PATRICK COUNTY, Va. (WFXR) – Across the commonwealth, Virginia State Park campgrounds are set to reopen for the season this weekend. In Patrick County, Fairy Stone State Park sees about 120,000 ...

The Minnesota DNR is replacing a decades-old water control system at William O'Brien State Park after Lake Alice nearly dried up in August 2025. The project is expected to be finished in fall 2027 and ...

Iowa State looks like it's fully back on track. The Cyclones, after a rough loss in Fort Worth early last week, have now won back-to-back top-10 matchups in the Big 12 in the span of three days. No. 6 ...

Swimmers enjoy the water at Jones Lake State Park, circa 1950. The park was created as a place for Black Americans to gather. North Carolina State Parks and Recreation archive photo Today, Jones Lake ...

Hempstead Lake State Park has reopened its ice skating areas after more than 30 years. McDonald Pond is now accessible for public skating, and visitors are welcome to bring their own skates, according ...

Ice skaters can safely glide across a natural rink at Hempstead Lake State Park for the first time in at least three decades as an enduring deep chill in the region has left certain waters ...

ROCKVILLE CENTRE (WABC) -- Hempstead State Park is offering something new for the first time in over three decades. The outdoor ice skating lake is back at McDonald Pond. "I used to come here as a kid ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — The ice storm that swept through Middle Tennessee has dramatically changed the landscape at Radnor Lake State Park, where countless trees were brought down by ice and wind, ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) Josiah Lake's 22 points helped Oregon State defeat Washington State 74-64 on Wednesday night. Lake added five rebounds for the Beavers (13-12, 6-6 West Coast Conference). Johan ...

ROSCOMMON COUNTY, MI -- The votes are in and a new champion has been crowned for the Michigan Department of Natural Resources’ 2026 State Park Madness bracket. Each January the DNR runs a virtual ...

"I think Deming Lake is the best," says Iowa State University biogeochemist Dr. Betsy Swanner, who has been studying the tiny lake at Itasca State Park for the rare insights it offers into conditions ...

The calendar says winter, but the struggle to find spaces at summer campsites has already begun — especially at California state park system’s most popular campgrounds, where most booking begins six ...