If you’re reading this story decades from now, say in 2066, hopefully a vast Grand Canyon wilderness, in the truest sense of the word, still exists. Your National Geographic Society membership ...

There is a gust of wind and the feel of the dory dropping down the first wave as if falling into an elevator shaft.... To most of its five million visitors a year, Grand Canyon National Park means ...

This story appears in the February 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine ... is trenching a deep meander from the Glen Canyon Dam toward the Grand Canyon. Directly in front of you rises ...

Zion National Park’s striking vertical topography—rock towers, sandstone canyons, and sharp cliffs—attracted 5 million visitors in 2023. In 2023, Grand Canyon National Park attracted 4.7 ...

This story appears in the June 2013 issue of National Geographic magazine. The man who led a landmark attempt to navigate the entire length of the Grand Canyon did not exactly look the part of a ...

This story appears in the October 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine ... those about to start a four-day ride through the Grand Canyon. We’ll see fossil remains from a time when the ...

Backroads’ multisport loop through Bryce, Grand Canyon, and Zion National Parks is the ideal family primer to the American Southwest. The all-hike-and-bike itineraries quickly get you into the ...

For Michael Nichols, National Geographic’s longtime staff photographer ... Yellowstone National Park. Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone River from Artist Point. Right: Almost like clockwork ...