Cross-Country Ski Options At Grand Teton National Park
Grand Teton National Park in winter is a wonderland...if you like cold, snow, and blue skies!
- By NPT Staff - December 2nd, 2014 3:00am
Exploring the Parks
Exploring The Parks: A Visit To Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site
The 1950s and 1960s were a period of strife coupled with significant progress in America’s struggle with civil rights. Marches, sit-ins, and violence were accompanied by legislation, desegregation, and, in some instances, accommodation. Birmingham, Montgomery, Selma, Greensboro, and Washington, D.C. are remembered as some of the principal battlegrounds in the conflict and struggle for equal rights.
- By David and Kay Scott - November 28th, 2014 9:10am
Sequoyah: Inventor Of The Cherokee Writing System
Among individuals associated with the Cherokee and their forced journey to a land they didn’t consider home, none was more influential than Sequoyah, the Cherokee who gave his people a system for recording and reading their language.
- By David and Kay Scott - November 5th, 2014 2:00am
Exploring The Parks: Olympic National Park In Time-Lapse
Though only about 4 minutes long, this video took Will and Jim Pattiz a month to film. They chose Olympic National Park because of it’s incredibly rich diversity - glacial mountain peaks, lush rain forests, alpine meadows, high-altitude lakes, wild rivers, wilderness coast, and teeming wildlife were all the excuse they needed.
- By NPT Staff - October 19th, 2014 3:20am
Exploring The Parks: Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument
Archaeologists for years have puzzled over the scale and range of prehistoric activities that created the remarkable flint quarry sites at Alibates, Texas. No doubt some Native Americans, in search of flint, merely picked up exposed chunks or cobbles lying on the ground. Others chiseled boulders directly from the bedrock.
- By NPT Staff - October 17th, 2014 3:20am
A Visit To Missouri National Recreational River
The Missouri River, often referred to as the “Big Muddy” due to the large amount of sediment it carries, once served as the country’s major thoroughfare to the West, first by trappers and traders, and later by Lewis & Clark as the Corps of Discovery searched for a water route to a western ocean. Today it offers an incredible waterscape for paddlers in search of beauty.
- By David and Kay Scott - October 16th, 2014 2:20am
Winning The Denali Road Lottery, And Loving Every Mile Of It
There are 3,381 miles that separate my quaint and humid Baton Rouge neighborhood from the front door of Mount McKinley in Alaska's Interior. I have no doubt you can envision the stark contrast between the two, but let me give you a first-hand perspective.
- By NPT Staff - October 12th, 2014 2:20am
National Park Basics For RVing Newbies
When planning a national park camping trip, many RVing newbies are surprised to learn that a stay in these public campgrounds is quite different from the usual RV park experience. From 1950s-era campgrounds with short parking aprons that are unsuitable for modern RVs, to strict generator use hours, the learning curve can be steep for inexperienced RVers. If you're a new RV traveler and considering a national park campground visit, here are five simple ways to have a great RV camping experience.
- By Rene Agredano - March 1st, 2017 8:05am
A Return To Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
The two of us recently returned to Apostle Islands National Lakeshore for the first time in many years. It was a good time to visit northern Wisconsin, in light of the oppressive early September temperatures and humidity of south Georgia. The trip turned out to be quite an adventure beginning at 2:30 a.m. on the morning of departure when we received a call from Delta that our flight had been cancelled.
- By David and Kay Scott - September 28th, 2014 3:20am
Congaree National Park's Healing Waters
Exploring miles of boardwalk and a dense canopy of old growth hardwood trees might be what many visitors remember about Congaree National Park. But about ten times a year the waters from the Conagree and Wateree Rivers sweep through the floodplain wilderness, opening up a whole new surreal world for paddlers and an opportunity to discover the forest from a unique perspective. Kayak through the woods and experience this special place through the eyes of local veterans Eric Guzman and Edye Joyner.
- By NPT Staff - September 25th, 2014 3:20am
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