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Capitol Reef National Park

Scenic Drive Stop 3

• Type: Place

Ancient environments determine today’s rock types and colors.

Mammoth Cave National Park

The Church

• Type: Place

Church services once held in the cave led to the name for this cave room.

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.

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

Capitol Reef National Park

Pioneer Register

• Type: Place

Take a short hike in Capitol Gorge to see the historic Pioneer Register where early explorers and pioneers carved their names into the cliff wall. It is illegal to deface, vandalize, or add your own name to the Register.

Keweenaw National Historical Park

Carnegie Museum of the Keweenaw

• Type: Place

The historic Carnegie Museum.

Grand Canyon National Park

Maricopa Point Bus Stop - Hermits Rest (Red) Route

• Type: Place

NO BUS SERVICE during December, January and February. Although there is not a view of Grand Canyon directly from this shuttle stop itself, a short walk from here, through the forest and along the easy, paved path is rewarded with a spectacular, open, panoramic viewpoint which extends far out from the canyon rim. Maricopa Point.

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

Keweenaw National Historical Park

Fort Wilkins Historic State Park

• Type: Place

The U.S. Army built Fort Wilkins in 1844 to keep the peace in Michigan’s Copper Country. However, by 1870 the army permanently abandoned the facility. It now serves as an example of mid-19th century army life on the northern frontier. Fort Wilkins Historic State Park is a Keweenaw Heritage Sites partner of Keweenaw National Historical Park.

William Henry Jackson

• Type: Person

William Henry Jackson was a painter and photographer known for his images of the American West. His experience on the Oregon Trail as a bullwhacker led him to create some of the most detailed paintings of pioneer trail life. He participated in the Hayden Geological Survey of 1871, which led to the creation of Yellowstone National Park.

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.

Denali National Park & Preserve

Fannie Quigley—Not Just Blueberries and Bluster

• Type: Article

While most who visit and live in Alaska know of Fannie as the legendary pioneer who arrived in the Kantishna Hills during the 1905-06 gold rush, there is another side to Fannie’s extraordinary life that is not as well known—notably, her contributions to science and the local community.

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.”

Series: I Didn't Know That! Leave No Trace

• Type: Article

You've probably heard the term "Leave No Trace" before, but do you really know what it means? In this I Didn't Know That! mini-series, the National Park Service teams up with the Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics to explore Leave No Trace and the 7 guiding Principles that help keep our outdoor spaces enjoyable for generations to come.

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.

Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area

Outer Brewster Island

• Type: Place

Sometimes referred to as an “outward island,” Outer Brewster sits ten miles from Downtown Boston. Its nearly twenty acres of rocky shoreline have been left relatively untouched due to its distance from the mainland. Similar to the other Brewster Islands, it is characterized by bed rock covered in soil and a barren landscape. Special features on the island include steep cliffs and a rock formation called “pulpit’s rock.”

Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area

Fort Warren

• Type: Place

Designed and built from the 1830s to the 1860s, Fort Warren is an extant example of a Third System-era fortification. Over the years, Fort Warren played an important role in the Civil War, Spanish-American War, World War I, and World War II.