The United States has 154 protected areas known as National Forests. They are managed by the US Forest Service, and not the Park Service.
There is at least one national forest in every US state, but ten: Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, North Dakota, and Rhode Island.
The first national forest was established as the Yellowstone Park Timber and Land Reserve on March 30, 1891.
The Fay Canyon Trail is a popular hike in Sedona, Arizona. The town is known for its stunning red rock formations and natural beauty, contrasted with the lush greenery in the low-lying areas. I easily consider Sedona one of the…
St. Mary’s Glacier is close to, but not located inside, Rocky Mountain National Park. While the glacier is not within the park boundaries, it is located in the Arapaho National Forest and is accessible via a short hike from its…
In this road trip, we start in Portland, Oregon, and head immediately to the Pacific Coast. From there, we will follow US-101/US-1 along the coastline for over 600 miles (966 km). Much of this stretch of road is called the…
This trip flys into Spokane, WA, then heads right to the Glacier National Park in Montana. We then switch things up a bit and take a detour into Canada to visit Banff (Canada’s most visited park), its sister park Kootenay,…
This trip takes you on a round trip that begins and ends in Phoenix, AZ. We explore two of Arizona’s least visited National Parks as well as a National Forest (Gila) and two National Monuments (Organ Pipe and Montezuma’s Castle)….
This trip spends nights near Death Valley, Sequoia and Yosemite National Parks. Kings Canyon is visited on the way out of Sequoia to the next stop at Yosemite. Hitting four different National Parks can be quite exhausting for families, but…