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Where the Parks Are MAA IATA Abbreviations for National Park System Areas a San Juan = Fs if Island a , ener ' , , 233 Bees ee Ee a IHS | I NS N | Seash Cee international Historic Site NL National Lakeshore N PRES National Preserve ational Seashore ket &§ NHES NB National Battlefield NM National Monument NR National River NSR National Scenic River/Riverway Alaska: 23 parks Arctic Circle 978-0- 16-093346-2 NST National Scenic Trail PKWY Parkway SRR Scenic and Recreational River WR Wild River WSR Wild and Scenic River NRA National Recreation Area NRR National Recreational River NRRA National River and Recreation Area N RES National Reserve NM & PRES National Monument and Preserve NMP National Military Park N MEM National Memorial NP National Park NP & PRES National Park ard Preserve NBP National Battlefield Park NBS National Battlefield Site NHP National Historical Park NHP & PRES National Historical Park and Preserve NH RES National Historical Reserve > NHS National Historic Site * € _NP- Ra oe Nal le Contiguous US: 373 parks . = Puerto Rico and Ly ps Hawaii: 8 parks iim Virgin Islands: 6 parks Baa e Equator / 4 q ; f \ im American Samoa: 1 park 11 time zones @ SEATTLE” G Klondike Gold Rush NHP Internatio Date Lin, O OLYMPIA Mount Rainier A) ZS “WASHINGTON @ Manhattan Project NHP. a Lake of a the Woods [-~ | A aie ch} Lewis and @. + Clark NHP oe 1 : # f Fort Vancouver NHS PORTLAND Ee + Coy, ‘um ©) bia sae / \ \ {Appalachian t <eg0Ull > pe \ a yh? “We, | { Ld fort Union Trading Post NHS } Voyageurs NP ™\ Z ; of ; : Grand P nm®& GF Jeg ONT ANA NORTH DAKOTA \ Fan Portege © CHELENA’ 5 j @ Knife River Indian Villages NHS Gra t-Kohrs Ranch NHS $ | Theodore ; y i @ Roosevelt NP ‘ Tip LA i BISMARCK = wstone Rive! | ig ee yer | Whitman wer Isle Royale NP 4 j eK River Mission NHS nee Perce NOP pm a \ Bet Tp Y) SALEM v7 National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior WWw.nps.gov August 25, 2016 AES P Saint Croix Island f IHS i KN m OR y | = NL eh \2 AUGUSTA, John’ Day Fossil Beds NM 4 \ eS ons 5 LAKE SUPER/Op Saey “ i. rk MAINE Apostle ® Keweenaw NHP ‘fh Pictured a e ; iz . ne ie MONTPELIER” F, Ge Se! eee MINNESOTA ‘Bs . v x BILLINGS 5 x ji ,s Islands a 5 \ ® Acadia NP ny 7 4 Rocks NL pe | ee BURLINGTON? fp Little Bighorn Battlefield NM ;——-—-—. ‘ Z ° a ao eM ue i 4 OREGON s g Crater Lake NP a Oregon Caves { i} js tay f DN Pres j y Marsh-Billings- Mies NHP. j Saint-Gaudens NHS | Bighorn Canyon | RA i t € | \ CONCORD ) { Sleeping q x Bear® Dunes NL yaa NH a4 .. 3 NHP @ BOSTON st ce Ee Py ie) ee Fort Stanwix Mississippi NRRA was ONTA RIO NM 3 Mts 1, SOUTH DAKOTA MINNEAPOLIS Devils Tower NM, >John, D. Rockefeller, Jr. Mem ial, PKWY Cape Cod NS Oe oe Rivek Valley NHP ce PROVIDENCE eger Wy lams N MEM \ New Bedford Whaling NHP Ee LAt® ROCHESTERO Women’s Rights NHP BUFFALO Theodore Roosevelt t Inaugural NHS er Craters of the Moon | PIERRE NM & PRES oh © SYRACUSE. © Saratoga NHP he 3 ALBANY O ie CHM. Martin Van Buren NHS» 4! jory bls Ps! NEW YORK = ae Vanderbilt Mansion NHS. y _ Eleanor sevelt NHS % Mount Rushmore N MEM Jewel Cave NM, | Gsbernsh Fossil gar. Beds NM» \ i i | | | | 1 SAN | Pipestone NM @ Minuteman Missile NHS ‘e Wind Cave NP® wees aS f | Hed y Ce HB ee ; WYOMING | x! pe et — © Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity NRA ~ f* et Ay ego of Rocks Nl RES Vie F WE. | ¢ ‘—. #2 jt £ 4 } XL Bap \assen1Volcanic NF } / ry ae | ¢ lit geome Ae LE ; J | 74 4 Lake fas: ) Winnebago i 3 GO. aa ome of Franklin