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Chesapeake Bay

St. Clement’s Island Museum
  • Type: Place

Discover the St Clement’s Island Museum where Maryland's founding story comes to life. Explore exhibits that highlight the rich history of the Piscataway People and early settlers. Stand on the historic island where the first English settlers landed in 1634, accessible by water taxi. Experience the beauty of the Potomac River and immerse yourself in the culture that shaped the Chesapeake Bay. Don’t miss the chance to learn and explore this unique site in St. Mary’s County.

Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park

Pollinator Garden
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The pollinator garden at Resaca de la Palma Battlefield helps provide plants for use by local wildlife in a landscape where their habitat is highly fragmented.

Grand Teton National Park

Jenny Lake & Park Orientation
  • Type: Place

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

Grand Teton National Park

Jenny Lake Pathway Hub
  • Type: Place

The Jenny Lake Pathway Hub is the most northern point of the multi-use pathway. Read our informational sign about biking and use the bike rack to store your bike while you explore the Jenny Lake area.

Denali National Park & Preserve

Inclusive Conservation in the Denali Region of Alaska: Scenario planning with local communities
  • Type: Article

Public land management requires reflexive engagement, negotiation, and compromise among people who differ in how and why they value nature. The process of balancing visitor and resident interests while sustaining ecosystems is increasingly complicated by global environmental change and the range of relationships that people have with nature. This model of public engagement uses scenario planning throughout the decision-making process. Alaska Park Science, 2025

Fort Stanwix National Monument

Rome Historical Society
  • Type: Place

The Rome Historical Society - Friends of the Fort sits next to the grounds of Fort Stanwix National Monument. This free museum has exhibits related to the historic fort, the Erie Canal, the history of Rome, NY, and more!

Collaboration between NPS Alaska Region Fire Management staff and BLM Alaska Fire Service bolsters national fire response, provides staff opportunities
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Successful management of wildland fire is a team effort. National Park Service (NPS) staff in Alaska have formed a unique partnership with the Bureau of Land Management Alaska Fire Service (AFS), which has helped to turn challenges into opportunities, and increased operational efficiency in utilization of helicopters for fire suppression. This partnership has benefited not only Alaska, but also the wildland firefighting effort in several western states.

Rock Creek Park

Meridian Hill Park
  • Type: Place

Meridian Hill Park, a few blocks north of the White House, features unique statues, concrete aggregate architecture, and the largest cascading fountains in North America.

Katmai National Park & Preserve

Pelagia Melgenak
  • Type: Person

To learn the story of Pelagia (also spelled Palakia) Melgenak is to learn the sanctity of shared traditions, the loving bonds of kinship and the reverence of a spiritual connection to the land around you. Born in the late 1870s in the remote village of Savonoski in Alaska, Pelagia grew up learning about hunting, gathering, navigating and guiding in the area. That all changed in 1912 with the hot ash falling like a blanket covering the region with the eruption of Novarupta.

Wanna See a Show? Do it Yourself: Punk Music at DC-Area National Parks
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A zine exploring the emergence of punk in the aftermath of the Summer in the Parks Series of the late 1960s, the importance of Neighborhood Planning Councils to the development of punk, the activism that occurred on NPS land during the 1980s and 1990s, and the NPS's contradictory stance towards punk.

Grand Canyon National Park

Bright Angel Trail
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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.

Grand Canyon National Park

Bright Angel Trailhead
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Bright Angel Trailhead is located just west of Bright Angel Lodge, Lookout Studio, and Kolb Studio. At 6,840 feet (2,085 m), it provides access for hikers and mules to many inner canyon destinations. From the Hermit Road Interchange shuttle bus stops, it is a short walk to the east, and up a hill, on a paved footpath to the trailhead. This winter, a number of trail closures (on parts of Bright Angel Trail) are in effect. Click on the link for details.

War In The Pacific National Historical Park

Agat Unit - Apaca Point and Ga'an Point
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Hågat (Agat) Beach was the southern landing beaches used during the Battle of Guam. The rocky outcrops along the beach had been well fortified with caves and bunkers built directly into the limestone headland. With gunports for eyes and rocky ridges for armor, Japanese soldiers turned the terrain itself into a deadly defense. Today, the remains of those fortifications, as well as two examples of Imperial Japanese guns, stand against a backdrop of clear blue ocean.

George Washington Birthplace National Monument

Pope's Creek Raid - June 11-21, 1864
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In June of 1864, 475 men of the Thirty-sixth United States Colored Troops crossed the Potomac River and landed at Pope's Creek in Virginia. Read or listen to the report of the commanding officer of the raid, Colonel Alonzo G. Draper.

War In The Pacific National Historical Park

U.S. Landing Monument
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The U.S. Landing Monument commemorates the 1944 American liberation of Guam, one of the most intense and costliest battles of the Pacific. It is located at the spot where the 21st U.S. Marines landed on Assan Beach.

War In The Pacific National Historical Park

Asan Beach Unit
  • Type: Place

In 1944, this seaside park, known locally as Assan Beach Park, was the site of fierce fighting. Assan Beach was the northern most of the two landing beaches used by American troops during the first days of the Battle of Guam. Today, the Asan Beach Unit is home to remains of the Imperial Japanese defenses and memorials to those who died during the battle.

War In The Pacific National Historical Park

Assan/Asan Beach
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During the Japanese occupation of Guam, CHamoru were forced to build defenses on the beach, including the pillboxes and bunkers that can still be seen today, in preparation for the American invasion. That invasion came on July 21, 1944, W Day for Guam. While a simultaneous attack took place five miles south at Hågat, the Third Marine Division landed on the 2,500-yard Assan Beach, marking the start of the Battle of Guam.

Reconstruction Era National Historical Park

Labor Reforms of the Port Royal Experiment
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Paying wages to the formerly enslaved people served two purposes for the government officials developing the Port Royal Experiment. It helped to provide a solution of where people should live. Wages also began to put cash into the hands of people who had toiled this land for generations. Many sought to use that cash to secure that land for themselves.

Reconstruction Era National Historical Park

Series: The Port Royal Experiment
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In the fall of 1861 after the Battle of Port Royal, the US military came ashore around Beaufort and found thousands of now formerly enslaved people in control of the region. The military had no real plan yet for what to do with these people or even their legal status. Newly freed Black South Carolinians were active participants. They demanded access to programs to support labor reforms, land redistribution, quality education, and military service.

Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park

William Moultrie
  • Type: Person

William Moultrie's 2nd South Carolina Regiment successfully defended Charleston Harbor from the Royal Navy in the Battle of Sullivan's Island on June 28, 1776. This Patriot victory marked the beginning of a meteoric rise for Moultrie as he achieved the rank of general and later served South Carolina as governor.