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A Cowboy Camp At Crack In The Rocks, Wupatki National Monument

Tents set up in the backcountry of Wupatki National Monument on a cloudy overcast day

How would you like to explore a little of the backcountry at Wupatki National Monument in Arizona? The park is offering three overnight backcountry hikes this April to the Pueblo site known as Crack in The Rock. All hikes are Saturday to Sunday and the hike dates for April are the 8-9, 15-16, and 22-23. Click here for more information. The application period closes on March 14, 2023.

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National Park Service Proposing Expanded Backcountry Access At Wupatki National Monument

Public input is being sought on a draft backcountry management plan for Wupatki National Monument, which protects ruins from an ancient civilization that cultivated a living from a site in present-day northern Arizona that evolved into a regional trading center of sorts before being abandoned after about 300 years.

Op-Ed | A Refuge For All Americans

Who owns the national parks? The answer used to be decisive – all Americans, and for all time. Indeed our national parks, proclaimed Wallace Stegner, are “the best idea we ever had.” But some of our citizens regard the national parks as evidence of dispossession, places stained by the sins of a nation that is not their own and whose history they now repudiate.

National Parks Traveler Episode 22: What Do You Know About Capitol Reef National Park?

The Capitol Reef Reader Dives Deep Into The Park's Geologic And Cultural Backgrounds
The Capitol Reef Reader is not your typical national park guidebook. No trail, dining, or lodging information. Rather, The Capitol Reef Reader offers an incredible wealth of information in the essays Stephen Trimble has pulled together for this collection. Essays by the likes of Clarence Dutton who traveled the Southwest with Major John Wesley Powell, Ed Abbey, and that literary conservation giant, Wallace Stegner.

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