Americans celebrate the 75th anniversary of Shenandoah National Park, just 75 miles from Washington, DC, but worlds away in spirit.
Published Jun 25, 2011
Established in 1975, the park saw fur traders nearly two centuries earlier, and it supported human inhabitants thousands of years before that. Today, almost a third of the park is water, and travel through the park is usually by boat.
Published Oct 1, 2006
Acquired October 22, 2008, this true-color image of Sequoia National Park shows a network of varied ecosystem, including conifer forests, river valleys, alpine vegetation, and bare rocks.
Published Nov 15, 2009
The park encompasses about 37,000 hectares of the Sonora Desert.
Published Jul 24, 2005
The colonial communities of “America’s historic triangle” played defining roles in the road to American independence.
Published Jul 4, 2018
Protection of a historic Civil War battle site brings a sliver of green space to metropolitan Atlanta.
Published Mar 30, 2016
Falling blocks of rock in cliff alcoves became building materials for Ancestral Puebloans—and a popular draw for tourists visiting the park.
Published Aug 26, 2016
State parks had already been established in the region when the U.S. Congress established northern California’s Redwood National Park in 1968.
Published Feb 22, 2009
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