Orient yourself to the Exploring the Real Thing web site and maximize your experience.
Use this step-by-step guide to planning successful field trips.
Search by park site or by criteria to find the perfect program for your school group.
To find a program, begin by selecting a park
Acadia National Park
Adams National Historical Park
Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site
Antietam National Battlefield
Antietam National Cemetery
Appalachian National Scenic Trail
Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial
Assateague Island National Seashore
Baltimore-Washington Parkway
Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor
Bluestone National Scenic River
Booker T Washington National Monument
Boston National Historical Park
Boston African American National Historic Site
Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area
Cape Cod National Seashore
Cape Henry Memorial
Castle Clinton National Monument
Catoctin Mountain Park
Cedar Creek & Belle Grove National Historical Park
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park
Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network
Clara Barton National Historic Site
Claude Moore Colonial Farm
Colonial National Historical Park
Delaware National Scenic River
Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
Deshler-Morris House
Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site
Edison National Historic Site
Eisenhower National Historic Site
Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site
Ellis Island National Monument
Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor
Federal Hall National Memorial
Fire Island National Seashore
Fort Foote Park
Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine
Fort Necessity National Battlefield
Fort Stanwix National Monument
Fort Washington Park
Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site
Fredericksburg National Cemetery
Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park
Friendship Hill National Historic Site
Gateway National Recreation Area
Gauley River National Recreation Area
General Grant National Memorial
George Washington Memorial Parkway
George Washington Birthplace National Monument
Gettysburg National Cemetery
Gettysburg National Military Park
Glen Echo Park
Gloria Dei Church National Historic Site
Great Falls Park
Green Springs
Greenbelt Park
Hamilton Grange National Memorial
Hampton National Historic Site
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
Home Of Franklin D Roosevelt National Historic Site
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
Independence National Historical Park
Jamestown National Historic Site
John F Kennedy National Historic Site
Johnstown Flood National Memorial
Longfellow National Historic Site
Lowell National Historical Park
Lower East Side Tenement Museum National Historic Site
Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on the Potomac
Maggie L Walker National Historic Site
Maine Acadian Culture
Manassas National Battlefield Park
Manhattan Sites
Marsh - Billings - Rockefeller National Historical Park
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site
Minute Man National Historical Park
Monocacy National Battlefield
Morristown National Historical Park
National Parks of New York Harbor
New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park
New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail Route
New Jersey Pinelands National Reserve
New River Gorge National River
Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail
Oxon Cove Park & Oxon Hill Farm
Petersburg National Battlefield
Piscataway Park
Poplar Grove National Cemetery
Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail
Prince William Forest Park
Quinebaug & Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor
Richmond National Battlefield Park
Roger Williams National Memorial
Roosevelt Campobello International Park
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
Saint Croix Island International Historic Site
Saint Paul's Church National Historic Site
Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site
Salem Maritime National Historic Site
Saratoga National Historical Park
Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site
Shenandoah National Park
Springfield Armory National Historic Site
Statue Of Liberty National Monument
Steamtown National Historic Site
Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
Theodore Roosevelt Island Park
Thomas Stone National Historic Site
Touro Synagogue National Historic Site
Upper Delaware Scenic & Recreational River
Valley Forge National Historical Park
Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site
Weir Farm National Historic Site
Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts
Women's Rights National Historical Park
Yorktown National Cemetery
Yorktown Battlefield