Park And Foundation Partner To Provide More Information For Winter Backcountry Users
Thanks to the Grand Teton National Park Foundation, weather stations located in the national park are leading to more accurate avalanche forecasts.
Essential Park Guide Winter 2018-19
Renewing The Views On The Blue Ridge Parkway
The designers of the Blue Ridge Parkway created 216 overlooks to offer astonishing views of rippling mountain peaks and lush valleys. Over time, vegetation has grown and obscured many of those vistas. Earlier this year, the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation provided funding to clear these overlooks through its Renew the Views program.
Winter Volunteering — Weekends In Paradise At Mount Rainier
One of the many great things about our National Park System is the opportunity to be a “VIP”—Volunteer in the Park. At Mount Rainier National Park, roles are various, ranging from visitor education to citizen science to archive work to campground host.
- November 27th, 2018
Get Adventurous This Winter In The National Park System
Mushing, watching shimmering Northern Lights, snowshoeing, and even beach-combing are among the great activities you can enjoy in the parks this winter.
- November 22nd, 2018
Courtesy Helps Everyone Enjoy Acadia In Winter
While visitation levels in Acadia National Park during the winter months are far below summer’s peak, the most popular trails and carriage paths can be very busy, especially on a sunny weekend day after a decent snowfall.
- November 19th, 2018
Early Notable Figures In The Establishment Of Yosemite National Park
The early days of Yosemite National Park witnessed many who aimed to make their fame off the new park, or work hard to protect it or protect the ideals that it encompassed in its wildness.
Experience Winter, Minnesota Style, At Voyageurs National Park
Winter is a cold, snowy, and decidedly solitary season at Voyageurs National Park, where fellow visitors can be hard to spot. Take December 2017, for instance. The park recorded just 110 visitors, down from 196 a year earlier. But if you relish skimming through the woods on skis or snowmobiles, like to study tracks of what crossed the meadows and frozen ponds, or crave to see the dancing Northern Lights overhead, well, a visit to Voyageurs should be given serious consideration.
- November 14th, 2018
Celebrating 50 Years Of National Trails
Among the very many projects the Yosemite Conservancy steps forward for and makes possible is work on the John Muir Trail that runs from Yosemite National Park down to Sequoia National Park. With so many pounding feet over the decades, upkeep is extremely necessary.
- November 12th, 2018
A Hell Of A Place: The Devil's Role In National Park Place Names
Our forefathers were fiendish, hellish, you might even say devilish. Need proof? Look at the maps and the names of many of the places we visit. And then ask yourself, “Why in the Hell are so many places in our Western national parks named after the infernal demon, and his lair?”
The Care And Keeping Of History
As I enter one of the National Park Service’s conservation labs in Charles Town, West Virginia, I see what look like black shards of various sizes arranged on a large white table. It’s clear that this artifact has gone through something dramatic and destructive.
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