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Valles Caldera National Preserve

Old Barn

• Type: Place

Built in 1941, the Old Barn was used to store hay, straw, tack, and the "night horse." Every morning, the night horse and assigned ranch hand would be up before sunrise to bring the other horses from the field. The opening on the right was enlarged sometime prior to 1955.

Astronomy

• Type: Article

Did you know white lights from cell phones and flashlights can harm your night vision? A red light is much better for stargazing because it won't impact your (and others) night vision as much.

Register Cliff Historic Site

• Type: Place

Following a day's journey from Fort Laramie, emigrants spent the night at Register Cliff , which rises one hundred feet above the North Platte River valley. The soft, chalky limestone rock made it easy for emigrants to inscribe their names into the cliff before continuing on their journey. The earliest signatures date to the late 1820s when trappers and fur traders passed through the area.

Natural Resource Stewardship and Science Directorate

Teaming Up for Science

• Type: Article

A new partnership began in October 2021 and supports science and stewardship activities that benefit both parks and their local communities. Over the next five years parks and their communities will collaborate to identify and address their scientific priorities. Projects in the first year will focus on water quality, marine biodiversity, and preservation of night skies.

Chasing the Stars Down Under

• Type: Article

New Zealand, an aspiring “dark sky nation,” held a seminal conference on protecting night skies and natural sounds. One of us was a keynote speaker

Protecting Tranquility in a Bright, Noisy World

• Type: Article

The National Park Service is a global leader in the fight to preserve dark night skies and quiet soundscapes. The benefits aren’t just esthetic.

Strong Visitor Support for Steps to Limit Light Pollution

• Type: Article

In a world where excess light is wiping out our views of the stars at a startling pace, parks can protect natural darkness. But do nighttime visitors support the changes parks must make to bring back dark night skies? We didn’t know until we asked them.

Christopher Park: In 1969, a Refuge for LGB Street Youth

• Type: Article

During the first night of the rebellion at least, a small city park across the street from the Stonewall Inn provided refuge for street youths. Christopher Park was their refuge during the day as well from a hard life on the streets.

Annie White

• Type: Person

Annie White made her daring escape from slavery to freedom aboard the Confederate steamer, "The Planter" in the early hours of May 13, 1862. Annie was one of two single women who joined the crew that night seeking freedom.

The Planter

• Type: Article

On the night of May 12, approximately sixteen freedom seekers made a daring escape from enslavement by commandeering the Confederate steamer the “Planter.” Piloting the ship from Charleston to Beaufort the crew mimicked the Confederate signals and safely reached emancipation the morning of May 13.

LGB Artists Working in Private and in the Spotlight: Apollo Theater, NY

• Type: Article

The Apollo Theater in New York is an icon of the American jazz explosion and the Harlem Renaissance of the early 20th century, a cultural movement, which greatly influenced American arts and literature and has significant ties to various LGB communities. The Apollo became one of the most influential centers of black culture, showcasing some of the country's most popular artists and introducing new talent to the world through their infamous amateur nights.

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Lake Michigan Overlook - Stop #9

• Type: Place

Stunning, magnificent, breathtaking, amazing, surreal . . . just WOW! The Lake Michigan Overlook is the crown jewel of the Scenic Drive; no words can really describe its beauty. This is why you came to the dunes, isn't it? The overlook opens to a myriad of blues from shore to horizon, to glorious sunsets, and brilliant night skies.

Scollay Square

• Type: Place

This area once housed Scollay Square, a bustling commercial and entertainment hub that served as an integral part of Boston’s night life.

Boston National Historical Park

Old North Church

• Type: Place

Built in 1723, Christ Church is better known as Old North. Boston’s oldest church building, it remains an active Episcopal Church. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow memorialized Old North’s role at the start of the Revolutionary War in his poem, “The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere.”On the night of April 18, 1775, sexton Robert Newman hung two lanterns in the steeple to warn Charlestown patriots of advancing British soldiers.

We Called Ourselves Combee: Freeing the Enslaved Along the Combahee River

• Type: Article

On the night of June 1, 1863, Harriet Tubman and the soldiers of the 2nd South Carolina Volunteers sailed up the Combahee River. By the time they returned, they had liberated more than 750 people on what became known as the Combahee River Raid.

Dark Night, Safe Flight

• Type: Article

At night, birds use the stars to find their way (pretty cool, right?). But bright lights from buildings, towers, and houses can confuse them. That's why national parks are so important - they're like bird hotels! They give birds safe places to rest and eat, especially after flying across the ocean.

Blue Ridge Parkway

Polly Wood's Ordinary

• Type: Place

Easy to overlook, Polly Wood’s Ordinary provides a key link in the evolution of travel accommodations in Virginia, especially at the Peaks of Otter. The ordinary is a step up from sleeping in tent and yet is vastly different from what most travelers today expect from a night in a hotel/lodge.

The Research Roundup: Water Quality, Wildlife, Night Skies, and So Much More

• Type: Article

National Park Service scientists publish the results of their work in many different scholarly journals. Here’s a roundup of quick reads about some of what they accomplished this past year.

Grand Teton National Park

Visitors to Grand Teton National Park Prefer Red LED Lights at Night

• Type: Article

Survey respondents felt safer and more comfortable under the red lights.

Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail

Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge

• Type: Article

Ridgefield NWR helps preserve habitat for waterfowl species that kept Lewis and Clark up all night when they camped near here.