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Youth Conservation Corps in Lewis and Clark National Historical Park

Type: Article

Walking the scenic trails of Lewis and Clark National Historical Park, one might wonder who is responsible for maintaining and enhancing these pathways. The answer often lies with the dedicated members of the LEWI Youth Conservation Corps. This program, designed for individuals aged 15 to 18, offers a unique opportunity to work with a national park and gain invaluable experience over a summer. Learn more about the LEWI Corps.

Big Thicket National Preserve

Teel Cemetery

Type: Place

This small, secluded, historic cemetery dates back to the late 1800s. It lies deep in the woods of the Big Thicket. A long dirt road leads to the site.

Capitol Reef National Park

Gifford House

Type: Place

The Gifford House lies in the heart of the Fruita valley and depicts the typical spartan nature of rural Utah farm homes of the early 1900s. Today, the home is open seasonally, as a small sales outlet.

Grand Canyon National Park

North Rim Entrance Station

Type: Place

The entrance to the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park is located 31 miles (50 km) south of Jacob Lake on Highway 67; the actual rim of the canyon is an additional 13 miles (21 km) south of the entrance station. Jacob Lake, AZ is located in northern Arizona on Highway 89A, not far from the Utah border. Grand Canyon lies entirely within the state of Arizona. The North Rim will be open for the 2025 season between May 15 and October 15, 2025.

White Sands National Park

Permanent Residents, Temporary Visitors

Type: Place

Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area

Circle X Ranch

Type: Place

Tucked in the canyons above Malibu and nestled below majestic Boney Mountain, you will find Circle X Ranch. This former Boy Scout camp offers many opportunities for exploration and leisure.

Dinosaur National Monument

Cub Creek Petroglyphs Pullout #14

Type: Place

A quarter mile hike up from Cub Creek Road leads to a variety of panels along a sandstone cliff. Over 1,000 years ago, the ancestral indgenous people of the region came here to carve and create elaborate designs including the 5 foot long lizard petroglyphs.

Mesa Verde National Park

Park Point

Type: Place

The highest elevation in the park at 8,572 feet (2,612 m) above sea level, Park Point is a breezy and cool place to picnic or take in the view. To the north, the 13,000 and 14,000-foot (4,000+ meters) peaks of the San Juan Mountains are visible. To the south, the high deserts of New Mexico stretch out across rocky canyons. To the West is Sleeping Ute Mountain and to the East lies the La Plata Mountains.

Mesa Verde National Park

Farming Terrace Trail

Type: Place

Beginning and ending on the spur road to Cedar Tree Tower, this 0.5-mile (0.8 km) loop trail leads through a series of check dams built by the Ancestral Pueblo people over 800 years ago.

Guadalupe Mountains National Park

Williams Ranch

Type: Place

A key remnant of the early Twentieth Century ranching era, the Williams ranch house lies approximately one mile northeast of the original Butterfield Overland Stage Route, which moved further south in 1859. The house is situated in a narrow valley between the Guadalupe Mountains to the east and the Patterson Hills to the west. The ranch sits at the mouth of Bone Canyon, placing it close to the perennial water source of Bone Spring.

Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area

Solstice Canyon

Type: Place

Solstice Canyon features several options for easy, moderate, or strenuous hikes through coastal sage scrub and riparian plant communities. Visitors can enjoy a picnic, a shady stroll along the Solstice Canyon Trail, or a more challenging climb up the Rising Sun Trail. Our perennial waterfall is a popular hiking destination, and along the way you might encounter acorn woodpeckers, alligator lizards, fence lizards, or a red-tailed hawk soaring overhead.

Series: Park Paleontology News - Vol. 16, No. 2, Fall 2024

Type: Article

All across the park system, scientists, rangers, and interpreters are engaged in the important work of studying, protecting, and sharing our rich fossil heritage. Park Paleontology news provides a close up look at the important work of caring for these irreplaceable resources.

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Canyonlands National Park

Scenic Drive Picnic Area: Life in the Balance

Type: Place

Fort Raleigh National Historic Site

Marie Ferribee Watkins

Type: Person

Marie Ferribee Watkins was born enslaved in North Carolina. Through the strong will of her mother Annice Ferribee, she was able to become part of the Roanoke Island Freedmen's Colony. After beginning formal education at the colony, she went to present-day Hampton University, becoming a college graduate and eventually an educator.

Big Bend National Park

Window Trail Stop #9

Type: Place

The Window Trail provides opportunities to view many species of lizards and snakes.

NPS Geodiversity Atlas—Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, Washington and Oregon

Type: Article

Fort Vancouver National Historic Site lies within the Portland Basin, which began forming approximately 20 million years ago due to the subduction of the Juan de Fuca Plate beneath the North American Plate. The basin’s thick layers of rock and sediment record geologic processes that include voluminous flood basalts, sedimentation, earthquakes, subsidence, and catastrophic ice age floods.

NPS Geodiversity Atlas—Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site, Colorado

Type: Article

Bent’s Old Fort lies in the Arkansas River floodplain in the Colorado Piedmont section of the Great Plains. Geologic units present at or near the surface of the site are limited to the Quaternary. The surrounding landscape consists of flat to gently rolling surfaces with steep intervening slopes with Cretaceous bedrock. Links to products from Baseline Geologic and Soil Resources Inventories provide access to maps and reports.

Big Hole National Battlefield

“Death of Wahlitits and His Wife”

Type: Article

At dawn on August 9, 1877, U.S. troops attacked the Nez Perce camped at Big Hole on their way toward asylum in Canada, brutally killing many women and children. When a soldier killed the warrior Wahlitits, his wife picked up his rifle and killed the soldier before being fatally shot herself. To hear this nameless woman’s story is to sit with the hard truth that the dispossession of Indigenous homelands lies at the very center of the American story.

Saguaro National Park

Signs of Life, Self-Guided Tour Stop 6

Type: Place