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Glen Canyon National Recreation Area

Bullfrog North Launch Ramp
  • Type: Place

Bullfrog North launch ramp, located north of the Boat Rentals dock at Bullfrog, is open to launch your boat. This ramp is available to small vessels with the use of boilerplate extensions, and the left lane is operable to large vessels, including houseboats, down to 3529 ft.

Glen Canyon National Recreation Area

Halls Crossing Launch Ramp
  • Type: Place

Halls Crossing launch ramp, located at the Halls Crossing Marina, Hwy 276, Lake Powell, Utah, is open to launch your boat year-round. This ramp is available for all vessel launching until the lake level is down to 3556'.

Glen Canyon National Recreation Area

Stateline Auxiliary Launch Ramp
  • Type: Place

Stateline Auxiliary Launch Ramp, located after a turnoff from the Stateline Launch Ramp near what used to be Wahweap Swim Beach, is open for launch and retrieval of motorized vessels daily. Paddlecraft should not use this ramp, they should go to Wahweap Main or Antelope Point Public ramps.

Glen Canyon National Recreation Area

Wahweap Main Launch Ramp
  • Type: Place

Wahweap Main launch ramp is located next to the Lake Powell Resort at Wahweap. For your safety the ramp is open to all motorized vessels and unavailable to paddlecraft. Paddlecraft should use Stateline Main or Antelope Point Public launch ramps. This launch ramp is inoperable to launching when the lake level is below 3546'.

Glen Canyon National Recreation Area

Antelope Point Public Launch Ramp
  • Type: Place

Antelope Point Public Launch Ramp, located near Antelope Point Marina, is open seasonally for you to launch your vessel. Currently this ramp is only available for non-motorized paddlecraft hand launching.

Glen Canyon National Recreation Area

Wahweap Stateline Launch Ramp
  • Type: Place

Wahweap Stateline launch ramp, located near the Wahweap Boat Rentals, is closed to motorized vessels. Paddlecraft may launch at your own risk. Launch your motorized boat at the attached Stateline Auxiliary launch ramp.

“This We Shall Remember:” Eisenhower and Victory in Europe
  • Type: Article

In May 1945, General Dwight D. Eisenhower accepted the surrender of Germany, ending World War II in Europe. Eisenhower chose to remember Victory in Europe by actively commemorating the sacrifices and cooperation that made it possible. For Eisenhower and the Allies, the road to victory was not easy. Eisenhower believed that Victory in Europe Day--VE Day--could and should serve as a reminder of the cost of war for future generations. Explore this story further in this article.

Perry's Victory & International Peace Memorial

Commodore Perry's Longboat
  • Type: Place

A replica of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry's longboat rowed between flagships in the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812. Mid-May through mid-October the longboat is located next to the visitor center just off the parking lot.

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.

Dry Tortugas National Park

Bird Key Wreck
  • Type: Place

The Bird Key Wreck, also known as the Brick Wreck.

Francis Rawdon
  • Type: Person

Francis Lord Rawdon, later Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Earl of Moira, was an Irish-Anglo army officer and politician, who served the British empire faithfully from service as a young man throughout the American Revolution through the French Revolutionary Wars, capping his career with a decade as Governor-General of India.

Jude Hall
  • Type: Person

Jude Hall enlisted in Exeter, New Hampshire into Capt. Jacob Hinds' company, in Col. James Reed’s regiment, and was present at the Battle of Bunker Hill.

San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park

Kaiulani Logbooks Discovered
  • Type: Article

The Kaiulani logbooks offer a glimpse into the daily lives of sailors on their voyage from Aberdeen, WA to Durban, South Africa to Hobart, Tasmania. The logbooks date from 1941-42, and this was the last American crew to sail around Cape Horn in a commercial square-rigged sailing vessel.

Reconstruction Era National Historical Park

William C. Morrison
  • Type: Person

The story of an enslaved man in Charleston liberating himself aboard a stolen Confederate vessel, who came to Beaufort, purchased property, served in the military, owned a business, and was elected to political office – sounds like a familiar story to many in the South Carolina Lowcountry. However, most people have never heard of William C. Morrison.

Abram Allston
  • Type: Person

Abram Allston piloted his way to freedom onboard the Planter, and then joined the Navy, but spent the rest of his life fighting for recognition and a military pension.

Robert Smalls
  • Type: Person

Robert Smalls shocked the Confederacy when he piloted the CSS Planter to the Union naval blockade outside of Charleston Harbor. He later returned to Charleston Harbor as a Union naval pilot and fought in several naval engagements in South Carolina waters. After the Civil War, Smalls represented his native Beaufort district in the US Congress.

Gabriel Turner
  • Type: Person

A moment of freedom becomes a lifetime of service – and a mystery. From his escape on the Planter with Robert Smalls to a long history of military service, learn Gabriel Turner's story in this article.

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Aloha Fish Tug
  • Type: Place

The seventy year-old fishing tug, Aloha, is a style of fishing boat used for gill net fishing. Fish tugs had closed decks and pilothouses amidships or near the stern were common.

Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area

Dingmans Access
  • Type: Place

Dingmans Access is a recreational fee area with river access. There is one large boat launch for personal paddle and motor vessels. The historic Dingmans Bridge is just north of the launch. Swimming is not permitted at this site.

Boston National Historical Park

USS CONSTITUTION
  • Type: Place

The oldest commissioned warship afloat in the world still calls her birthplace—Boston—home. Launched in 1797 from Hartt's shipyard in the North End, Constitution was one of six original frigates that formed the core of the fledgling United States Navy in the 1790s. During the War of 1812, she earned a legendary reputation in battle, defeating four British frigates.