REPORTING FROM SOLEDAD, Calif. — I wasn’t thinking about condors as I drove through the dusty foothills of Central California approaching Pinnacles National Park. The surreal scenery within Pinnacles, ...

There are more than 30 miles of trails through Pinnacles National Park that take hikers to the tops of rocky slopes and through the many caves formed by rock falls in the region -- just make sure to ...

Just 2½ hours south of San Joaquin County, intrepid explorers will find the spectacular remains of an ancient volcano, moving steadily north a few inches each year on the San Andreas Fault, distancing ...

Shivering through the night in a blanket-stuffed sleeping bag while wearing a puffy jacket, down booties and a borrowed beanie and gloves wasn’t on my outdoors bingo card for the year. But that’s ...

“Jurassic Park” has it all wrong. Those films shouldn’t have been made in Hawaii — they should be set at Pinnacles National Park, an otherworldly place where a velociraptor doing some boulder-bouncing ...

Pinnacles National Park only got its national park status back in 2013 but has always been a popular place for an epic hike! The park got its name from the incredible rock formations that seem to push ...