This story appears in the December 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine. Assateague Island National Seashore, which sits on a 37-mile-long sliver of land just off the coast of Maryland and ...

Sandbars swirl beneath Oregon Inlet in Cape Hatteras National Seashore on North Carolina's Outer Banks. Waves driven by ocean winds can cause the sandbars here to shift and change literally by the ...

This story appears in the July 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine ... Bradley mused that the seashore was the “nervine cureall” for those “whose nerves were shattered by too close ...

We did so to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the U.S. National Park Service—and because parks are a fascinating lens through which to explore changes and challenges in our planet’s ...

This story appears in the July 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. Photographer Brian Skerry, who has spent more than 10,000 hours underwater exploring the world’s oceans with a camera ...

Recent visitors call the Gulf Islands National Seashore a beautiful, wild stretch of sand, referring to it as a "treasure" among the more developed beaches in the area. You can reach the Gulf ...

Kennedy designated the east shore of the Outer Cape a national ... you to explore, the historic Highland Lighthouse and two helpful visitor centers that are worth a pit stop. Plus, the seashore ...