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Capitol Reef National Park

Scenic Drive Stop 7
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Summer monsoon season brings heavy rain and flash flooding to Capitol Reef. The torrents of water can be spectacularly beautiful, but also deadly.

Independence National Historical Park

Congress Hall
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Built as the Philadelphia County Courthouse, Congress Hall was home to the U.S. Congress from 1790-1800, when Philadelphia served as the temporary capital of the United States. Members of the House of Representatives met on the first floor, while the Senators met upstairs.

Independence National Historical Park

Independence Hall
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Independence Hall is the birthplace of the United States. In 1776, the Second Continental Congress signed the Declaration of Independence here. Eleven years later, in the same room, delegates to the Constitutional Convention created and signed an enduring framework of government - the United States Constitution.

Valles Caldera National Preserve

Old Barn
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Built in 1941, the Old Barn was used to store hay, straw, tack, and the "night horse." Every morning, the night horse and assigned ranch hand would be up before sunrise to bring the other horses from the field. The opening on the right was enlarged sometime prior to 1955.

Valles Caldera National Preserve

Commissary
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The commissary supplied basics like meat, potatoes, beans, and other canned goods for ranch workers and sheep camps. Sheepherders arriving on horseback, packed burros, and mules would stock up with weeks' worth of provisions and then return to their camps in the mountains.

Valles Caldera National Preserve

Ranch Foreman's Cabin
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Known as the "Little House," this cabin housed the ranch manager. Like the Bond Cabin, cooking was primarily done outdoors until the Dunigan family remodeled in the 1980s. In both cabins, the additions can be easily recognized because they used vertical board/batten framing instead of horizontal logs. This cabin had continual ranch management use from 1918 up until the early 2000s. It was featured in the show Longmire.

Return of the Coho! 2024-2025 Spawner Surveys Exceed Expectations
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As the San Francisco Bay Area Network coho and steelhead monitoring crew wraps up the 2024-2025 spawner season, we are looking back at one of the busiest winters since the beginning of this monitoring program! We observed increased coho spawning in all three creeks we monitor—Olema, Pine Gulch, and Redwood Creeks. Olema took the cake with the strongest cohort of all.

Upper Delaware Scenic & Recreational River

Roebling's Delaware Aqueduct
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Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River is the home of the oldest existing wire suspension bridge in the United States - the Delaware Aqueduct, or Roebling Bridge as it is now known. Begun in 1847 as one of four suspension aqueducts on the Delaware and Hudson Canal, it was designed by and built under the supervision of John A. Roebling, future engineer of the Brooklyn Bridge.

Upper Delaware Scenic & Recreational River

Hawk's Nest
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A spectacular scenic viewpoint along the Upper Delaware Scenic Byway. The Hawk's Nest is the highest observation point at Upper Delaware Scenic & Recreational River.

Manhattan Project National Historical Park

Oak Ridge Wayside: The Hutments
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A wayside exhibit in Oak Ridge, Tennessee describing hutments, an inferior form of housing used during the Manhattan Project.

Grand Teton National Park

Jenny Lake Plaza
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Dive deeper into the history of Grand Teton National Park. Interpretive signs introduce topics like the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, grizzly bear research, geologic forces and features, glaciers, and the Hayden Survey. A large bronze tactile relief map will help orient you in relation to where you are in the park. Different peaks, canyons, lakes, falls, and other park features are labeled throughout the map.

Grand Teton National Park

Jenny Lake & Park Orientation
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Plan your Jenny Lake and park experience by reading these informational signs.

Cuyahoga Valley National Park

Creating Cuyahoga Valley National Park: 50 Moments That Tell the Story
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In honor of our 50th anniversary year in 2025, Cuyahoga Valley National Park is highlighting 50 key events that help define who and what we are. They showcase the many partners that have come together to preserve open space, create opportunities for recreation, clean up pollution, restore habitats, and save historic resources.

Yellowstone National Park

Old Faithful Inn
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Yellowstone National Park

Roosevelt Lodge
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Yellowstone National Park

Canyon Lodge
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Yellowstone National Park

Tower Fall General Store
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Located at Tower Fall, this store has groceries, ice cream, souvenirs, and apparel available for purchase.

Yellowstone National Park

Old Faithful General Store - Upper
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Dating back to the roaring '20s, this store's grand National Park architecture is front and center, framed by huge log beams and a magnificent fireplace. Groceries, ice cream, souvenirs, and apparel are available for purchase here.

Yellowstone National Park

Old Faithful General Store - Lower
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Built in 1897, this was the very first store in the Old Faithful area.

Mules on the Moon: Unlikely Partners in Sagebrush Restoration Carry Their Weight
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Along Idaho’s U.S. Highway 26, National Park Service ecologists are enhancing the efficiency of sagebrush restoration and teaming up with a long-time partner of mankind: the mule.