California is home to some of the country's top natural wonders, and it's also home to many of America's best destinations for thrilling outdoor recreation. It should therefore come as no surprise ...

Jockey's Ridge State Park. With summer activities in full swing, you may be planning a beach trip, whether for the day if you’re lucky enough to live close or a week of family vacation. But while you ...

Located east of Los Angeles, the Mojave is the largest protected desert in the world. Mojave National Preserve is the rain ...

PISMO BEACH, Calif. — The buggy named Sand Rover seemed certain to plow snout-first into the sand dune. Just at that moment, Don Preble punched the gas. His $40,000 machine bucked from the power of ...

A weather enthusiast braved 150 km/h winds at the top of Europe’s tallest sand dune to capture Storm Benjamin. Alexis Berthelot, 23, climbed the 110-metre-high Dune du Pilat on France’s Atlantic coast ...

Our family’s most memorable ranger is Fred Bunch, chief of resource management at Great Sand Dunes National Park. We first encountered Fred during the evening ranger program as we camped at the Dunes ...

A giant mass of sand large enough to bury all of Manhattan under dunes more than 50 stories tall apparently erupted from the floor of the North Sea hundreds of thousands of years ago, the largest such ...