D. Roosevelt NHS Weir Farm:NHS erson | 9 Great Fails ‘esagamore Hill NHS Nita) FE - Fire Island NS istown® 1 Sail YORK CITY ANGE Edison NHP TRENTON ™@ Minidoka NHS ° ay MICHIGAN MICHIiGan, “ / | se © MILWAUKEE. r O Za “Upper Delaware SRR Effigy Mounds NM “ MADISON \< pe 5% Middle Delaware : Wa Steamtown NHS® NS! perry. s Victory. \ Delaware Water Gap NR, and International § James A. xh Pease Memorial «,” Garfield NHS PENNSYLVANIA (7 es ek i. Portage @Railroad NHS (GHARRISBURG geen Wee eae: PHILADELPHIA > Boston African American Lf oss) |_| First State NHP MP NHS Ee \ Great Egg Boston Harbor Islands NRA “ig Eisenhower NHS DE Harbor SRR Boston NHP \o ODOVER Frederick Law Olmsted NHS MD “BALTIMORE OANNAPOLIS John Fitzgerald Kennedy NHS ~® WASHINGTON, D.C. Longfellow House- Washington’s Headquarters NHS Thomas Harriet Tabman Stone Nise ® Underground Railroad NHP Minute Man NHP Salem Maritime NHS de Saugus Iron Works NHS George Washington © Birthplace NM /—~assateague predenoayy aad Spotsylvania _— Island NS unty Battlefields : RICHMOND: Memorial aie Richmond N Maggie L. Walker NHS VIRGINI A @ Colonial NHP © Appomattox Pe fersburg®) Fort Monroe NM Court House NB ONORFOLK oo NHP pee Booker T. Washington NM. LANSING DETROIT G sto li al i=} eS Ly a GES BA z = wn e LAKE ‘amid. g fA i Alleghen' Herbert Hoover NHS 2 gheny DES MOINES 6 e Z efort Necessity NE. Sq © Ay Ving Harpers Ferry NHP "Rial ee Cedat creek ite af Belle Grove NHP WEST Shenandoah NP VIRGINIA) ¢</} , 4 3F r Neen af CHARLESTON tj Riveter =< Gauley River NRA ¥ New River FRAN KFORT y i Gorge:NR ‘Bluestone NSR¢ sy Tey a Y, Homestead NM of America 5. Colorado NM 27, re - F-i< , NEW YORK CITY AREA African Burial Ground NM Castle Clinton NM Federal Hall N MEM Gateway NRA (also NJ) General Grant N MEM Governors Island NM Hamilton Grange N MEM Saint Paul's Church NHS gar Wright Brothers Stanieies tibetty nN pen east N MEM ; lett Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace we Fort Raleigh NHS Ss Guilford Courthouse NMP Pat 7 ds y Lee id | : : if jz 4 } 644 4 4 4 / 1s i Missouri NRR © Nara 52 PLD i Ht j ] } 3 } j Agate Fossil Beds NM ‘ ae River Raisin nBP* e Dy, y j 5 } r p biz Py ‘i f Great ; Z, | j aS qa he ; j $41 te Ae ~ TOLEDO? Zs is j Py, if 7 if £7 Lake YS pl | nu 4 Pullman NM a ms, Lake : Jf ts oo, a f Ze | TI ae j exy, NEBRASKA g \ \Johnstown Flood ee ie Lo, +E CARSON cmv. 7: / i Bag “aX CHEYENNE, 4 , Se | i First Ladies NHS ® \ © N MEM, N Rt ie. Paes f ¢ | PITTSBURGH epic 93 Reyes NS ; NE VAD Al, AA f \ | \ @N MEM / ester the aay ere l enMeM NHP ; L J } Dayton ¢ icago Naval Magazin : y i aa : i ag HS ag B € | “Rocky Lig INDIANA Sbayion Site is ‘ugene O’Nei f i pee : SAN FRANCISCO Oe 4. Eainick e i INDIANAPOLIS | NP. Buffalo Soldiers NM ‘Ort Poin Y } / ' ‘ j I, VTS phd PPO: OS © i ye age! Fe ty t ae YF, Lune copa, aes oie eee NEN ‘ | @ Hopewell “1 ‘ ; ; Ze ; gal oe, Bt Lincoln Home NHS | _ CINCINNATI @ Nicodemus NHS se a @ Florissant Fossil Beds NM ° Black Canyon rof the Gunnison NP ae ae LS Golden Spike NHS fy é a 4 4 } \ J ; Ay ? 5 fis ae ake j 4 4 fi Salt tA | Scotts Bluff NM \ | Oo WA \ ee AGO yh 9% Indiana DunesNL | Cuyahoga Valley NP° axon | Tahoe 1% 2 f 14@ | ‘| SALT LAKE CITY or ae G tah ms ers Wi ae ] © Rive 3 ra 4 jut j rr impanogos Cave NM Dinos4uUNMGAV EAS ee i eee 1 bs OMAHA Ms wort a : : | i é | y : | { OHIO Friendship Hill \ HS e John Muir NHS | i «cr ILLINOIS | \Heritage “Charles Young f e \ pan Frances marae ie . i SPRINGFIELD Culture NHP) COLORADO % : i: s a i Be *curecanti NRA { George Rogers Cs joClark NHP 7 De 44 ref va @ William Howard Taft a 7 icsoutl KANSAS CITY. -!'