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"True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of justice." 'Stride Toward Freedom' (1958), featured on the North Wall of the #MartinLutherKingJrMemorial @NationalMallNPS #MLKDay #civilrights #history #monuments 📷: NPS/volunteer Bill Shugarts
You never know what you might come across on a quiet snowy morning. Ranger Lee went looking for spawning salmon and found this fishing bobcat in @OlympicNationalPark! #wildlifewednesday #OlympicNPS #catsofinstagram #nationalparks #nature #wildlife #parkrangers 🐱🐟💯
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Walk in ancient footsteps. Soak in the silence. Marvel at a night sky overflowing with stars. Hear a lone coyote’s howl. Experience the past at this month's #NPSGetwaway: Hovenweep National Monument! Hovenweep preserves six villages once inhabited by the ancestors of today’s Pueblo people. It's also an official @idadarksky park! Learn more by clicking the link in our bio or visit go.nps.gov/ghove #HovenweepNM #darkskies #Pueblo #history #Colorado #Utah #history
Nine black-footed ferrets have new homes after being released at @WindCaveNPS! Raised at the @USFWS National Black-footed Ferret Conservation Center in northern Colorado, these adorable creatures will augment the park’s estimated ferret population of 25 to 30 animals. #ferrets #wildlife #endangered #conservation #WindCaveNPS #nationalparks 🐾🌲🌳
Happy Thanksgiving from all our feasting families to yours!
It's #NationalTakeAHikeDay! This little lady is making her way across the trails above Paradise at @MountRainerNPS. Where will your hike take you today? #MointRainierNPS #hiking #nature #getoutoors #optoutside #FindYourPark #Washington 🚶🏻‍♀️🚶🏾⛰🏔🌲🌳🍃
Happy #FirstDayofFall! It's a beautiful time of the year to visit our parks. You might even find spectacular foliage in unexpected places, like this photo from Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields National Military Park! Where's your favorite place to experience Fall? 🍁🍂🍃 #Autumn #Fall #Virginia #travel #history #leaves 📷 by Buddy Secor
During a visit to one of our Great Lakes parks, you may come across unusual nature poems masquerading as official park signs! These works by poet/artist Moheb Soliman can be found throughout @PicturedRocksNPS, @SleepingBearNPS, #ApostleIslandsNationalLakeshore, #IndianaDunesNPS, and #IsleRoyaleNPS at trails, vistas, beaches and more sites as part of our centennial celebration. #FindYourPark #NPS100 #poetry #GreatLakes #Michigan #Indiana #Wisconsin
“[To] secure for the American people of present and future generations the benefits of an enduring resource of wilderness." 52 years ago today, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Wilderness Act. Click the link in our bio to learn more! #history #wilderness #nationalparks #MuddyMountains #WildernessArea @LakeMeadNPS #LakeMeadNRA #Nevada #findyourpark 🌲🌵🗻🏕🏜🏞🌌
They belong to you. Join us in celebrating them! #FindYourPark #NPS100 #happybirthdaytous #celebrategoodtimes #birthday 🎁🎂🎈🎉💯 Credit/Author: NPS, Mathew John Soundtrack: Cis Minor, “Today I Am Happy, As Never Before” Footage Provided by: Department of Interior | National Park Service | Florentine Films | Will and Jim Pattiz – More Than Just Parks | Jesse Rosten | Camp 4 Collective and Entropy Boy Productions | Brand USA | Gavin Heffernan | Ryan Light Films| David Lerman | Harun Mehmedinovic – Sky Glow Project | Ian Shive – Tandem Stills + Motion | Ryan Light |
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Our 100th birthday is TOMORROW! How will you be celebrating? #NPS100 #FindYourPark 🎁🎂🎈🎉🎊⛺
Thomas Edison found his park, have you found yours? Get started at findyourpark.com #FindYourPark #NPS100
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