John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site
For 2017, John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site unveiled “Out of the Attic: The Maids of 83 Beals Street,” a living history program featuring Alice Michelin, the Kennedy family nursemaid, and Mary O’Do... More
Glen Echo Park - National Parks Gallery
The pottery studio at Glen Echo Park Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Glen Echo Park - National Parks Gallery
Pottery at Glen Echo Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park
Ruth and Abby, the park's 1850s ladies, prepare ginger snaps on National Ginger Snap Day to hand out to any "soldiers" who might come by for a Civil War event the next day.
Glen Echo Park - National Parks Gallery
Glass blowing is an activity visitors can participate in at Glen Echo Park
Balustrade Restoration on Arlington Memorial Bridge
In December 2018, a contractor finished removing some of the most visible and monumental pieces of the bridge from one side. The contractor carefully removed, packed and transported the bridge's granite balustr... More
Glen Echo Park - National Parks Gallery
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Glen Echo Park - National Parks Gallery
A man molds a piece of clay in the pottery studio at Glen Echo Park
Tourist Attraction - Lonely Dell Ranch
Tools along the side of the Polygamist Era Cabin The Lees Ferry and Lonely Dell Ranch Landscape is a physical reminder of the settlement and expansion history of the Mormon Church in this region. It is also sig... More
New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park
A child marvels at the map of 19th century New Bedford projected onto the floor of the park's new MakerSpace.
Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial
Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial is located in Arlington National Cemetery. The land was once a 1,100 acre plantation owned by George Washington Parke Custis. His only surviving child, Mary Anna Rand... More
Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial
Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial is located in Arlington National Cemetery. The land was once a 1,100 acre plantation owned by George Washington Parke Custis. His only surviving child, Mary Anna Rand... More
Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial
Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial is located in Arlington National Cemetery. The land was once a 1,100 acre plantation owned by George Washington Parke Custis. His only surviving child, Mary Anna Rand... More
Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial
Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial is located in Arlington National Cemetery. The land was once a 1,100 acre plantation owned by George Washington Parke Custis. His only surviving child, Mary Anna Rand... More
Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial
Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial is located in Arlington National Cemetery. The land was once a 1,100 acre plantation owned by George Washington Parke Custis. His only surviving child, Mary Anna Rand... More
Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial
Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial is located in Arlington National Cemetery. The land was once a 1,100 acre plantation owned by George Washington Parke Custis. His only surviving child, Mary Anna Rand... More
Washington Monument Lodge - National Parks Gallery
Washington Monument Lodge The Washington Monument is an iconic obelisk located in Washington D.C., United States. It is located on the National Mall and is dedicated to George Washington, the first President o... More
Washington Monument during the Cherry Blossom Season
Washington Monument during the Cherry Blossom Season The Washington Monument is an iconic obelisk located in Washington D.C., United States. It is located on the National Mall and is dedicated to George Washin... More
View of Washington Monument from George Washington Memorial Parkway
View of Washington Monument from George Washington Memorial Parkway. The Washington Monument is an iconic obelisk located in Washington D.C., United States. It is located on the National Mall and is dedicated ... More
Washington Monument, National Parks gallery
The Washington Monument during the springtime. The Washington Monument is an iconic obelisk located in Washington D.C., United States. It is located on the National Mall and is dedicated to George Washington, ... More
Ox with a bridle on at Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site
Ox with a bridle on; The fort was an active trading post from 1833 to 1849, and it was of national importance to the opening of the American West. This fort has been faithfully reconstructed and is open to the ... More
Stonewall Jackson Statue at Manassas National Battlefield Park
Manassas Battlefield Park was the site of two Civil War battles, and earned Confederate General Thomas Jackson the nickname "Stonewall."
