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Chesapeake Bay

BLISS Meadows

Type: Place

Discover BLISS Meadows, a 10-acre urban farm and land reclamation project in Northeast Baltimore. This unique space offers walking trails, farm animal interactions, and hands-on gardening workshops. Learn about sustainability, food justice, and the contributions of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color communities while enjoying fresh produce, honey, and community events. Experience nature, education, and social change in the heart of the Chesapeake Bay watershed.

Trail Of Tears National Historic Trail

Stark's Crossing

Type: Place

Come spend the day, walking in the footsteps of the past, at Gasconade Hills Resort. The resort was defined on old maps that indicate the river ford (Stark's Crossing) roughly aligns with the resort's boat landing.

Chesapeake Bay

Sail Selina II

Type: Place

Sail aboard a restored 1926 catboat and explore the Chesapeake Bay’s rich maritime heritage. Discover local wildlife, hands-on sailing, and stories of St. Michaels’ past while learning about the Bay’s ecology and conservation.

Death Valley National Park

Stovepipe Wells Village

Type: Place

An authorized concessionaire with the NPS, offering restaurant and bar, lodging, camping, gas, and convenience store.

Golden Spike National Historical Park

#3 Cut and Fill

Type: Place

The West Auto Tour is approximately seven miles and follows the original Transcontinental railroad grade and allows visitors to experience what passengers would have encountered on their travels through Utah Territory. A glimpse of the Great Salt Lake, wide open spaces and the iconic "10 Miles in a Day" sign await the visitor. The tour begins seven miles west of the Visitor Center via Golden Spike Drive. The West Tour is closed seasonally from late November to early June.

Guide to the NPS Paleontology Program Records

Type: Article

Guide to the NPS Paleontology Program Records, part of the NPS History Collection.

Glen Canyon National Recreation Area

Bullfrog North Launch Ramp

Type: Place

Bullfrog North launch ramp, located north of the Boat Rentals dock at Bullfrog, is open to launch your boat. This ramp is available to small vessels with the use of boilerplate extensions, and the left lane is operable to large vessels, including houseboats, down to 3529 ft.

Glen Canyon National Recreation Area

Halls Crossing Launch Ramp

Type: Place

Halls Crossing launch ramp, located at the Halls Crossing Marina, Hwy 276, Lake Powell, Utah, is open to launch your boat year-round. This ramp is available for all vessel launching until the lake level is down to 3556'.

Glen Canyon National Recreation Area

Wahweap Main Launch Ramp

Type: Place

Wahweap Main launch ramp is located next to the Lake Powell Resort at Wahweap. For your safety the ramp is open to all motorized vessels and unavailable to paddlecraft. Paddlecraft should use Stateline Main or Antelope Point Public launch ramps. This launch ramp is inoperable to launching when the lake level is below 3546'.

Selma To Montgomery National Historic Trail

Lowndesboro Schoolhouse

Type: Place

Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site

John Milton Hubbard, 7th Tennessee Cavalry, CSA

Type: Person

A brief description of John Milton Hubbard, author of Notes of a Private.

Selma To Montgomery National Historic Trail

Mt. Gillard Missionary Baptist Church

Type: Place

Upper Delaware Scenic & Recreational River

Upper Delaware Scenic & Recreational River Headquarters

Type: Place

The Park Headquarters for Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River offers brochures, maps, passport cancellation stamps, a scenic river overlook, and access to a seasonal portable restroom. There is no visitor center or interpretive park rangers located at park headquarters. The buildings located at park headquarters are used for staff offices.

Yosemite National Park

Yosemite Bike Share Program

Type: Place

The free Yosemite Bike Share opens for the season in late spring, depending on weather and road safety. When it opens, you can use the bike share for short trips (up to two hours) in Yosemite Valley.

World War II Memorial

Sicily

Type: Place

Species Inventories Reveal the Lichens and Bryophytes of Lewis and Clark National Historical Park

Type: Article

At Lewis and Clark National Historical Park, staff are developing a plan that will help restore the park’s degraded prairies, wetlands, dunes, and coastal forests. To better tailor this ongoing restoration effort, they needed to know more about the species that reside in the park, including bryophytes and lichens.

Appomattox Court House National Historical Park

Enslaved People of Appomattox County

Type: Person

In early 1865, over 4,600 African Americans were enslaved in Appomattox County. On April 9, 1865, after four years of war, Federal victory brough the promise of President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation to Appomattox Court House and made emancipation a reality for all enslaved people in this region, including half of Appomattox County’s population. Learn some of their stories.

Federal Hall National Memorial