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Welcome to the National Marine Sanctuary Program web site. Here you'll find information about our nation's marine sanctuaries -- their history and current management, their scientific and educational programs, and their continuing efforts to conserve our nation's ocean and coastal treasures. Our national calendar will keep you updated on the many exciting events that take place in our ...

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Welcome to the Idaho Panhandle National Forests! Use this virtual visitor center to learn about what the Forest Service does, and discover year-round recreational opportunities, places to visit, and the natural beauty of Northern Idaho.

Wallowa-Whitman National Forest General Info Forest Facts How to Contact Us Communities Maps Job Opportunities Contracting - Blue Mtn ZAP What's New News Releases Campgrounds Activities Recreation Reports Wilderness Outfitter & Guide Volunteer Opportunities Northwest Forest Pass GIS Data Fire and Aviation Fires During 2001 Forest Insects/Disease Blue Mountains Demo Area Planning Roadless Area ...

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Welcome to the Winema National Forest The 1.1 million acre Winema National Forest lies on the eastern slopes of the Cascade Mountain Range in South Central Oregon, an area noted for its year-round sunshine. The Forest borders Crater Lake National Park near the crest of the Cascades and stretches eastward into the Klamath River Basin. Near the floor of the Basin the Forest gives way to vast ...

Minute Man National Historical Park Located in Concord, Lincoln, Lexington, MA TRAVEL BASICS - CAMPING - LODGING ACTIVITIES - FACILITIES - FEES/PERMITS Hartwell Tavern (NPS Photo) IN BRIEF The events of April 19, 1775 were a turning point in the long struggle between Mother England and her American colonies. In a march of protest and petition turned independence and revolution, the fighting on ...

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Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary comprises one of the largest nearshore sandstone reefs in the southeastern United States. Named in recognition of Milton B. Gray, a biological collector and curator at the University of Georgia Marine Institute, who studied the area during the 1960s, it's located 32 kilometers (17.5 nautical miles) off Sapelo Island, Georgia. Sanctuary boundaries protect 17 ...

USDA Forest Service Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest homepage. Provides information about the forest and the area, recreational opportunities, natual resources, and forest news.

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Located in Empire, MI TRAVEL BASICS - CAMPING - LODGING ACTIVITIES - FACILITIES - FEES/PERMITS Perched dunes along the Lake Michigan shoreline... (NPS Photo) IN BRIEF Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore encompasses a 60 km (35 mi.) stretch of Lake Michigan's eastern coastline, as well as North and South Manitou Islands. The park was established primarily ...

USGS national geologic studies of benthic habitats, northern United States; Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary region off Boston, Massachusetts ...

White Sands National Monument Located near Alamogordo, NM TRAVEL BASICS - CAMPING - LODGING ACTIVITIES - FACILITIES - FEES/PERMITS Gypsum sand dunes at White Sands National Monument (NPS Photo) IN BRIEF At the northern end of the Chihuahuan Desert lies a mountain ringed valley called the Tularosa Basin. Rising from the heart of this basin is one of the world's great natural wonders - the ...

Assateague Island National Seashore Located near Berlin, MD and Chincoteague, VA TRAVEL BASICS - CAMPING - LODGING ACTIVITIES - FACILITIES - FEES/PERMITS Assateague Island Beach (NPS Photo) IN BRIEF Three agencies administer Assateague, a windswept barrier island that offers many opportunities for seashore recreation and nature study along its thirty-seven miles. Ocean swimming, camping, bayside ...

2013 Eastside 2nd Street, Sheridan, Wyoming 82801 Phone: 307-674-2600 Fax: 307-674-2668 Home Visitor Center Recreation Resource Management Management Planning About Us Ranger Districts Regional Weather Site Map Comments/Questions Locator Map (click to enlarge) ...

USDA Region 1 Clearwater National Forest headquartered in Orofino, Information on recreation, natural resource management, visitor information, maps, ...

The Official Website of the Kaibab National Forest, serving as a communications and business tool for the forest.

Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore Located in Munising, MI TRAVEL BASICS - CAMPING - LODGING ACTIVITIES - FACILITIES - FEES/PERMITS Hikers on Twelvemile Beach NPS Photo IN BRIEF Multicolored sandstone cliffs, beaches, sand dunes, waterfalls, inland lakes, wildlife and the forest of the Lake Superior shoreline beckon visitors to explore this 73, 000+ acre park. Attractions include a lighthouse and ...

Valley Forge National Historical Park Located in Valley Forge, PA TRAVEL BASICS - CAMPING - LODGING ACTIVITIES - FACILITIES - FEES/PERMITS ...proof of patience and obedience which, in my opinion, can scarcely be paralleled. G. Washington (NPS Photo) IN BRIEF Few places evoke the spirit of patriotism and independence, represent individual and collective sacrifice, or demonstrate the resolve, ...

