Only 64 people a day may enter Coyote Buttes North, and every place is drawn by lottery. How the four-month and geofenced daily draws work, what they cost, and how to plan the unmarked 6.4-mile hike around the road and the heat.
Angels Landing is the hike you have to win: the chained ridge past Scout Lookout needs a lottery permit year-round. How the seasonal and day-before draws work, and how to plan the day around Zion's shuttles.
Hāʻena State Park now runs on advance reservations only, day hikers stop at the two-mile mark, and the coast itself looks completely different depending on the season you choose.
One road links a breathing, volcanic wilderness to a wall of granite peaks that leaps straight from the valley floor. Here's how to drive the greatest loop in the American West.
California’s Pacific Coast Highway is a bucket-list drive that most people rush. The trick to loving it is to plan for half the distance and twice the stops.