The Lost Arrow Spire Highline in Yosemite National Park is a Slackliner’s Dream and an Acrophobe’s Nightmare
So, you think you’re ready for the Lost Arrow Spire Highline? Have a look at this videoclip and see if you still feel that way.
Park History: Timpanogos Cave National Monument
Believe it or not, Timpanogos Cave National Monument and Mammoth Cave National Park have something in common. Both owe their discovery, in part, to hunters. At least that's the local lore.
- By Kurt Repanshek - October 14th, 2008 4:37am
Pruning the Parks: Atlanta Campaign National Historic Site (1944-1950) was Developed as a Dixie Highway Tourist Attraction
Atlanta Campaign National Historic Site was established by order of the Secretary of the Interior on October 13, 1944. Less than six years later, Congress transferred the components, five pocket parks along the historic Dixie Highway, to the state of Georgia. Interestingly, one of the Atlanta Campaign markers commemorates a strategically significant non-event.
Shenandoah National Park To Celebrate Wilderness This Weekend
It was more than three decades ago that Congress designated nearly 80,000 acres of Shenandoah National Park as wilderness. This coming weekend the park is planning a variety of activities to celebrate that wilderness.
- By Kurt Repanshek - October 13th, 2008 8:15am
Trails I've Hiked: John Muir Trail, Lyell Fork drainage, Yosemite National Park
Woven tufts of gold knit the meadows together, thick pine forests give way to observation towers of granite and sky-scraping peaks, and a river runs through it. That's the setting the John Muir Trail wanders through in the High Sierra of Yosemite National Park.
- By Kurt Repanshek - October 13th, 2008 4:05am
Boulder Dam National Recreation Area – Forgotten but Not Gone?
October 13, 1936, marked the creation of Boulder Dam National Recreation Area and a brand-new category of management units for the National Park Service. The recreation area no longer exists by its original name, but its legacy continues in one of the most heavily-visited parks in the country. During their first 30 years the park and the dam underwent more name changes than the rock entertainer formerly known as….
- By Jim Burnett - October 13th, 2008 3:00am
Park History: Obed Wild and Scenic River
Obed Wild and Scenic River, which preserves one of the best whitewater rivers in the eastern United States, is tucked away in the wilds of Morgan and Cumberland Counties in Tennessee. Having been established on October 12, 1976, the park celebrates its 32nd birthday today.
- By Chance Finegan - October 12th, 2008 6:11pm
Body of Man Missing in Shenandoah National Park Found Outside Park
The body of a man who went missing during an outing in Shenandoah National Park has been found outside the park.
- By Kurt Repanshek - October 12th, 2008 10:29am
Part of Apostle Islands National Lakeshore Lands on National Register of Historic Places
Great Lakes fishing history has led to a segment of Apostle Islands National Lakeshore being named to the National Register of Historic Places.
- By Kurt Repanshek - October 12th, 2008 8:06am
Yorktown Day – Our Country's "Other Birthday"
Our nation will celebrate its 227th birthday on October 19, 2008, in Yorktown, Virginia—and you're invited to the party! "Whoa, not so fast," some of you may be thinking; what happened to the Fourth of July?
- By Jim Burnett - October 12th, 2008 5:03am