Lowman Ranger District to Receive Award for the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness Snowmobile Sign project. See news release - Kirkham Ridge Trail Gets Additions See news release - Firewood Cutting Info See news release for info. on permit costs, sales outlets and stream zone restrictions. Employment Information Page Kirkham Ridge Trail Brochure Attention Wood Cutters! news release ...

Located in the heart of the Blue Mountains of Eastern Oregon and Southeastern Washington, the Umatilla National Forest offers a variety of recreational opportunities.

Welcome to the Monongahela National Forest located in wild, wonderful West Virginia. We offer a variety of outdoor recreation opportunities including picnicking, camping, hiking and scenic drives.

Lava Beds National Monument Located in Tulelake, CA TRAVEL BASICS - CAMPING - LODGING ACTIVITIES - FACILITIES - FEES/PERMITS Cave Tour from the 1930s (NPS Photo) IN BRIEF Volcanic eruptions on the Medicine Lake shield volcano have created an incredibly rugged landscape punctuated by cinder cones, lava flows, spatter cones, lava tube caves and pit craters. During the Modoc War of 1872-1873, the ...

Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park Located in Fredericksburg, VA TRAVEL BASICS - CAMPING - LODGING ACTIVITIES - FACILITIES - FEES/PERMITS Hazel Grove at Chancellorsville (NPS Photo) IN BRIEF Approximately 110, 000 casualties occurred during the four major battles fought in the vicinity of Fredericksburg, Virginia making it the bloodiest ground on the North American continent. In ...

Apostle Islands National Lakeshore Located in Lake Superior, WI TRAVEL BASICS - CAMPING - LODGING ACTIVITIES - FACILITIES - FEES/PERMITS Sea Caves at Devils Island (NPS Photo) IN BRIEF Wisconsin's northernmost landscape juts out into Lake Superior as the scenic archipelago known as the Apostle Islands. The national lakeshore includes 21 islands and 12 miles of mainland Lake Superior shoreline, ...

Information on land management and recreation on the Stanislaus National Forest in California.

Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor Located in The Blackstone Valley, MA, RI TRAVEL BASICS - CAMPING - LODGING ACTIVITIES - FACILITIES - FEES/PERMITS Slater Mill Historic Site Jim McElholm IN BRIEF The Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor is a special type of national park. It is a region of nearly 400, 000 acres located within Worcester County in central Massachusetts ...

An underwater jewel of a garden in the Gulf of Mexico, off the Texas coast.

The Official Website of the Prescott National Forest, serving as a communications and business tool ...

Glen Echo Park in George Washington Memorial Parkway Located in Glen Echo, MD TRAVEL BASICS - CAMPING - LODGING ACTIVITIES - FACILITIES - FEES/PERMITS 1933 Architectural Drawing of the Spanish Ballroom Town of Glen Echo, Maryland IN BRIEF Glen Echo began in 1891 as a National Chautauqua Assembly to promote liberal and practical education, especially among the masses of the people; to teach the ...

El Malpais National Monument Located in Grants, NM TRAVEL BASICS - CAMPING - LODGING ACTIVITIES - FACILITIES - FEES/PERMITS Lava flows, and Mount Taylor in the distance. Reine Wonite IN BRIEF El Malpais National Monument and Conservation Area was established in 1987 and is a relative newcomer to the National Park System. This monument preserves 114, 277 acres of which 109, 260 acres are federal ...

Agate Fossil Beds National Monument Located in Harrison, NE TRAVEL BASICS - CAMPING - LODGING ACTIVITIES - FACILITIES - FEES/PERMITS The Fossil Hills (NPS Photo) IN BRIEF Located on the Niobrara River in northwestern Nebraska, the Agate Fossil Beds and its surrounding prairie are preserved in a 3, 000 acre National Monument. Once part of Captain James H. Cook's Agate Springs Ranch, the nearby ...

El Morro National Monument Located in Ramah, NM TRAVEL BASICS - CAMPING - LODGING ACTIVITIES - FACILITIES - FEES/PERMITS (NPS Photo) IN BRIEF Inscription Rock is a soft sandstone monolith, rising 200 feet above the valley floor, on which are carved hundreds of inscriptions. The monument also includes pre-Columbian petroglyphs and Pueblo Indian ruins. Proclaimed Dec. 8, 1906. Boundary changes: ...

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President's Park (White House) in National Mall Located in Washington, DC TRAVEL BASICS - CAMPING - LODGING ACTIVITIES - FACILITIES - FEES/PERMITS The White House Photographed by P. Moreno IN BRIEF The White House at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, was originally constructed 1792-1800, the work of James Hoban. It was reconstructed in 1815 after being burned by British soldiers during the War of ...