®° | | Oni j TOPEKA @ | queries NP “i : y “capita Reef P Cedar Breaks NM. 4 / +} y LA? Zion eSpring N NM ey ee ee rc) ST.LOUIS ul s. Jefferson National ¥ ESPs: Expansion Memorial Grant NHS | o LJ As, Lincoln Boyaood a eM ners 2 4 MISSOURI Ns ss Oa py iG aig K “Abraham Lincoln Birthplace NHP~ £4 Sz ~— Mammoth Cave NPg g GA, Cumberland Gap c i Harry S Truman NHS Brown v. Board of Education NHS River JEFFERSON CITY O Kings Canyo oh . ‘eand Creek Massacre NHS Lie, Peat: i ebents Old Fort NHS eS ® Tallgrass Prairie 7 | _, Fort Larned NHS, N PRES | | ¢C LOUISVILLE CS | a5 | | | len Canyon NRA, - @ Natural Bridges NM / f 5 y Hovenweép NM % #2 is ris usé- rf aie 7 *Rainbow 8: Bridge 4 oo Hg sof : NM & ed ee Mesa Verde/NP oe Bryce Tule Springs j Canyon A >». Fossil Beds > \/ NMI LAS * Great’ Sand Dunes NP & PRES Fort Scott NHS » we j WICHITA © Nn NM «| Pig ewes | ti Se iQ avalo | “aztec Ruins NM i : Ozark NSR Bh ies) Y LS <p Si ‘Sh 5 NHP..= 3 Big South ge ite ep Johnson Manhattan NHS Project & NHP 4 e y Po ee Wilson‘s Creek NB. Blue Ridge PKWY PHILADELPHIA AREA ORALEIGH Edgar Allan Poe NHS we Cape Hatteras Honewell Furnace NHS NORTH CAROLINA J NS Independence NHP v. Thaddeus Kosciuszko N MEM Carl Sandbur. / Valley Forge NHP Home NHS 9. fo CHAREST "cane Lookout 97 — ew tN ie NS _-~ Cowpens Kings e BALTIMORE AREA Moons. Creek NB Fort McHenry NM and if = e nae Csrser s ONS TS SS ee ge canyon de Chelly NM, j a Capulin Volcano NM : George Washington Carver NM 7 f ViFort Donelson NB Hubbell Trading j eChaco Culture. NHP ; peau actin. raly ee" ve ow, vee ee : jo ae Valles Caldera N Pres 5 anhatay Project | = unset Crater Veleno NM] 3 @Fort Union NM j TENNESSEE es: 3 ) @Wal Bandelier NM ® “i ANGELES : j ~~ Walnut Canyon NM i » SANTA FEO Obed WSR Sem Stones River NB Great Smoky Mount Wupatki NM. Santa Monica pee See [a PRE a 4 <3 Pea Ridge NMP ye : jes iS Ae \ ee \ Buffalo NR £ Ae Washita Battlefield NHS a ‘em. Channel Islands NP wan dl? Rive, ! OTULSA Petroglyph ® Pecos NHP LakelMeredith NRA » 3 e Chickamauga and NB. Mountain NMP El Morro nm® RY M ®o ALBUQUERQUE | Joshua 4d NP . Tuzigoot NM® ei np® A oa @ Petrifi t ¥ ¥ \& Montezuma Castle NWS FF ppt ier Bato 4 ; El Malpais $44 NM i ARIZONA | Quarries NM O OKLAHOMA CITY OKLAHOMA A Chattanooga NME ee Cae, Po a J OFF 2G Ss Russell Cave NM i md oft Bere SOUTH CAROLINA Me ° NST Ninety six NHS. © COLUMBIA i Fort Smith NHS + Shiloh NMP. FOMEMPHIS Sf — ‘ APAL sy ARKANSAS Historic Shrine Hampton NHS Te; ene : BXy > : Ce © e WASHINGTON, DC AREA DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Belmont-Paul Women's Equality NM Carter G. Woodson Home NHS Constitution Gardens Ford’s Theatre NHS Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Frederick Douglass NHS i Korean War Veterans Memorial Lincoln Memorial ATLANTIC Lyndon Baines Johnson OCEAN A PUBLIC LIBR? / | | | “alibates Flint | | | | Salton 0} ! 4 y. bs » ae NEW MEXICO o\ : rs PHOENIX , % er NM j , @ Salinas Pueblo Missions NM ee ee ; ; i Chattahoochee River ae a er King: it, jartin Luther King, Jr., \ NHS Bp. ~ . oy \ GEORGIA on \ | Horseshoe Bend NMP, \ ocmulg ee NM BS a : ALABAMA MONTGOMERY 5 SAN DIEGO 7 “a2 ®congaree NP " LITTLE ROCK @Brices Cross Roads @ Cabrillo NM Little Rock Central_/ NBS High School NHS? ¥: Hot Springs ue ONT @ Chickasaw NRA Tupelo NB Kennesaw eountain NBP Hohokam Pima NM » i, | i @ Casa Grande Ruins NM 7 “ Natchez Trace PKWY & NST | | | | | es 7 Ark Post N MEM Charles Pinckney NHS