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National Parks

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‘This Place Belongs to You’

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands January 20, 2023January 22, 2023

“Joshua Tree National Park is synonymous with the desert. Yet record numbers of guests threaten to overwhelm its beauty, wildlife, and small staff.”

Grinnell Point in Glacier National Park highlighted by an eerily-red light.
Posted inFeature

‘That Girl is Going to Get Herself Killed’

by Krista Diamond November 15, 2022November 15, 2022

Krista Diamond | Longreads | November 2022 | 16 minutes (4,342 words) In 2012, I was working at a hotel in Glacier National Park when a man I’d just met invited me for a day of tubing and drinking beer on the river. Little did I know, I would nearly drown in the rapids.  But […]

Posted inCulture, Featured, Highlight, Quote Posts, Quotes

‘I Saw It on Instagram, I Had to Come’: The Desire to Document Ourselves in Nature

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands July 6, 2020October 19, 2022

Are Instagrammers and selfie culture destroying the outdoors? At Outside, Lisa Chase sets off to find out.

Posted inEditor's Pick

What I Learned at the Most Instagrammed Outdoor Places

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands July 6, 2020October 19, 2022

Visiting tourist hotspots like the Grand Canyon and Horseshoe Bend, Lisa Chase explores “the human desire to lose ourselves in the wild and also to extract, despoil, and package it.”

Posted inQuotes

Risking Your Life For a Selfie

by Carolyn Wells May 28, 2020October 17, 2022

“With the right hashtag, anyone can view thousands of potential destinations — and choose which to visit based on aesthetics alone.”

Posted inBooks, Essays & Criticism, Featured, Nonfiction, Story

Tramp Like Us

by Longreads September 17, 2019October 19, 2022

Can an American family learn to become outdoorsy in New Zealand, where the natural world is part of the national DNA? Sort of.

Posted inFeatured, Reading List

National Parks: A Reading List

by Jacqueline Alnes September 4, 2019October 19, 2022

Jacqueline Alnes considers the wealth, privilege, racism, and violence inherent in our relationships with U.S. National Parks.

Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Featured, Nonfiction

Vacation Memories Marred by the Indelible Stain of Racism

by Shanna B. Tiayon June 11, 2019October 19, 2022

Shanna B. Tiayon recalls an interaction with a National Parks Service bus driver that cast a pall on a family trip to the Grand Canyon.

Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Featured, Nonfiction, Story

Vacation Memories Marred by the Indelible Stain of Racism

by Shanna B. Tiayon June 11, 2019October 19, 2022

Shanna B. Tiayon recalls an interaction with a National Parks Service bus driver that cast a pall on a family trip to the Grand Canyon.

Posted inNonfiction, Quotes

Women of Color Are Blazing New Paths on Old Trails

by Sari Botton July 19, 2017October 19, 2022

Amanda Machado adds her voice to the growing chorus of women of color claiming their place in the rugged outdoors.

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