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Gates Of The Arctic National Park & Preserve

Why Snowshoe Hares Use Mineral Licks

Type: Article

After nearly 20 years, the snowshoe hare population in the central Brooks Range on the eastern boundary of Gates of the Arctic National Park is building toward a peak in the population. Traditional ecological knowledge of the area tells us that the coming peak should be considerably larger than the small population increase we saw in 2008-2010. Based on the report: Snowshoe hare population trends at mineral and non-mineral sites in the central Brooks Range, Alaska.

Grand Canyon National Park

Bright Angel Trail

Type: Place

Bright Angel Trail lets hikers walk in the footsteps of the canyon's Indigenous Peoples, miners, and early tourists, as they descend into the canyon's depths. Offering big views, morning and afternoon shade, resthouses, vault toilets, and water stations during the summer. The water is OFF at 1.5- and 3-mile resthouses. Portions of Bright Angel Trail are closed for waterline construction, Visit the link for a list of trail closures.

Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park

Skagway Historic District and White Pass National Historic Landmark

Type: Place

Skagway Historic District and White Pass is an Alaskan frontier mining town, situated on a prime route to the Upper Yukon Valley and Klondike gold-bearing regions.

1868 Treaty Field Area

Type: Place

Glacier National Park

Avalanche Lake Trail

Type: Place

The Avalanche Lake Trail begins in the same place as the Trail of the Cedars and the Avalanche Campground. The trail climbs steadily through an old growth forest to an alpine like with outstanding waterfalls. Avalanche Lake 2.3 mi (3.7 km), one way Elevation gain: 500 ft (152 m) Trailhead: Avalanche Picnic Area

Keweenaw National Historical Park

Calumet & Hecla Round House

Type: Place

C&H built the Round House to support and maintain the most expansive mining company railroad.

Keweenaw National Historical Park

Delaware Mine

Type: Place

Death Valley National Park

Louise Grantham

Type: Person

Louise B. Grantham was born in Hillsboro, Ohio in 1900 and spent the first two decades of her life living at home in Ohio before she moved out to California to pursue independence through prospecting in Southern California.

Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site

Lorena Hickok

Type: Person

Lorena Hickok was one of the top newspaper women in the early 1930s and close friend of Eleanor Roosevelt. Reporting for the New York bureau of the Associated Press, she was a model of success in a field dominated by men. By 1932, she had become the nation’s best-know female reporter. She later work as the chief investigator of New Deal relief programs and served as publicist for the New York World's Fair.

Johnstown Flood National Memorial

Alonzo Diller

Type: Person

Alonzo Diller was the priest at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Johnstown.

Fannie Quigley

Type: Person

Fannie Quigley is one of Denali's most celebrated historic figures, having arrived in the early 1900's gold rush to Kantishna, and making it her home until her death in 1944. Her childhood in Nebraska helped prepared her for life on the Alaskan frontier.

Death Valley National Park

Harmony Borax Works

Type: Place

The stories of borax (white gold) and the famous 20-mule teams come to life at this historic borax processing site. Walk: 0.4 mi (0.6km)

Boston National Historical Park

Pauline Agassiz Shaw

Type: Person

Known for her generous philanthropy, Pauline Agassiz Shaw invested in education, immigrant communities, reform groups, and women’s suffrage. Supporting more than 30 schools in addition to social service institutions in the Greater Boston area, Shaw “put something better than money into her work: she put her heart and soul into it.”

Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area

Van Campen Inn

Type: Place

The Van Campen Inn is a historic home on Old Mine Road that is opened by Walpack Historical Society docents on select days throughout the year for educational tours.

Redwood National and State Parks

Gold Bluffs Beach Day Use Area

Type: Place

If you are heading to Gold Bluffs Beach or to Fern Canyon, this is the best place to park, picnic and enjoy the beach.

John Muir National Historic Site

Stop 6: American Indians in the East Bay

Type: Place

Stop 6 of the tour, which is in front of the Muir/Strentzel home.

Yellowstone National Park

Norris Geyser Basin Trailhead

Type: Place

Limited parking, especially 10 am-6 pm. Park at your own risk. When Steamboat Geyser erupts, dissolved minerals in the spray can damage glass and paint on your vehicle.Norris Geyser Basin is one of the hottest and most acidic of Yellowstone's hydrothermal areas. It is outside of the most recent Yellowstone caldera, but inside the first and largest caldera. It sits on the intersection of three major faults and is a very active earthquake area. Constant ChangeEach year, new hot

Keweenaw National Historical Park