4 Ultimate National Park Road Trips Infographic

4 ULTIMATE NATIONAL PARK ROAD TRIPS The season of road trips is upon us and it's the perfect time to explore and discover your own unique connections to our National Park System. Including vast natural landscapes and historical, cultural, and urban treasures, there are endless ways for you to connect with parks. You may even find that a National Park Service program helped preserve a special place in your community. FIND YOUR What are you waiting for? Get out there and find your park! PARK ON THE ROAD AGAIN. Tolkien famously wrote, “Not all those who wander are lost." You may be surprised by everything you'll see and learn along your journey. Be sure to share your memories at FindYourPark.com and on social media with #FindYourPark. 1 THE ICONIC PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY Kick off a Pacific Coast Highway road trip with a stop at Olympic National Park. It's a glorious mish-mash of untamed glacial rivers, Pacific shoreline, and old-growth forest. The result: a seemingly magical wilderness, home to over 300 species of wildlife, including the Olympic marmot, Olympic snow mole, and Olympic torrent salamander – species that are found e and here else in the world! Olympic National Park Oregon Caves National Monument & Preserve Redwood National and State Parks PACIFIC OCEAN Point Reyes National Seashore Golden Gate National Recreation Area Pinnacles National Park César Chávez National Monument Golden Gate National Recreation Area encompasses 200 years of history and culture from Native Americans, Spanish settlers, and American pioneers. This park protects 19 ecosystems and 1,273 species of plants and animals. 2 SEE HOW THE WEST WAS PRESERVED Yellowstone National Park Grand Teton National Park Lassen Volcanic National Park Rocky Mountain National Park Yosemite Death Valley National Park PACIFIC OCEAN National Park Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks Grand Canyon National Park If mountains are your thing, this could be your park. Rocky Mountain National Park has some of the highest peaks in the continental US and hikers can take in clear lakes, valleys blanketed with pristine forests, and wildflowers in the spring. You may even spot bighorn sheep, the park's mascot. 3 SEE THE NATURAL BEAUTY OF THE EAST COAST It was the "shot heard around the world." On April 19, 1775, the tension between England and American colonists came to a head as fighting between royal soldiers and colonial militia and volunteers, the Minute Men, broke out on the North Bridge. It is seen as the first fight during the eight-year war for independence. Acadia National Park ATLANTIC OCEAN Salem Maritime National Historic Site Minute Man National Historical Park John F. Kennedy National Historic Site Weir Farm National Historic Site Why is a bar a national landmark? A series of events at the Stonewall Inn and nearby sites in Greenwich Village in 1969 led the LGBT community to protest unfair treatment and is widely recognized as the single most important moment in the modern civil rights movement for LGBT Americans. Thomas Edison National Historical Park Stonewall Inn National Historic Landmark Fire Island National Seashore African Burial Ground National The Statue of Liberty National Monument and Ellis Island Monument 4 ABSORB THE CULTURE OF THE SOUTH The Sweet Auburn district in Atlanta contains MLK's birthplace, the Ebenezer Baptist Church where he was a pastor, and his gravesite. This National Historic Landmark District honors the most prominent leader in the 20th century civil rights movement and will continue to be a lesson in love and equality for future generations. Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site Booker T. Washington National Monument O Richmond National Battlefield Park CORETA SCo I Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site Great Smoky Mountains National Park Cane River Creole National Historical Park Natchez National Historical Park ATLANTIC OCEAN Big Bend National Park New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park San Antonio Missions National Historical Park GULFOF MEXICO Cactus blooms dot a landscape riddled with canyons and geological features at this national park. The unique topography of Big Bend National Park makes it a fascinating destination. Fossils discovered at Big Bend include a giant 50-foot crocodile and a record-holding pterosaur. WITH 407 PARKS AND DOZENS OF NATIONAL PARK SERVICE PROGRAMS, YOU'RE BOUND TO FIND WHAT INTERESTS YOU! WITH SO MANY NATIONAL TREASURES HOW DO WE TAKE CARE OF THEM ALL? The National Park Service, with the help of programs like the Rivers, Trails, and Conservation Assistance Program and the National Register of Historic Places, and amazing volunteers, cares for our national treasures and creates close-to-home recreational opportunities - an awesome responsibility! 22,000 250.000 350 National park volunteers Communities served Permanent, temporary, and seasonal NPS employees by the Rivers, Trails, and Conservation Assistance Program SHARE YOUR PARK ADVENTURE Be sure to share your memories at FindYourPark.com and on social media with #FindYourPark. FIND YOUR PARK |National Park Foundation. NATIONALPARKS.ORG