.

Tennessee - Great Smoky Mountains NP
Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Fall Creek Falls, Cummins Falls and Burgess Falls State Park.

The Ozark Trail
Photo: Devil's Tollgate on the Taum Sauk Section of the Ozark Trail on a great Sunday hike in November.

Tom Uhlenbrock - Missouri State Parks
A Guide to the Turquoise Jewels of the Missouri Ozarks The new Echo Bluff State Park, billed as the gateway to the Missouri Ozarks, is the perfect base camp for a two-day treasure...

Washington, Pacific North West
View of the Pacific Ocean from the Kalaloch Lodge in the Olympic National Forest.

Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Falls in Yosemite National Park on a hot day in late June 2016.