2008 White House Easter Egg Roll
President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush welcomes participants as Jenna Bush and former First Lady Barbara Bush looks on at the annual White House Easter Egg Roll March 24, 2008 on the South Lawn of t... More
Lonely Dell Ranch - National Parks Gallery
Farm equipment near the Samantha Johnson Cabin Samantha Johnson Cabin (also known as Emma's Cabin, Lee's Cabin, J.D. Lee Ranch House) was built in 1881. In 1987, the cabin was refurbished into a schoolhouse usi... More
Lonely Dell Ranch - National Parks Gallery
Ranch Orchard and Irrigation Ditches By 1882, the ranch contained a total of 25 cultivated acres, much of which grew alfalfa. Cane and melon fields grew on one side of the road, with vineyards beyond. There was... More
Front Facade of Longfellow House, c. 1882
Photographers captured the Vassall-Craigie-Longfellow House in the nineteenth century because of its association both with Henry Longfellow and George Washington. This circa 1882 image is attributed to Mrs. J.... More
The Statue of Liberty on Liberty Island
The Statue of Liberty was dedicated in 1886 well before the establishment of the National Park Service (NPS). Today, NPS rangers welcome visitors and help them to connect with any number of the evolving meaning... More
Alaska free images - Moore Homestead
Moore Cabin (left) and J. Bernard Moore House In 1887, Captain William Moore and his son Bernard (Ban) began construction of a log cabin and wharf at Skagway Bay and named their site "Moorsville." They cleared... More
Lonely Dell Ranch - National Parks Gallery
View of Ranch from Root Cellar The Root Cellar was probably built at the same time as the main house (1887). Lees Ferry and Lonely Dell Ranch Landscape Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
Tourist Attraction - Lonely Dell Ranch
Entrance to the Root Cellar Although there is little documentation on the construction of the root cellar at the ranch, its construction and location suggest that it was probably constructed at the same time as... More
Alaska free images - Moore Homestead
Moore Cabin (left) and J. Bernard Moore House In 1887, Captain William Moore and his son Bernard (Ban) began construction of a log cabin and wharf at Skagway Bay and named their site "Moorsville." They cleared... More
Alaska free images - Moore Homestead
Captain William Moore Cabin In addition to the cabin, expansions in and around the historic property included a wharf, a sawmill, a pack trail, and a business office. In 1895, Ben Moore began acting as a guide... More
Historic Dyea Townsite - National Parks Gallery
Pullen Barn ruins Beginning around 1895, Robert Wright kept stock on this property, including cattle, horses, chickens, and several trail dogs. It became part of the Emil Klatt homestead in 1903, and part of t... More
Alaska free images - Chilkoot Trail
Finnegan's Point tent pads A small number of settlements sprang up quickly on the trail to serve Stampeders and packers. Aside from Dyea, each of these were nonexistent or only seasonal before 1897. Finnegan... More
Lonely Dell Ranch - National Parks Gallery
Samantha Johnson Cabin In the spring of 1881, additional ferry operators created the need for more housing. Two cabins, including this one, were added to the site. Ferryman Warren Johnson's second wife Samantha... More
Chilkoot Trail - National Parks Gallery
Drainage Feature on Saintly Hill With the Klondike Gold Rush of 1897-98, as many as 25-30,000 Stampeders crossed into the Yukon by way of the Chilkoot corridor. At first, the trail was little more than a cr... More
Alaska free images - Chilkoot Trail
Canyon City Historic Town Site A settlement was established at Canyon City in 1897-98 with the start of the Klondike Gold Rush. A few scattered tents grew into a prosperous village, with 25 businesses and 1,5... More
Alaska free images - Chilkoot Trail
Bridge over the Taiya River The rugged trail was improved with bridges and sections of corduroy road in 1897, when the Gold Stampede brought tens of thousands of prospectors to the region. Entrepreneurs recoup... More
Alaska free images - Chilkoot Trail
Finnegan's Point, first camp north of Dyea. Finnegan's Point, located about five miles north of the Dyea townsite, was the first campsite that served Stampeders and packers. By April 1898, Pat Finnegan constr... More
Historic Dyea Townsite - National Parks Gallery
False Front A 1987 NPS Historic Structures Report identified eleven structural properties of historic significance, including this False Front. The single-story, gabled building served as A.M. Gregg's real est... More
Historic Dyea Townsite - National Parks Gallery
Dyea Long Wharf pilings The wharf pilings consist of twelve-inch round logs, spaced in groups of three and separated by a fifteen-foot gap. They rose sixty feet above the sea floor in deep water, and stood thi... More
Historic Dyea Townsite - National Parks Gallery
Slide Cemetery There were several cemeteries in historic Dyea. Most of the graves in this cemetery belonged to Stampeders who died in a 1898 avalanche on the trail.
