Celebrate National Park Week, April 18-26th

April 18 – 26th is National Park Week, an annual event established by Presidential proclamation, that celebrates and recognizes the important of America’s National Parks.  Parks are a living example of our country’s beautiful landscape and varied heritage, and provide us with numerous recreational and educational opportunities.  They’re just plain fun!

This year’s celebrations focus on a lot of activities for kids, in conjunction with National Junior Ranger Day on April 25th.

Here is a sampling of activities:

• Russell Cave National Monument (Alabama, in photo) – Kids can make a Native American necklace and enjoy a nature hike along the way to a cave shelter.
• Boston National Historical Park (Massachusetts) – Enjoy a scavenger hunt along the Freedom Train and at Bunker Hill Monument, and learn to make rope in the Navy Yard.
• Lewis & Clark National Historical Park (Oregon) – Learn about the Columbia Condors:  Forgotten Giants in the Sky.
• Effigy Mounds National Monument (Iowa) – Special Earth Day hikes.

You can find out what’s happening at your National Park on this list of National Park Week events.

Photo credit:  wikimedia

http://www.nps.gov/npweek/sched.htm