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Grand Canyon National Park
Desert View Watchtower
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Desert View Watchtower Retail Store (View Room) is open daily: 8 am to 6 pm. The upper floors of the tower are open, when staffing allows, from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm. The last tower access is at 5:00 pm, with the stairs closed for the day at 5:30 pm. A ticket system admits 25 people with a 20-minute time limit. A National Historic Landmark, the Watchtower was constructed in 1932.The design by Mary Colter is based on Ancestral Puebloan architecture found in the southwest.
Grand Canyon National Park
Park Store at the Visitor Center - Grand Canyon Conservancy
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Hours of Operation —Open 8 am to 7 pm daily. Located on the south side of Grand Canyon Visitor Center Plaza, adjacent to parking lot 4. This large store features books, maps, apparel, souvenirs, and gifts to help you plan, or share your trip to Grand Canyon with friends and family back home. A large variety of publications provide in-depth information about the canyon's geology —as well as natural and cultural history.
Grand Canyon National Park
Grand Canyon Visitor Center Shuttle Bus Terminal
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This terminal is the main hub for the park's free shuttle buses. During winter, the Village (Blue) Route shuttle connects the Visitor Center Plaza with lodges, campgrounds, the Backcountry Information Center, and Market Plaza (general store, deli, and U.S. Post Office). The Kaibab Rim (Orange) Route eastbound to South Kaibab Trailhead, or westbound to Yavapai Geology Museum. During summer only, the Tusayan (Purple) Route - transports visitors to the gateway town of Tusayan.
Everglades National Park
East Cape Campsite
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This campsite is an open shelly sand beach stretching for several miles along the Gulf of Mexico. Expect expansive sea views as well as magnificent sunsets and sunrises. Ruins of a dock used by an old concession tour may be found here. In the 1830s, Fort Poinsett was located here. Its mission was to thwart suspected arms trading between Indians and Spanish fisherman. Mosquitoes and sandflies may be a problem year round.
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Each year, millions of tons of plastics enter our world’s oceans. It’s the equivalent of one garbage truck of plastic dumped into the oceans every minute! Ocean plastics don’t just ruin the view, they also harm wildlife, damage coastal habitats, impact local economies, and even threaten human health. Find out how you can help.
Indiana Dunes National Park
Harriet Colfax
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Born along the St. Lawrence River, determined Harriet Colfax found herself far upstream along the treacherous coast of Southern Lake Michigan after moving to a young Michigan City in 1853. For 43 careful years she watched the rough frontier city blossom to a Duneland metropolis; she fearlessly maintained the harbor beacon as lighthouse keeper while enduring the ensuing hardships with her lifelong companion Ann Hartwell.
Grand Canyon National Park
Grand Canyon South Entrance Station
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The South Entrance Station is the entry point for most visitors to Grand Canyon National Park. It is the closest entrance to Grand Canyon Village on the South Rim. The entrance is open 24 hours/day and 7 days/week, unless closed by snow. Located in Arizona, it is 5 miles (8 km) north of the gateway town of Tusayan; 55 miles (89 km) north of Williams, Arizona via SR 64 from I-40; and 80 miles (129 km) north of Flagstaff via US 180,
Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park
Chatham Entrance
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At Chatham Manor, explore the grounds of this Southern plantation and learn about the history of slavery, freedom, ruin, and reconstruction.
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Each year, millions of tons of plastics enter our world’s oceans. It’s the equivalent of one garbage truck of plastic dumped into the oceans every minute! Ocean plastics don’t just ruin the view, they also harm wildlife, damage coastal habitats, impact local economies, and even threaten human health. Find out how you can help.
First State National Historical Park
Beaver Creek Ruins
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The ruins along Beaver Creek provide a physical reminder of the industrial history of the Brandywine Valley. The mills in the area provided finished goods that were then shipped around the nation and the world, making the Brandywine Valley a major early center for the Industrial Revolution in the United States.
Homestead National Historical Park
Soil-from Rich to Ruin to Recovery, wayside exhibit
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Boardwalk overlooking restored tallgrass prairie. Wayside sign details some of the factors that led to the degradation of land in the Great Plains and best practices used to reverse some of those trends.
Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Red Lock Trailhead
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The Red Lock Trailhead area is a place to observe how nature is reclaiming old industrial sites and canal ruins. The small trailhead provides access to the Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail, Valley Trail, and Cuyahoga River Water Trail. The area is a hotspot for birding, especially during spring migration. About a half-mile south on the towpath is the site of the Jaite Paper Mill, once a large employer in Cuyahoga Valley.
Saratoga National Historical Park
Azariah Comstock, Jr.
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Azariah Comstock, Jr. (born 1753) of Richmond, New Hampshire, was a relatively new transplant to the colony. Azariah, Jr. enlisted in Colonel Wingate’s militia regiment for six-month terms that summer. The regiment was deployed to Ticonderoga where it remained until discharged. When the new New Hampshire Continental regiments were being recruited in earnest in winter and spring 1777, officers were looking for people like Azariah, Jr.
Grand Canyon National Park
Tusayan Pueblo Site and Self-Guiding Trail
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The Tusayan Pueblo site and self-guiding trail are CLOSED - SEASON OVER. Located 3 miles (4.8km) west of Desert View Watchtower, the site is a small Ancestral Puebloan village showing the outlines of rooms and a round kiva. Visitors can walk a relatively flat 0.1 mile (200 m) self-guiding trail around the site. The adjacent museum is CLOSED until further notice.
Grand Canyon National Park
Tusayan Pueblo Museum
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The Museum is CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. The adjacent pueblo site and self-guiding trail is also CLOSED for the winter. The site is located 3 miles (4.8km) west of Desert View Watchtower. The Museum and Pueblo interprets a small Ancestral Puebloan village. When the museum reopens, view exhibits, including 2000 to 4000-year-old cultural items, along with traditional handicrafts made by Grand Canyon's tribal communities. The MUSEUM IS CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
Casa Grande Ruins National Monument
Status and Trends of Vegetation and Soils at Casa Grande Ruins National Monument, 2008–2016
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Every landscape tells a story. Sonoran Desert Network ecologists return to the same landscapes over time to find out what that story is, and how it is changing. Casa Grande Ruins National Monument is rich in archeological sites but surprisingly low in plant diversity. The reasons why may lie in the area’s recent—and ancient—history. Results of recent vegetation and soils monitoring help explain.