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Grand Teton National Park

Jenny Lake Plaza
  • Type: Place

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 Canyon National Park

Yavapai Geology Museum
  • Type: Place

Open daily: 8 am - 7 pm. Yavapai Geology Museum offers one of the best vantage points for an overview of Grand Canyon geology. The building is right on the very edge of the canyon rim at Yavapai Point, The Museum Features: a bookstore and museum shop, large picture windows for viewing the canyon, and a variety of exhibits about the geology of Grand Canyon. Restrooms are in a separate building adjacent to the parking lot. The shuttle bus stop is also on the parking lot.

Grand Canyon National Park

Park Store at the Visitor Center - Grand Canyon Conservancy
  • Type: Place

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

Yavapai Geology Museum Bus Stop - Kaibab Rim (Orange) Route
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Located on the northeast end of the parking lot below Yavapai Geology Museum, this shuttle stop is for passengers arriving from, or returning to the Visitor Center. The small restroom building is alongside this parking lot. The level footpath behind the shuttle stop goes to the outdoor amphitheater on the rim. Follow the path up the hill to Yavapai Geology Museum and Yavapai Point. The paved Canyon Rim Trail continues both east and west from here. Visit the link for schedule

Grand Canyon National Park

Mather Point Bus Stop - Kaibab Rim (Orange) Route
  • Type: Place

From the Visitor Center shuttle bus terminal, Mather Point is the first stop on the Westbound Kaibab/Rim (Orange) Route. From here the bus travels to Yavapai Geology Museum, then returns directly to the Visitor Center. From this bus stop, a very short walk to the east will take you to a wide open vista of Grand Canyon. However, the wheelchair accessible, Mather Point overlook is a short walk further east (to the right when facing the canyon). Visit link for current schedule.

Grand Canyon National Park

Grand Canyon Visitor Center Shuttle Bus Terminal
  • Type: Place

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.

Dr. Clyde Wahrhaftig
  • Type: Person

Dr. Clyde Wahrhaftig was a geologist, LGBTQ activist, environmentalist, and scientist who studied the geology of Golden Gate National Recreation Area and Yosemite National Park.

William Henry Jackson
  • Type: Person

William Henry Jackson was a painter and photographer known for his images of the American West. His experience on the Oregon Trail as a bullwhacker led him to create some of the most detailed paintings of pioneer trail life. He participated in the Hayden Geological Survey of 1871, which led to the creation of Yellowstone National Park.

Scotts Bluff National Monument

Hiram Scott
  • Type: Person

Scotts Bluff was a landmark for emigrants traveling the Oregon, California and Mormon Pioneer Trails. The story of the man whom the striking geologic feature was named after, was told countless times by travelers on the Great Platte River Road. Eventually, the story of Scott took on a life of its own and became an integral part of the emigrant experience.

Golden Gate National Recreation Area

Scientists Use Sediment Cores to Look Into the Past at Rodeo Lagoon
  • Type: Article

Have you ever wondered what an environment looked like in the past? Or how much human-caused change has altered an area? So have scientists at Golden Gate National Recreation Area and the US Geological Survey! Sediment cores can act like windows into the past, containing information like what animals lived there and what their surroundings were like. In fall 2020, scientists collected about 21 four-inch sediment cores from throughout Rodeo Lagoon.

Denali National Park & Preserve

Stony Hill Overlook
  • Type: Place

Stony is a scenic stop on most Denali transit buses (except for Toklat-bound buses, which turn around before Stony) and on some Denali tour buses. It is the first base-to-summit view of North America's tallest peak, and is an iconic view for visitors to Denali.

Denali National Park & Preserve

The Alaska Range and Mount McKinley: Geology and Orogeny
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Denali is the highest point in North America and boasts one of the tallest vertical faces of any mountain in the world. Discover how this mountain rose to such prominence compared to the rest of the Alaska Range.

NPS Geodiversity Atlas—Waco Mammoth National Monument, Texas
  • Type: Article

Each park-specific page in the NPS Geodiversity Atlas provides basic information on the significant geologic features and processes occurring in the park. Links to products from Baseline Geologic and Soil Resources Inventories provide access to maps and reports.

Yellowstone National Park

Mount Everts Viewpoint
  • Type: Place

Mount Everts is a 7,846-foot peak in Yellowstone National Park near Mammoth Hot Springs. The peak was named for Truman C. Everts, a member of the Washburn-Langford-Doane surveying expedition of 1870.

Fossils of the 2025 National Fossil Day Artwork
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The 2025 National Fossil Day Artwork features a 29-million-year-old Oligocene assemblage of plants and animals from the Turtle Cove Member of the John Day Formation, inspired by new and old discoveries made at John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Oregon.

Grand Teton National Park

Talus Slope
  • Type: Place

On your way to Hidden Falls and Inspiration Point, view this geological feature of large, sometimes house-sized rocks littering the hillside. This is known as a Talus Slope.

NPS Geodiversity Atlas—Camp Nelson National Monument, Kentucky
  • Type: Article

Each park-specific page in the NPS Geodiversity Atlas provides basic information on the significant geologic features and processes occurring in the park. Links to products from Baseline Geologic and Soil Resources Inventories provide access to maps and reports.

NPS Geodiversity Atlas—Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument, Maine
  • Type: Article

Each park-specific page in the NPS Geodiversity Atlas provides basic information on the significant geologic features and processes occurring in the park. Links to products from Baseline Geologic and Soil Resources Inventories provide access to maps and reports.

24 in 2024: An Explore Nature Year in Review
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As we reflect on 2024, we offer you a list of 24 interesting and exciting science and nature events from parks of the national park system. From awe-inspiring celestial events to celebrating anniversaries and conservation wins, 2024 was filled with amazing moments.

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Philip A. Hart Visitor Center
  • Type: Place

The Philip A. Hart Visitor Center houses brochures, books, park passes, and all the sound advice you'll need to plan your visit. The visitor center has displays of Sleeping Bear Dune's natural history, fauna and flora, geology, history, and stories about people of the park.