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Trail Of Tears National Historic Trail
Museum of the Cherokee People
- Type: Place
Museum of the Cherokee Indian is a Certified Site for the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail. The museum is dedicated to sharing the history and culture of the Cherokee people.
Grand Canyon National Park
Bright Angel Trail
- Type: Place
Bright Angel Trail lets hikers walk in the footsteps of the canyon's Indigenous Peoples, miners, and early tourists, as they descend into the canyon's depths. Offering big views, morning and afternoon shade, resthouses, vault toilets, and water stations during the summer. The water is OFF at 1.5- and 3-mile resthouses. Portions of Bright Angel Trail are closed for waterline construction, Visit the link for a list of trail closures.
Grand Canyon National Park
Backcountry Information Center
- Type: Place
The Backcountry Info Center is open daily from 8 am–noon; and 1 pm–5 pm, and provides information, permits, and trip planning assistance about day and overnight hikes into the canyon. The building is located in the village by Parking Lot D, and across the railroad tracks from Maswik Lodge. Park in Lot D, then take the free, early morning Hikers' Express bus from Backcountry Info Center to South Kaibab Trailhead.
Colorado National Monument
No Thoroughfare Canyon Trail (Colorado National Monument)
- Type: Place
No Thoroughfare Canyon Trail in Colorado National Monument travels through the most remote canyon along an unmaintained backcountry trail. Share your hiking plan with a reliable friend who is not going with you. Trail is not maintained between second waterfall (seasonal) and upper trailhead.
Jimmy Carter National Historical Park
Burial Site of Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter
- Type: Place
The Burial Site of Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter at Jimmy Carter National Historical Park is a place of reflection and remembrance, honoring the legacy of the 39th President of the United States and the former First Lady.
Historical and Future Climate Patterns at Rocky Mountain National Park: Some Biological Implications
- Type: Article
Climate change has the potential to profoundly alter national parks, affecting plants, animals, and cultural resources. During this time of unusually rapid change, proactive management—planning ahead—has a better chance of success than reacting to crises after they arise. This article compares historical climate patterns at Rocky Mountain National Park with future projected conditions to help park managers proactively plan for climate change.
Pullman National Historical Park
Rosina Corrothers Tucker
- Type: Person
A prominent advocate for labor and civil rights, Rosina Corrothers Tucker played an integral role in the creation of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and its International Ladies Auxiliary. She served as a leader in the Auxiliary for several decades and played a role in planning the March on Washington movement in the 1940s.
Independence National Historical Park
A City Response to Yellow Fever
- Type: Article
As Yellow Fever spread through Philadelphia, the mayor formed a committee to plan a response to the epidemic.
Nicodemus National Historic Site
School District Number 1
- Type: Place
Nicodemus residents saw education as foundational to their community and organized School District No. 1 in 1879, the first in Graham County. After the previous 1887 schoolhouse burned down in 1916, the District No. 1 Schoolhouse was built in 1918 and used by the district until it closed in the early 1960s.
Nicodemus National Historic Site
St. Francis Hotel
- Type: Place
The St. Francis Hotel has lived many lives: first as a place of business operated by early settlers Zachary and Jenny Fletcher, then as private residence and restaurant of the Switzer family. The original two-story limestone structure was built in 1881 and was a successful hotel in Nicodemus. The Switzer family bought the building in 1921 and built several additions while they lived there.
Chesapeake Bay
Menokin
- Type: Place
Explore Menokin, a National Historic Landmark where history, architecture, and conservation meet. See the 1769 home of Francis Lightfoot Lee, witness innovative preservation in action, and walk trails through a protected Chesapeake Bay watershed landscape. Engage with exhibits, hands-on activities, and the powerful stories of those who shaped this place. Paddle Cat Point Creek, connect with nature, and uncover the past in a truly unique setting.
Marsh - Billings - Rockefeller National Historical Park
Elizabeth Billings
- Type: Person
When even the sharpest female minds were denied ranks above "amateur”, Elizabeth Billings (1871-1944) nonetheless achieved enough to impress a modern-day botanist. Her accomplishments included cultivating various gardens, experimenting in farming, managing the family estate, and cataloging hundreds of plants.
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
Plan Your Trip
- Type: Article
You can visit four public sites at Hopewell Culture National Historical Park! Let us help you plan your time for the best experience.
Moores Creek National Battlefield
Venus Fly Trap Planter
- Type: Place
Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park
Pollinator Garden
- Type: Place
The pollinator garden at Resaca de la Palma Battlefield helps provide plants for use by local wildlife in a landscape where their habitat is highly fragmented.
Manhattan Project National Historical Park
Oak Ridge Wayside: Middletown Trailer Park
- Type: Place
A wayside exhibit in Oak Ridge, Tennessee describing temporary trailer parks for Manhattan Project workers.
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 Teton National Park
Jenny Lake & Park Orientation
- Type: Place
Plan your Jenny Lake and park experience by reading these informational signs.
Grand Teton National Park
Jenny Lake Pathway Hub
- Type: Place
The Jenny Lake Pathway Hub is the most northern point of the multi-use pathway. Read our informational sign about biking and use the bike rack to store your bike while you explore the Jenny Lake area.
- Type: Article
The LeChee Chapter House hires teens and offers them a variety of placements in the community, such as Glen Canyon, where the youth can gain real world job skills and new experiences. Ketona Reed has been a member of this youth partnership program between Glen Canyon National Recreation Area and the local LeChee Chapter House of the Navajo Nation for three years.