Historic Dyea Townsite - National Parks Gallery
Slide cemetery The Slide Cemetery was built in April 1898 for avalanche victims. On Palm Sunday that year, an avalanche about a half-mile south of the Scales Camp on the Chilkoot Trail let to the creation of t... More
Historic Dyea Townsite - National Parks Gallery
Wharf pilings With the 1899 construction of the White Pass and Yukon Route Railway in nearby Skagway and the demise of the gold rush, parts of the planking disappeared from the wharf. The White Pass railroad p... More
Lock 33 in 1900 and 2015 - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery
A blend of a 1900 image taken at Lock 33 near Harpers Ferry and present day.
Historic Dyea Townsite - National Parks Gallery
Wharf pilings Although the Arctic Construction Company purchased the wharf in August 1901 with plans to reconstruct it to link with a projected railroad, the venture failed. The wharf burned in 1901, and all t... More
Platt Historic District - National Parks Gallery
Chickasaw National Recreation Area Originally known as Sulphur Springs Reservation, and later renamed Platt National Park, the park was established in 1902 through an agreement with the Chickasaw and Choctaw N... More
Platt Historic District - National Parks Gallery
Waterfall It was not until 1901, as the town began to be surveyed and platted, that the notion of reserving the springs from development arose in a serious manner. Senator Orville Platt took up the idea and un... More
Tourist Attraction - Fountain in Columbus Plaza
Detail of the fountain in front of Union Station. In 1907, Congress authorized the erection of a monument to Christopher Columbus in the city, and the plaza was designed as a space for public gatherings.
Platt Historic District - National Parks Gallery
Lower Little Niagara The falls were so-named because of their resemblance, in miniature, to Niagara Falls in New York, and by 1909 they were a well-visited sylvan scenic locale.
Lonely Dell Ranch - National Parks Gallery
Picture Window Cabin This may be the log house that was relocated between 1909 and 1917, when Jerry Johnson was running the ranch. The log house had been build sometime earlier and was abandoned. Lees Ferry and... More
Ellis Island Dining Room - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery
Immigrants' Dining Room, Ellis Island Public domain photograph - immigration to the United States, immigrants, Ellis Island, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Historic Dyea Townsite - National Parks Gallery
Matthews Cabin In May 1913, William Edward Matthews established a 160-acre homestead in the Dyea Valley. He lived in the cabin until 1922, and his family probably occupied it until 1932.
Red Oak Victory Ship 2 - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery
Red Oak Victory Ship in Richmond, California. Public domain photograph of American ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Maritime Child Development Center Exhibit
Maritime Child Development Center Exhibit Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge/Assateague Island National Seash...
Ranger Liz Davis high fives one of runners at the finish line of the 2nd annual 5K run at Assateague Island National Seashore.
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park
Millicent Sparks in front of VC: Millicent Sparks captures the essence and spirit of Harriet Tubman in her living history presentations. After her program during the Grand Opening weekend, she posed in front of... More
Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument
SOI Ryan Zinke enjoys an afternoon of canoeing down the river with Lucas St. Clair, representing Elliottsville Plantation, Inc.
Wolf Trap's Filene Center. National parks gallery
Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts hosts a stunning variety of shows and performances from local talent to world-famous performers.
Acadia national park - Oooo flowers
The Wild Gardens of Acadia display the diversity and beauty of the many ecosystems and environments that make up our park.
National Park Service and The Nature Conservancy logos
National Park Service and The Nature Conservancy logos
John Muir Home - National Parks Gallery
John Muir home at the John Muir National Historic Site in Martinez, California.
Ready for Snorkeling - National Parks Gallery
Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
National parks: HOFRMediapic1 - public domain image
Springwood Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Platt Historic District - National Parks Gallery
Pavilion Springs Public domain photograph of a cabin, log house, dwelling in National Park, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Gettysburg National Military Park
The Gettysburg Great Task Youth Leadership Experience: This new and exciting two-day program is geared toward Title 1 high school students and focuses on the decisions, choices, and, most importantly, the leade... More
Understanding our world - National Parks Gallery
At park science day we had a number of tables about different important science topics in the park.