kansas Pos' x CHARLESTONGS é 7 _ Gila Cliff Dwellings NM ; Sx § Lug? JA | Fort Sumter NM | f j ; 8 | : Jefferson Clinton “Sg SG ; nite SandsNM & : | Birthplace Home NHS Saguaro NP ! R J j | | E ef a Fort; Bowie NHS 4 — Serene TTS Se Pees SS “e | FT WORTH DALLAS : SS Chiricahua NM e Z| , E ! O07 tO en Tumacacori NHP Z, ; ~— ._* Coronado N MEM Rive, j { | | | R > BIRMINGHAM as: Nas Sal e . ‘tli Oo “\_ Organ Pipe Cactus NM ‘3 tom President William NS 4 Tuskegee ~s a Seca ans @ Andersonville NHS ; Fort Pulaski NM Tuskegee / Institute NHS D ae) b a) mn =) Memorial Grove Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Mary McLeod Bethune Council House NHS National Capital Parks National Mall Pennsylvania Avenue NHS Rock Creek Park Theodore Roosevelt Island Thomas Jefferson Memorial Vietnam Veterans Memorial Washington Monument White House World War | Memorial World War Il Memorial MARYLAND. Antietam NB Catoctin Mountain Park Chesapeake and Ohio Canal NHP (also DC, WV) Clara Barton NHS Fort Washington Park Greenbelt Park Monocacy NB Piscataway Park a Potomac Heritage NST ST. PETERSBURG (also PA, VA, DC) . 6 VIRGINIA ) De Soto N MEM ' Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial George Washington Memorial PKWY (also MD) Manassas NBP Prince William Forest Park Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts ®* jimmy Carter NHS 1) a) ™m b = pee FON ee — eee peAtee | EL’PASO Guadalupe \ @ Fort Frederica NM ChamizalN MEM Mountains NP f TEXAS Cane River | Carlsbad Caverns NP | -» | \ @ Creole NHP {Cumberland Island NS HAMMON Waco Mammoth NM timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve O® Fort Caroline N MEM TALLAHASSEE @) JAC KSONVILLE & 2 é S q =a : 3 o ig - / | SS a; ? BATON 4 Xe @ Big\Thicket N PRES “ % AUSTIN 4 Be 3 id 2 Jean Lafitt 8 NHP & PRES efort Davis NHS ‘@ Castillo de San Marcos NM @ Fort Matanzas NM ARCTIC OCEAN 5puelD Lyndon B. Johnson NHP, Rio Grande WSR CHUKCHI SEA BEAUFORT SEA Big Bend : me New Orleans Jazz NHP NP vera! NS eamistad NRA HOUSTON © © SAN ANTONIO. y FLORIDA San Antonio Missions NHP | TAMPA Cape Krusenstern mig oe lakes Okeechobee PS Bering Land Bridge _ A 2 N PRES qutor Be | GULF OF MEXICO i Yukon- Charley Rivers | N PRES CANADA FAIRBANKS Padre Island NS oO MIAMI Biscayne NP Big Cypress N Palo Alto Battlefield . tz me HAWAII KAUAI i: Dry Tortugas NP G ANCHORAGE TEAC a. Fjords NP GULF OF ALASKA O’AHU Map depicts the 412 authorized National Park World War Il | i 7 “Klondike Gold Rush NHP Honouliuli nMewaler i in the Pacific NM Service units. es TS oe eee Ba a nas ; rans: > HONOLULU? oe @ City with National Park Service unit GUAM AMERICAN SAMOA PUERTO RICO VIRGIN ISLANDS >. MOLOKA'! = © Other city | | Haleakala NP | ATLANTIC OCEAN SAN JUAN ‘MAUI San Juan NHS @ BERING SEA Alagnak WR Glacier Bay ey NP & PRES SEINE National Park of American Samoa PACIFIC OCEAN PHILIPPINE For information about National Trails SEA ‘ e L administered by the National Park Service, Sitka NHP a Pu‘ukohola Heiau NHS » HAWAI'I visit: www.nps.gov/nts “ P. War in the @O} agatha Pacific NHP (AGANA) CHARLOTTE MUN Virgin Islands NP Virgin Islands Coral Reef NM ' e@Buck Island Reef NM sChristiansted NHS Aniakchak NM & pre aN TUTUILA & OFU “PAGO PAGO V) a cs 1 U ) For Wild and Scenic Rivers information, visit: Kaloko-HonokGhau NHP ° www.nps.gov/wsr TAU Salt River Bay NHP and Ecological Preserve 7 Pu‘uhonua o H6naunau NHP @ 400 Kilometers PACIFIC OCEAN Hawai'i | Scale for all areas except Alaska PACIFIC OCEAN Volcanoes NP 0 100 200 Kilometers Oe ——— ~ —SS EE —— wn ——_— 0 100 400 Miles CARIBBEAN SEA National Park Service Centennial 1916-2016 Lew PACIFIC OCEAN 200 Miles ee = ES see Oe eee <= | ark | The National Park Service in the Next 100 Years DO NOT LET THE SERVICE BECOME JUST ANOTHER EXECUTIVE GOVERNMENT BUREAU; KEEP IT YOUTHFUL, VIGOROUS, CLEAN, AND STRONG. —NPS Director Horace M. Albright, 1933 As America’s story changes, so do the ways it is told. Today's parks are about everything from atomic bombs to zooplankton, from Ice Age migrations to 21st century immigration. Below is a brief descrip- tion of our growth and evolution over the first 100 years, along with a look at the many paths forward. DENALI, LEFT—NPS / PATRICK GREGERSON; SAN JUAN, RIGHT—© MICHAEL SHARP; WOMAN WITH RED CAP, BELOW—NPS / KIRKE WRENCH OTHER PHOTOS NPS EXCEPT AS CREDITED. oversees national trails, national heritage areas, wild and scenic rivers, and many other places and programs. We spearhead learning initiatives, help communities preserve their distinct heritage, share our expertise across international boundaries, adapt to the evolving needs of our visitors ancl partners, conduct scientific research, and protect the public. In 1916 Congress created the National Park Service to oversee America’s beloved places. While the first century has focused on the agency's dual mission of stewardship and enjoyment, its reach now extends across geographical and cultural frontiers—far beyond the original notion of a “park.” Besides the 400-plus parks in the National Park System, the NPS A 1860s Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Big Tree Grove granted to state of "9 California for protection. Both incorporated into Yosemite National Park in 1890. Right: President Theodore Roosevelt and conservationist John Muir at Yosemite, 1903. UBRARY OF CONGRESS. RANGER NATURALIST SERVICE | 4 NATURE WALKS FIELD TRIPS CAMP FIRE PROGRAMS NATURE TALKS 1870s Yellowstone established in 1872, world’s first national park. More national parks soon follow. POSTER—LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 1900s Antiquities Act authorizes presidents to set aside federal lands as national monuments. 1916 August 25: Organic Act creates National Park Service and places existing parks and monuments under its oversight. First NPS director is business- man and conservationist Stephen T. Mather (left). 1920s George Melendez Wright (below), first chief of NPS wildlife division, begins formal studies of wild species, especially those endangered. Today George Wright Society continues his holistic view of park management. COURTESY GEORGE WRIGHT SOCIETY 1950s NPS embarks on “Mission 66” initiative to upgrade facilities, staffing, and resource management by agency's 50th anniver- sary. NPS adds lakeshores, seashores, trails, recre- ational areas, and historic sites like Thomas Edison's home (below). AANGth 1930s War Department's parks and monuments and Forest Service’s national monuments transferred to NPS management. Civilian Conservation Corps and Works Progress Adminis- tration (above) build roads, trails, and visitor centers in national and state parks. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE al Arrowhead sketch is the basis for the familiar NPS insignia, first used in 1952. 