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In light of the spread of COVID-19, trying to find out what is open and closed in our national parks is a moving target these days. Here are updates.

This trip takes you to all 5 of Utah's national parks plus the Grand Canyon for a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Enter from Dec 17, 2018 to Feb 27, 2020.

Drive the iconic stretch of the Mother Road from New Mexico to Arizona, ending with a 3-day Grand Canyon hiking vacation with lodging and meals.

Fifty years ago, Americans landed on the moon. Few know the important role the Grand Canyon area helped achieve this seemingly impossible goal.

We're just getting started! Let's take a look back, and also look ahead to 100 more years.

On April 16-24, 2016, leave your wallet at home and get into a national park or monument for free.

2016 Grand Prize Winner: Joan Gales. Weekly winners: Teresa Media, Stephanie Henry, John Mckeel, Christina Moore, Susan Ansorge, Don Spiegel, Yael Neubauer

We are notifying winners... check your email!

Raven Bailey won our Grand 6 Road Trip Sweepstakes in 2015. She and two of her friends had a great time traveling in Arizona and Utah. See her comments and photos.

Students in the 4th grade can get a free annual entry pass for their family to more than 2,000 federal recreation areas, including national parks.

In a twist of ironic fate, a hiker who works at AT&T spotted our phone in the barren desert. We got the footage and data a few weeks later!

See the results... What is America's favorite National Park Poster?

Inspired by the book, Over the Edge: Death in Grand Canyon, Kenneth Field and Damien Saunder created a map of more than 770 unfortunate events.

Colorado River rafters went on a hike in search of old mining equipment. What they found instead was a heavily-damaged airplane wedged between two boulders.

Even if you don't hike the trails or bike Hermit's Road, the act of looking at the Grand Canyon can lengthen your life.

Watch the USA Today video interview of Ken Burns to learn about the hidden gems of the Grand Canyon National Park.

August, 2014: 19th century painters of the Hudson River School are honored on the latest issue of American Treasures stamps. Thomas Moran's 1912 painting of the Grand Canyon is one of four in the set.

August, 2014: Special Use Permits from the National Park Service at the Grand Canyon will now be required for all rim-to-rim, non-commercial groups.

Our National Parks are the perfect place to go wildlife watching or stargazing. Enter to win gear from Celestron and more. Winner chooses a Grand Canyon or Yellowstone Prize Package.

What do you get when you cross a bison with beef cattle? Something that is wrecking havoc in the Grand Canyon area.

Two prize winners will each receive a certificate toward two complimentary seats on Papillon's North Canyon Helicopter Tour departing from Grand Canyon National Park Airport (Prize value $398)

Yellowstone National Park, Grand Canyon National Park, Zion National Park, Yosemite National Park, and Rocky Mountain National Park (which was just reopened after being battered by the Colorado flood), and so many more, would all be closed, indefinitely, if the government shuts down.

A resort on the floor of the Grand Canyon is experience water shortages due to a pipeline break. According to the National Park Service, breaks in the Trans-Canyon Water Pipeline have decreased water supplies at Phantom Ranch.