National Parks Blog

Wednesday, August 1, 2007

National Parks from the Past

The Following are NPS lands we've visited in the past. Of course, we'll still have to visit them again for this blog.

Andy:

Aztec Ruins NM, New Mexico
Boston NHP, Massachusetts
Canyon De Chelley NM, Arizona
Chaco (Canyon) Culture NHP, New Mexico
Coulee Dam NRA / Lake Roosevelt, Washington
Crater Lake NP, Oregon
Everglades NP, Florida
Fort Clatsop NM, Oregon
Fort Vancouver NHS, Washington
Gila Cliff Dwellings NM, New Mexico?
Glacier NP, Montana
McLaughlin House NHS, Oregon
Mesa Verde NP, Colorado
Minuteman NHP, Massachusetts
National Mall, District of Columbia
Nez Perce NHP, Washington/Idaho/Montana
Olympic NP, Washington
Oregon Caves NM, Oregon
Petrified Forest NP, Arizona
Petroglyph NM, Arizona
Pennsylvania Avenue NHS, District of Columbia
Shenandoah NP, Virginia
Statue of Liberty NM, New York
USS Arizona NMem, Hawai'i
Whitman Mission NHS, Washington

Photos of National Parks

The federal government maintains a database of free public domain images from the National Park System lands, you can link to it here.

About the National Park System

The first National Park was Yellowstone National Park created by an act of Congress during the Grant Administration in 1872. The National Parks Service was created in 1916 during the Wilson Administration to oversee 12 Parks at that time. Since then, the Park Service has grown to oversee 58 National Parks and 333 other units comprised of National Monuments, Memorials, Historical Parks, Historic Sites, Scenic Trails and other properties. These areas now encompass more than 84 million acres containing 21 thousand buildings, 17 thousand miles of trails, and 10 thousand miles of roadway.
The NPS has over 20 thousand employees both seasonal and part-time. The National Park System also hosts almost 300 million visitors annually.

Important Abbreviations

The following are abbreviations commonly used within the National Park Service:

National Battlefield (NB)
National Battlefield Park (NBP)
National Battlefield Site (NBS)
National Historical Park (NHP)
National Historic Site (NHS)
National Lakeshore (NL)
National Monument (NM)
National Memorial (NMem)
National Military Park (NMP)
National Park (NP)
National Preserve (NPres)
National River (NR)
National Recreation Area (NRA)
National Seashore (NS)
National Scenic River (NSR)
National Scenic Trail (NST)
Wild and Scenic River (NSR)