1960s wilderness Act and other federal laws strengthen protection of wild lands, preserve histor- ic sites, and create systems to manage wild rivers and trails like the Appalachian Trail (below). © ALAN R. GERBER Totem pole from Sitka National Historical Park. © PATRICK ENDRES / ALASKAPHOTOGRAPHICS 1970s Endangered Spe- cies Act requires federal agencies to protect endan- gered plants and animals. Legislation promotes role of science in park manage- ment. 1980s Alaska National Interest Lands Conserva- tion Act (ANILCA) protects over 104 million acres of federal lands, including 47 million acres in Nation- al Park System. 1990s NPS approaches new millennium, focusing on resource protection, accessibility, leadership in education and scientific research, professionalism, and partnerships. 2016 National Park Ser- vice celebrates centennial and charts course for the second century. GET CONNECTED Parks tell America’s story and connect us to our history, our environment, our- selves, and each other. Like a thread in a giant tapestry, each of our indi- EXPAND YOUR HORIZONS The NPS is a valued leader in formal and informal education. You’re never too young or too old to learn something new. Na- tional Parks are the ideal vidual stories contributes to the American narrative. Below: Women at the National Park of American Samoa celebrate the anni- versary of the US territory. extensions of traditional classrooms, offering active, inclusive, transformative experiences. Below: Ranger and students at Everglades National Park. YOURS, MINE, AND OURS National parks reveal a comprehensive national identity. Parks interpret and commemorate pivotal movements and moments in the nation’s diverse cultural history. This offers PLANET HEALTH National parks are critical to pro- tecting Earth. Many parks protect endangered species or vestiges of in- SS > “tact ecosystems. As such, they are valuable research laboratories. The NPS works with the worldwide scientific and conservation community to study air and water quality, climate changes, migratory species, and other issues. Left: Vol- unteer "citizen scientists” t Gates of the Arctic National Park. everyone a more complete understanding of our past and present, and guides us toward an inclusive future. Above: Color guard repre- senting the Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail. PLACES OF HEALING Parks promote mental, physical, and spiritual health. Outdoor places help restore us physically, emotionally, creatively, and spiritually. By linking people to nature and to one another, parks inspire healthier choices and help build more vibrant com- munities. Above: Kayakers at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. GET INSPIRED National Parks enliven the human spirit. In the late 1800s, America’s spectacular wild places inspired a move- ~_ment to preserve these treasures for future gener- ations. We are that future. Along with the gift of the national parks comes the responsibility to preserve them for those who follow. Left: Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve. 2016 National Park Service National Park Service WWw.nps.gov National Park Foundation; www.nationalparks.org 3s For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Publishing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402-0001 seGPO:2016—393-466/30740 New in 2016 Printed on recycled paper- ENN 4P. a gg y,., @ Am A TAINS wi a OVER 400 NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM AREAS + 84 MILLION ACRES +1!18,000 MILES OF TRAILS + 10,000 MILES OF PARK ROADS + 27,000 HISTORIC STRUCTURES + 75,000 ARCHEOLOGICAL SITES + 167 MILLION VIUSEUM OBJECTS + 660,000 JUNIOR RANGERS + 247 THREATENED dR ENDANGERED SPECIES + 879 VISITOR CENTERS + 246,000 VOLUNTHERS-IN-PARKS + 300 MILLION VISITORS = 100 YEARS AND BEYOND | | }