Aztec Ruins National Monument Located in Aztec, NM TRAVEL BASICS - CAMPING - LODGING ACTIVITIES - FACILITIES - FEES/PERMITS (NPS Photo) IN BRIEF Aztec Ruins National Monument preserves structures and artifacts of Ancestral Pueblo people from the 1100's through 1200s. People associated with Chaco Canyon to the south built and used the structures, then people related to the Mesa Verde region to ...

Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument Located near Silver City, NM TRAVEL BASICS - CAMPING - LODGING ACTIVITIES - FACILITIES - FEES/PERMITS Gila Cliff Dwellings (NPS Photo) IN BRIEF Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument offers a glimpse of the homes and lives of the people of the Mogollon culture who lived in the Gila Wilderness from the 1280s through the early 1300s. The surroundings probably ...

Pecos National Historical Park Located in Pecos, NM TRAVEL BASICS - CAMPING - LODGING ACTIVITIES - FACILITIES - FEES/PERMITS Ruins at Pecos National Historical Park (NPS Photo) IN BRIEF Pecos preserves 12, 000 years of history including the ancient pueblo of Pecos, two Spanish Colonial Missions, Santa Fe Trail sites, 20th century ranch history of Forked Lightning Ranch, and the site of the Civil ...

Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area Located in Fort Smith, MT, WY TRAVEL BASICS - CAMPING - LODGING ACTIVITIES - FACILITIES - FEES/PERMITS Devil's Canyon Overlook (NPS Photo) IN BRIEF Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area was established by an act of Congress on October 15, 1966, following the construction of the Yellowtail Dam by the Bureau of Reclamation. This dam, named after the famous ...

Little River Canyon National Preserve Located in Fort Payne, AL TRAVEL BASICS - CAMPING - LODGING ACTIVITIES - FACILITIES - FEES/PERMITS Little River Falls Photo By: Bill Springer IN BRIEF Little River flows for most of its length atop Lookout Mountain in northeast Alabama. The river and canyon systems are spectacular Appalachian Plateau landscapes any season of the year. Forested uplands, ...

USDA FOREST SERVICE MANTI-LA SAL NATIONAL FOREST Located in Central and Southeastern Utah and Southwestern Colorado Addresses, Telephone Numbers, and Maps -more- Recreation General Information Avalanche Center Camping Information Vehicle Policy on the Manti-La Sal NF Tread Lightly and General Forest Rules Weather (NOAA) More Recreation Links Help - Noxious Weeds Location Planning Mexican Spotted ...

Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument Located in Mountainair, NM TRAVEL BASICS - CAMPING - LODGING ACTIVITIES - FACILITIES - FEES/PERMITS Quarai Ruins (NPS Photo) IN BRIEF Once, thriving American Indian trade communities of Tiwa and Tompiro speaking Puebloans inhabited this remote frontier area of central New Mexico. Early in the 17th-century Spanish Franciscans found the area ripe for their ...

Capulin Volcano National Monument Located in Capulin, NM TRAVEL BASICS - CAMPING - LODGING ACTIVITIES - FACILITIES - FEES/PERMITS View from crater rim. (NPS Photo) IN BRIEF Capulin Volcano, a nearly perfectly-shaped cinder cone, stands more than 1200 feet above the surrounding High Plains of northeastern New Mexico. The volcano is long extinct, and today the forested slopes provide habitat for ...

Fort Union National Monument Located in Watrous, NM TRAVEL BASICS - CAMPING - LODGING ACTIVITIES - FACILITIES - FEES/PERMITS Fort Union (NPS Photo) IN BRIEF Fort Union was established in 1851 by Lieutenant Colonel Edwin V. Sumner as a guardian and protector of the Santa Fe Trail. During it's forty-year history, three different forts were constructed close together. The third and final Fort Union ...

Amistad National Recreation Area Located near Del Rio, TX TRAVEL BASICS - CAMPING - LODGING ACTIVITIES - FACILITIES - FEES/PERMITS Monarch Butterflies stop briefly at Amistad NRA on their migration route to Mexico in the fall. NPS Photo IN BRIEF A splash of blue stands out against limestone cliffs. The honking of a great blue heron, interspersed with the descending trill of a canyon wren, can be ...

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Homestead National Monument of America Located in Beatrice, NE TRAVEL BASICS - CAMPING - LODGING ACTIVITIES - FACILITIES - FEES/PERMITS Tall Grass Prarie Copyright by Eastern National IN BRIEF The cry was FREE LAND!! The Homestead Act of 1862 was one of the most significant and enduring events in the westward expansion of the United States. By granting 160 acres of free land to claimants, it ...

