Nine Free Admission Days To National Parks In 2014
There will be nine admission-free days to the National Park System in 2014, though just one falls during the peak vacation months of summer.
- By NPT Staff - December 24th, 2013 2:28am
Consider A Year-End Donation To Your Favorite National Park Friends Group
Trail improvements, interpretive programming, historic preservation, and even transportation are some of the projects tackled by national park friends groups. With time running out in 2013, consider a year-end tax deductible donation to your favorite friends group to help them through 2014.
- By Kurt Repanshek - December 23rd, 2013 3:14am
Reserve An Ocean-Front Cabin At Cape Lookout National Seashore
They're barebones, rustic, Spartan -- choose your adjective -- but the sea-front cabins at Cape Lookout National Seashore are great basecamps if you like to surfcast or simply looking to spend some down time on a decidedly low key seashore.
- By Kurt Repanshek - December 23rd, 2013 2:27am
Happy Holidays From Arches National Park, The Video
At this festive time of year, the folks at Arches National Park have sent out this video holiday greeting with ample amounts of red rock and snow.
- By NPT Staff - December 23rd, 2013 2:13am
Yosemite, For What And For Whom?
The path-breaking beginning of America’s national parks in Yosemite is the subject of these two anniversary-related books. For Dayton Duncan, in Seed of the Future, the Yosemite Grant remains the story of a national triumph. For Jen Huntley, in The Making of Yosemite, the act of June 30, 1864, bears irrefutable evidence of a national theft.
- By Alfred Runte - December 22nd, 2013 3:18am
Exploring The Parks: Big Bend National Park In December
Happy Holidays, everybody! It’s almost the end of the year and after digging up some extra vacation days from beneath the couch cushions, I decided to take a mid-December road trip to Big Bend National Park
- By Rebecca Latson - December 22nd, 2013 2:42am
Shuttle Bus System Aids Whale And Seal Watchers At Point Reyes National Seashore
The annual migration of Pacific gray whales from waters around Alaska to those off of Mexico is getting underway, and one of the best places to view both the whales and northern elephant seals from the shore is Point Reyes National Seashore. A weekend shuttle bus system, which runs from December 28, 2013, until late March of 2014, helps solve problems with limited parking and crowded roads.
- By Jim Burnett - December 22nd, 2013 2:38am
Holiday Schedule Posted For National Park Units In North Dakota
The year-end holidays will bring some closures to the national parks in North Dakota.
- By NPT Staff - December 21st, 2013 2:44am
Grand Canyon National Park Featured In New Video That Takes Us Below The Rim
Grand Canyon National Park is the main attraction in a new video, Grand Canyon In Depth, that explores the natural and human history of the landscape within the national park.
- By NPT Staff - December 20th, 2013 3:01am
Everglades National Park Ready With Ranger-Led Programs For The Winter
With winter being the "high season" for Everglades National Park, the staff has lined up a number of ranger-led programs to help visitors get the most from the park.
- By NPT Staff - December 20th, 2013 2:50am
