Public domain images of Washington DC: Washington Monument
Washington Monument Grounds, National Mall & Memorial Parks. Built in the shape of an Egyptian obelisk to evoke the timelessness of ancient civilizations, the Washington Monument embodies the awe, respect, and ... More
Detail of the Washington Monument
Washington Monument Grounds, National Mall & Memorial Parks. Work on the monument was completed in two phases: 1848 to 1854, and 1879 to 1884. It is constructed of white marble ashlar blocks backed by blue gnei... More
Subalpine Forest along Rim Drive
Rim Drive Historic District. The area is host to Shasta red fir, mountain hemlock, lodgepole pine, and subalpine fir. Subalpine fir is mixed with other conifers in many of the forest meadows and open parklands.... More
View of the Parking Area near Cleetwood Cove
Rim Drive Historic District. The Cleetwood Cove Parking Area/Trailhead was built as part of an effort to move the main trail connecting Crater Lake and Rim Village to a site requiring 200 less vertical feet of ... More
Trail to the Watchman Overlook - Public Domain image, National Parks G...
Rim Drive Historic District. The design and alignment of the road is closely connected to the natural topography and landforms. The winding road blends into the challenging topography, which is characterized by... More
Skell Head Pullout - National Parks Gallery
Rim Drive Historic District. Skell Head is one of the original observation stations that contribute to the district, and it is the largest of all the parking overlooks. Plant diversity is low due to almost ster... More
Daylighting Along Rim Drive - Public Domain image, National Parks Gall...
Rim Drive Historic District. The impacts of road-building were mitigated through the process of daylighting, which is the act of creating rounded slopes from cut and fill operations. Fills and daylighted slopes... More
Cottage Rocks Overlook - National Parks Gallery
Rim Drive Historic District. Cottage Rocks Overlook is along Rim Drive below the north end of Cloudcap. Aside from the absence of a planting bed, it resembles the other six substations by having the original ma... More
View of Rim Drive near Discovery Point
Rim Drive Historic District. The Wizard Island Overlook is one of the contributing substations along the route. These parking overlooks, part of the design by Francis Lange in the 1930s, were intended to enhanc... More
View of Rim Drive from Mount Scott
Rim Drive Historic District. In this view from Mount Scott, Rim Drive and Cloudcap spur road wind over the hilly terrain. The sub-alpine environment is characterized by open meadows, scattered conifer groves, a... More
Planting Bed at Kerr Notch - Public Domain image, National Parks Galle...
Rim Drive Historic District. Although it is now denuded of vegetation, this small planting bed lined in stone is an example of the the use of vegetation in the landscape design. Although these overlook planting... More
Island of Vegetation at Sentinal Rock Substation
Rim Drive Historic District. Vegetation was an important component of the design and development of the Rim Drive landscape. The plantings aimed to "naturalize" areas disturbed by construction. The plantings al... More
Cloudcap Spur Road - National Parks Gallery
Rim Drive Historic District. Segment 7-C of Rim Drive, from Grotto Cove to Kerr Notch, includes the Cloudcap Overlook spur road. Here, the landscape is open with expansive views of the Klamath Valley. This is o... More
Reflection Point Substation - National Parks Gallery
Rim Drive Historic District. Each substation along this section of road offers a distinctively different view of Crater Lake, while the intervening roadway also allows for impressive views including Mount Scott... More
Cloudcap Observation Station - National Parks Gallery
Rim Drive Historic District. Cloudcap is the highest point along Rim Drive, the observation station located at the terminus of a spur road that diverges from the main circuit. It ends in a one-way loop that pas... More
Grotto Cove Substation - National Parks Gallery
Rim Drive Historic District. This segment of the road was constructed in the mid-1930s. Road crews graded and widened the road, constructed masonry guardrails, installed log barriers, and surfaced the road. Man... More
Rim Drive around Mile 10.9, Near Cleetwood Cove
Rim Drive Historic District. The Rim Drive is the primary circulation feature around Crater Lake. The road and its associated features, such as observation stations and parking lots, were designed to serve visi... More
Rim Drive along Dutton Ridge - Public Domain image, National Parks Gal...
Rim Drive Historic District. Section 7-D of Rim Drive stretches between Kerr Notch at Sun Notch. Construction required cuts and excavations along Dutton Ridge, and most of the grading was done by October 1937. ... More
Vidae Falls Parking Area - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery
Rim Drive Historic District. Vidae Falls is one of the stopping points for visitors along Rim Drive. In 1938, NPS planners and engineers debated the location of road segments and the placement of a bridge at Vi... More
Birds-eye View of Rim Drive from Watchman Trail
Rim Drive Historic District. Numerous trails lead from observation stations along Rim Drive. Most of the foot trails built during the 1930s and 1940s were intended to provide a distinctly different view of Crat... More
Section 7-D near Dutton Cliff - Public Domain image, National Parks Ga...
Rim Drive Historic District. When NPS planners and engineers were designing the road segments, there was some debate over how to align this segment. Completed in 1941, 7-D extends from Kerr Notch to the Sun Not... More
Rim Drive, Approximately Mile 7.4
Rim Drive Historic District. When the Rim Drive was opened to the public in 1941, about two-thirds of the road was paved with asphalt. Today, the asphalt-paved roadbed measures from 18 to 24 feet wide and the s... More
North Junction (Diamond Lake) Parking Lot, with Rim Drive Beyond
Rim Drive Historic District. North Junction Parking Area became the second most popular stopping point for visitors along the Rim Drive after a rectangular lot was added. It is the first place that offers a vie... More
American Flags at the Washington Monument Plaza
Washington Monument Grounds, National Mall & Memorial Parks. Initial plans for the city of Washington were created by Pierre Charles L'Enfant in 1791. The plan was modified by his successor, Andrew Ellicott. El... More
Public domain images of Washington DC: Washington Monument
Washington Monument Grounds, National Mall & Memorial Parks. Located at the core of the United States capital of Washington, D.C., this iconic obelisk continues to be a popular destination for visitors from aro... More
Flags Surround the Base of the Washington Monument
Washington Monument Grounds, National Mall & Memorial Parks. The original design for the monument featured a 600-foot-tall obelisk with a nearly level top, and was to be surrounded by a colonnaded rotunda conta... More
View to the United States Capitol
Washington Monument Grounds, National Mall & Memorial Parks. This view of the National Mall and United States Capitol building, seen from the top of the Washington Monument, reveals the relationships between th... More
Public domain images of Washington DC: Washington Monument
Washington Monument Grounds, National Mall & Memorial Parks. A partly-cloudy sky provides a striking backdrop for the Washington Monument.
Antelope Springs, Chickasaw national recreation area
Antelope and Buffalo Springs - Platt Historic District, Chickasaw National Recreation Area. This area is a historic designed landscape in the eastern portion of the Platt Historic District. Antelope and Buffalo... More
Crater Lake Site Plan - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery
Rim Drive Historic District. The 2011 site plan for the Cultural Landscapes Inventory shows the cultural landscape boundary of the Rim Drive Historic District, as well as stations, substations, and other natura... More
Tourist Attraction - Bridge near Buffalo Springs
Antelope and Buffalo Springs - Platt Historic District, Chickasaw National Recreation Area. The Platt District exemplifies National Park recreational design during the era of public works in the 1930s, when man... More