At 229 square miles, Galloway Forest Park in Southern Scotland can already lay claim to being the largest forest area in the United Kingdom. But it seems The Scottish Campaign for National Parks has a higher status in sight. With over 800,000 visitors a year exploring the hills and forested […]

National Parks are a human invention. Nature does not put concrete boundaries on areas of natural beauty – but people do. Sometimes, they are needed to protect the most outstanding and vitally important wild areas. And it is the job of people like these unsung heroes to define the boundaries, […]

America may have massive canyons, looming mountain ranges with snow dusted peaks and incredible, rugged vistas covering all kinds of biospheres – but they’ll never do a country pub quite like the English. Across Britain’s wild and open National Park spaces, dozens of picturesque and small communities can be found. […]

There are many long-distance trails that criss-cross the United States, but only three have captured the public imagination for over 50 years. In this article we will try to lay out why exactly they earned such a reputation, as well as perhaps encourage a new wave of interest in it. […]

With over 84 million acres of land to choose from, there are thousands of hikes and trails in America’s national parks. From dirt paths, eroded by human passage over hundreds of years, to well-trodden tourist trails that sometimes attracts hundreds of visitors a day – there’s plenty of options for […]

Around the world, nature reserves and National Parks receive more than 8 billion visits each year. That’s on average, one visit or more per person per year. Of course, a lot of the global population is unable to visit protected natural areas – so that number might be even higher. […]

Hiking, camping, water sports, star gazing, climbing – all of these things are popular activities at National Parks across the United States. However, there’s more to this country’s diverse 80 million acres of National Park land than that. From geological hot baths to unearthly climates and arboreal record breakers, we’ve […]

Despite not capturing the public imagination in same way as some other UK national parks, this Caledonian wilderness in Northern Scotland covers an enormity of natural land. Its area is measured at 40% bigger than England’s largest national park, The Lake District and twice the size the size of Scotland’s […]

Over half (around 66%) of the population of Britain live within 30 miles of an area of outstanding natural beauty (AONB). The status of locals’ natural areas is held in high regard. Over one million people live within one of the 46 AONBs and so are even more passionate about […]

The American continent is known for being big and bold, and their mountains are no different. Nothing beats the views from the top of a national park mountain in America, which is part of why mountain-climbing is so popular in the States. Here are the biggest national park mountains and […]