National Park Service units are not immune from ghosts and ghouls and things that go bump in the night. In honor of Halloween, here’s a quiz and trivia piece that’s all about those ghosty ghoulies and their associated protected lands. You might learn a little something as your spine tingles and the hairs on the back of your neck stand up. BOO!!

According to the National Park Service, there are over 5,000 miles of paved roads through the National Park System. Park roads (paved or unpaved) allow us to reach amazing vistas we might not otherwise see within a national park, national monument, or national recreation area. These roads are marvels of construction and merit a nod of appreciation to those builders who may have risked life and limb to ensure completion of that navigable ribbon of gravel or pavement. How many of these roads have you traveled, what have you seen and accessed via these roads, and how much do you know about them?

Though there are no wildfires on the doorstep of Crater Lake National Park, officials there have asked visitors and employees to be ready for evacuating the park located in southwestern Oregon if necessary.

This year's coronavirus pandemic has challenged the National Park Service in myriad ways, forcing some managers to limit visitation through reservations, while most if not all have had to learn how to manage visitors and resources with staff limitations. At Crater Lake National Park, it has meant educating visitors that they can't turn the woods into bathrooms and that paddle boarding is not allowed on big blue.