Acadia national park - Ribbon cutting
Wahoo greener rides! Public domain photograph - law enforcement, police, troopers, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Skyline Ridge Trail 17 - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery
As the trail traverses the ridge backing Promise and Seattle creeks tarns, distant ridges and valleys come into view.
Hog Rock Overlook at Catoctin Mountain Park
Hog Rock Overlook in Fall. Picryl description: Public domain photograph of National Park, nature, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Mount Wanda John Muir NHS (3) - Public Domain image, National Parks Ga...
Public domain photograph of rural landscape, California, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Who's excited for new exhibits?
On Park Science Day we celebrated the grand opening of the new climate science exhibits at Sieur de Monts Nature Center.
Guard Walls and the Park Road System
Crater Rim Historic District. All of the guard walls constructed along Crater Rim Drive conformed to the specifications for the Type 2 guard wall developed by the NPS landscape department. The plan for the loop... More
Jarvis and Matthews - National Parks Gallery
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Just keep swimming - National Parks Gallery
Ranger Michael explains how we monitor fish and the current project to replace road culverts to allow fish to pass through to breeding areas.
National parks: HOFRMediapic3 - public domain image
FDR's Retreat House Top Cottage Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Ribbon Cutting - Green Rides - Public Domain image, National Parks Gal...
New alternative fuel vehicles will help the park lessen our environmental impacts.
John Muir Home - National Parks Gallery
John Muir home at the John Muir National Historic Site in Martinez, California.
Thomas Edison National Historical Park
The homes in Llewellyn Park, where Thomas Edison' Glenmont estate sits, were touted as "Country Homes for City People." For Students from the Stephen T Mather Building Arts and Craftsmanship High School, Glenm... More
New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park
On opening night of the park's new MakerSpace, a ranger and a volunteer spell out NPS with the oversize Brite Lite board.
National parks: aaaDSC_0310 - public domain image
Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Antietam Luminary, Antietam national battlefield, Antietam National Ba...
Each year, one candle is lit for each of the 23,000 men who were casualties at the Battle of Antietam.
National parks: Invasives! - public domain image
Emerald ash borers and other invasive pests threaten our native trees and other plants.
New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park
Madeiran dancers invite rangers and the public to join in traditional dancing at the park's 20th anniversary celebration.
National parks: Agat_Beach_1944 - public domain image
Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Mount Wanda John Muir NHS (6) - Public Domain image, National Parks Ga...
Public domain photograph of rural landscape, California, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
John Muir Home - National Parks Gallery
John Muir home at the John Muir National Historic Site in Martinez, California.
Jail Wagon and Gallows - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery
Jail Wagon and Gallows in an early morning fog.
Fort Washington Marina Docks - Public Domain image, National Parks Gal...
Artistic View of the docks at Fort Washington Marina Public domain photograph of a dock, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Booker T Washington National Monument
Master Naturalist Volunteer with Ecocampers. Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument
Stars Over Katahdin Star Party Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
National parks: ELROmediapic1 - public domain image
Look across the water at Stone Cottage Public domain photograph of a pond, trees in the park, reflection in the water, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
What crosses boundaries? - National Parks Gallery
Though our park boundary changes from time to time, animals and plants cross the boundary daily. How does science influence our larger community?
National parks: Fires - public domain image
Prescribed burns help return nutrients to the soils and work to prevent larger more damaging fires.
Acadia national park - Bats galore!
Bats and other animals are protected in the park.
National parks: Underwater_Reefs - public domain image
Public domain photograph of underwater diving, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Boston Harbor Islands and Chinatown Cruise
In August, about 300 members of the Chinatown community boarded the Provincetown II to learn about and experience the environs of the Boston Harbor Islands from park rangers and our nonprofit partner, Boston Ha... More
Green your ride! - National Parks Gallery
Erin Russell-Story (Clean Cities Northeast Regional Manager, U.S. Department of Energy), Benjamin Lake (Coordinator, Maine Clean Communities) and Park Superintendent Kevin Schneider spoke at the ribbon cutting ... More
We're part of a bigger picture.
The National Park Service protects over 400 sites across the nation. How do we play into the bigger picture for climate science?
Supply Wagon and Commissary - Public Domain image, National Parks Gall...
Supply Wagon and Commissary on a sunny day.