Fort Moultrie National Monument Located in Sullivan's Island, SC TRAVEL BASICS - CAMPING - LODGING ACTIVITIES - FACILITIES - FEES/PERMITS Fort Moultrie (NPS Photo) IN BRIEF Fort Moultrie's history covers 171 years of seacoast defense, including the first decisive victory in the American Revolution and the firing onto Fort Sumter during the first battle of the Civil War. The third Fort Moultrie, ...

San Juan Island National Historical Park Located in Friday Harbor, WA TRAVEL BASICS - CAMPING - LODGING ACTIVITIES - FACILITIES - FEES/PERMITS Reenactors prepare for parade at English Camp during Encampment 2001. Ron Garner photo IN BRIEF San Juan Island NHP commemorates the peaceful resolution of the 19th century boundary dispute between Great Britain and the United States over the Oregon ...

Roger Williams National Memorial Located in Providence, RI TRAVEL BASICS - CAMPING - LODGING ACTIVITIES - FACILITIES - FEES/PERMITS IN BRIEF Roger Williams National Memorial commemorates the life of the founder of Rhode Island and a champion of the ideal of religious freedom. Williams, banished from Massachusetts for his beliefs, founded Providence in 1636. This colony served as a refuge where ...

Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument in Lake Meredith National Recreation Area Located near Fritch, TX TRAVEL BASICS - CAMPING - LODGING ACTIVITIES - FACILITIES - FEES/PERMITS Beautiful Alibates Flint (NPS Photo) IN BRIEF Alibates Flint, distinctive for its varied coloration, occurs in dolomite outcrops atop Permain Aged Redbeds in the Canadian River breaks near Amarillo and Fritch, Texas.

Caring for the Land and Serving People Welcome to the The 1.8 million acres of the Lewis and Clark National Forest are scattered into seven separate mountain ranges. The Forest is situated in west central Montana. The boundaries spread eastward from the rugged, mountainous Continental Divide onto the plains. When looking at a map, the National Forest System lands appear as islands of forest ...

National Park of American Samoa Located in Pago Pago, American Samoa, AS TRAVEL BASICS - CAMPING - LODGING ACTIVITIES - FACILITIES - FEES/PERMITS Ofu Underwater Doug Cuillard IN BRIEF Two rain forest preserves and a coral reef are home to unique tropical animals including the Flying Fox, Pacific Boa, tortoises, and an array of birds and fish. The park contains paleotropical rain forests, ...

Welcome to your National Grasslands! These wind-swept seas of grass and wildflowers -- four million acres in all -- have witnessed the pageant of the frontier, the Dust Bowl, and the dramatic recovery into a great national treasure. Come visit the 20 publicly-owned National Grasslands administered by the USDA Forest Service. The Grasslands Story Grassland Locator USDA Forest Service homepage ...

Comprehensive guide to central Arizona's Montezuma Castle National Monument, a Sinagua cliff house. Includes Montezuma Well and color photos, climate, history, hiking, with links & mileage guides to nearby attractions.

Baltimore-Washington Parkway in National Capital Parks-East Located near Washingron D.C. and Baltimore, Maryland, MD TRAVEL BASICS - CAMPING - LODGING ACTIVITIES - FACILITIES - FEES/PERMITS washington baltimore parkway (NPS Photo) IN BRIEF Opened in 1954, the parkway is a 29-mile scenic highway that connects Baltimore, Maryland with Washington, D.C. The part of the parkway from Washington, D.C.

New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park HOME | TRAVEL BASICS | ACTIVITIES | FACILITIES | FEES/PERMITS EVENTS | PARTNERS | PUBLICATIONS | BARROW, AK | UNDERGROUND RAILROAD IN DEPTH New Bedford was the world capital of the whaling industry during the decades leading up to the Civil War. The whaling merchants of New Bedford operated a complex business network of finance, shipbuilding, barrel ...

This is the official site of the Minnesota Great River Road National Scenic Byway. Managed by the Mississippi River Parkway Commission of Minnesota, the Great River Road follows the Mississippi River some 572 miles from its headwaters in Lake Itasca ...

National Trails System 1968 - 1996 Partnership for the National Trails System National Historic and Scenic Trails Other Sources of Trail Information Copyright (c) 1996 by Steve F. Russell Revised: Mon Jan 18, 1999 Welcome Welcome to our web page provided for the benefit of the public and the partners of the Partnership for the National Trails System. Please let us know if this service is useful ...

A large collection of pictures and information from numerous parks and cities found throughout the United States and the rest of the world. See it all here.

NPS Expansion: 1930s MENU Contents Foreword Preface pre-1933 Reorganization New Deal Recreation History NPS 1933-39 Recommendations Bibliography Appendix Expansion of the National Park Service in the 1930s: Administrative History Chapter Four: New Initiatives in the Field of Recreation and Recreational Area Development J. National Parkways The modern parkway idea, as it is understood in the ...