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Acadia National Park

Flying Mountain Trailhead

Type: Place

The Flying Mountain Trailhead is located north of Southwest Harbor, ME off State Route 102 via Fernald Point Road. It directly serves Flying Mountain and Valley Cove Trails with connections to Valley Peak Trail and Saint Sauveur Mountain Trail.

Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area

Paramount Ranch

Type: Place

The diversity of the landscape made the Santa Monica Mountains an ideal backdrop for the film industry. Paramount Ranch’s variety of scenic qualities, landscapes, plant communities, and natural fea-tures offered a myriad of scenery available to represent outdoor landscapes nearly anywhere in the world

Series: Northeast Coastal and Barrier Network Publications

Type: Article

Explore the recent publications on NPS.gov from the Northeast Coastal and Barrier Network. The listed items were created by Michaela Compo, NCBN Biological Science Technician, with technical expertise contributed by the whole NCBN team.

Marsh - Billings - Rockefeller National Historical Park

Carriage Barn Visitor Center

Type: Place

The Carriage Barn was built on the foundation of an earlier stable in 1895 to house the Billings Family horses, carriages and sleighs. The building is currently used as the headquarters and visitor center for Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park. The building is open 10am-5pm, Memorial Day weekend until October 31. The building contains an exhibit on conservation stewardship, a bookstore, reading area, and restrooms.

Golden Gate National Recreation Area

A Rollicking Past

Type: Place

VIEW FROM THE WAYSIDE: This wayside is in a small offshoot off the main boardwalk. The offshoot is surrounded by 3 to 4 foot tall scrubby bushes. Directly overlooking the wayside, the flat, scrubby grassland can be seen in the distance. Behind where you are standing are two benches, both facing the flat grassland. Turning to face the benches, the vast expanse of the rolling hillside can be seen in the distance.

Keweenaw National Historical Park

Hanka Homestead Museum

Type: Place

The Hanka Homestead was occupied by members of the Hanka family, Finnish immigrants, from 1896 until 1966. Herman Hanka settled here with his family after he was injured in a copper mining accident. The farm was originally homesteaded at a time of mass immigration from Finland to the United States. The homestead is relatively intact and unaltered from its appearance in the 1920s. This museum is an official partner of Keweenaw National Historical Park.

Office of Public Health

Easy Activities

Type: Article

Want to explore a national park but aren’t sure what to do? Ease in by trying one of the five gateway activities - running, bicycling, hiking, camping, or fishing. These activities are ways to stay healthy and enjoy nature at a steady pace.

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.

Pride of Baltimore II

Type: Place

Step aboard Pride II, a reproduction Baltimore Clipper, and sail into the Chesapeake’s maritime past. Explore its history from privateering in the War of 1812 to life on the Bay today. Tour the deck or set sail for a hands-on adventure! As part of the NPS Chesapeake Gateways, Pride II offers a unique way to experience the Bay’s seafaring heritage.

Gates Of The Arctic National Park & Preserve

Why Snowshoe Hares Use Mineral Licks

Type: Article

After nearly 20 years, the snowshoe hare population in the central Brooks Range on the eastern boundary of Gates of the Arctic National Park is building toward a peak in the population. Traditional ecological knowledge of the area tells us that the coming peak should be considerably larger than the small population increase we saw in 2008-2010. Based on the report: Snowshoe hare population trends at mineral and non-mineral sites in the central Brooks Range, Alaska.

Return of the Coho! 2024-2025 Spawner Surveys Exceed Expectations

Type: Article

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.

Grand Teton National Park

Jenny Lake Gateway to Wilderness

Type: Place

Interpretive signs introduce the idea of "wilderness". As you head to the western side of Jenny Lake, the developed front country area slips away into an undeveloped, primitive world.

Manhattan Project National Historical Park

Oak Ridge Wayside: Edgemoor Gate

Type: Place

A wayside exhibit in Oak Ridge, Tennessee describing the Edgemoor Gate, one of seven armed checking stations operating during and after the Manhattan Project.

Manhattan Project National Historical Park