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Historic Listing of NPS Park, Program, and Office Codes

Type: Article

This guide provides a current and historic listing of National Park Service (NPS) three- or four-letter codes used to represent parks, programs, and regional offices. It is intended to be used together with NPS History Collection finding aids for collections which include these codes, although it may be useful for other purposes.

Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park

Puʻuloa Petroglyphs

Type: Place

A sacred site and the largest grouping of petroglyphs in Hawaiʻi.

Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park

Nāhuku Lava Tube

Type: Place

A 500-year old cave where a river of lava once flowed.

Capitol Reef National Park

Scenic Drive Stop 11

Type: Place

The Capitol Gorge trail features natural pools of water and markings from early pioneers and travelers.

Capitol Reef National Park

Scenic Drive Stop 10

Type: Place

Why is it called “Capitol Reef?”

Capitol Reef National Park

Scenic Drive Stop 9

Type: Place

Desert bighorn sheep are often spotted in Capitol Gorge along narrow cliff ledges.

Capitol Reef National Park

Scenic Drive Stop 8

Type: Place

The incredible, edible pinyon pine helps many species survive in a harsh desert environment.

Capitol Reef National Park

Scenic Drive Stop 7

Type: Place

Summer monsoon season brings heavy rain and flash flooding to Capitol Reef. The torrents of water can be spectacularly beautiful, but also deadly.

Capitol Reef National Park

Scenic Drive Stop 3

Type: Place

Ancient environments determine today’s rock types and colors.

Capitol Reef National Park

Scenic Drive Stop 2

Type: Place

What is the Waterpocket Fold? The tilted cliffs along the Scenic Drive are part of this massive wrinkle in the Earth’s crust.

Capitol Reef National Park

Scenic Drive Stop 1

Type: Place

Capitol Reef’s sedimentary rock layers tell us stories from Earth’s ancient past.

Capitol Reef National Park

Scenic Drive Stop 4

Type: Place

Erosion changes the landscape, from small holes in the cliff, to huge natural arches.

Scottish Immigration Wayside

Type: Place

Nicodemus National Historic Site

School District Number 1

Type: Place

Nicodemus residents saw education as foundational to their community and organized School District No. 1 in 1879, the first in Graham County. After the previous 1887 schoolhouse burned down in 1916, the District No. 1 Schoolhouse was built in 1918 and used by the district until it closed in the early 1960s.

Capitol Reef National Park

Scenic Drive Stop 5

Type: Place

What are those long black streaks striping the cliff walls?

Nicodemus National Historic Site

St. Francis Hotel

Type: Place

The St. Francis Hotel has lived many lives: first as a place of business operated by early settlers Zachary and Jenny Fletcher, then as private residence and restaurant of the Switzer family. The original two-story limestone structure was built in 1881 and was a successful hotel in Nicodemus. The Switzer family bought the building in 1921 and built several additions while they lived there.