Brinegar Tailwall - National Parks Gallery
Brinegar Cabin - Doughton Park. This stone tail wall (1942) to the south of the parkway is one of the features that dates to the period of Parkway development. The site was established as a farmstead in the lat... More
Contributing Site Furnishings - National Parks Gallery
Montrose Park. During early park development, seventeen "Newport" gas lamps were installed. Historic photographs show benches and tables of varying materials, positioned to offer a view. The gas lamps are the o... More
Guard Wall - Hawaii free images
Crater Rim Historic District. The stone guard wall at Puu Puai parking lot was once along the Crater Rim Drive alignment. The metal guard rail behind was installed after the period of significance. This is one ... More
Stone Gutter, Blue Ridge parkway
Brinegar Cabin - Doughton Park. The stone gutter near the parking lot is one of the features that dates to the Parkway site development. It contributes to the Brinegar Cabin roadside interpretive exhibit, and i... 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
A View to Crater Lake Along the Rim Drive
Rim Drive Historic District. This contemporary image along Crater Lake National Park's Rim Drive illustrates how the landscape design continues to support visitor access and enjoyment. Observation stations, low... 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 from the Kilauea Iki Overlook
Crater Rim Historic District. The view from the Kilauea Iki overlook is characteristic of views around the crater that are framed by vegetation. This was one of the sites that the original Crater Road showcased... More
Vegetation around the Volcano House
Crater Rim Historic District. Vegetation is a major character-defining feature throughout the district. Early park planners put great thought into the role of vegetation in the park landscape, and Master Plans ... 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
View of the Rim Drive around Mile 15.1
Rim Drive Historic District. This segment of the road, between Grotto Cove and Kerr Notch, winds around glacial valleys. The landscape is open, offering expansive views into the Klamath Valley. Minimal repairs... 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
Trailhead Near Brinegar Cabin - Public Domain image, National Parks Ga...
Brinegar Cabin - Doughton Park. The trailhead to Cedar Ridge and Bluffs Mountain trails is accessed from the parking lot at the site. The trailhead access contributes to the Parkway construction period, when ma... 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
Superintendent's House, Chickasaw national recreation area
Buffalo Pasture/Prairie Uplands - Platt Historic District, Chickasaw National Recreation Area. This area of the park provides a large, natural setting that served as a backdrop to the rest of the rustic style e... More
Bryce Canyon Lodge Patio - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery
Bryce Canyon Lodge/Deluxe Cabins landscape, Bryce Canyon National Park. A brick patio and small scale features welcome visitors to the Rustic lodge. The Lodge has served visitors to the park since the 1920s, de... More
Early View of the Bryce Canyon Lodge, c. 1925
Bryce Canyon Lodge/Deluxe Cabins landscape, Bryce Canyon National Park. The site for the lodge was selected in 1923, and construction was completed in May of 1925. The original building included an office and l... More
Front of the Lodge - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery
Bryce Canyon Lodge/Deluxe Cabins landscape, Bryce Canyon National Park. Historically, this was the front facade of the Bryce Canyon Lodge. It was constructed in 1924 in the Rustic style, intending to merge the ... More
East elevation of the Bryce Canyon Lodge, 2008
Bryce Canyon Lodge/Deluxe Cabins landscape, Bryce Canyon National Park. The Lodge was constructed in 1924, marking the start of an era of park development characterized by the addition of visitor facilities by ... More
Bryce Canyon Lodge, 2009 - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery
Bryce Canyon Lodge/Deluxe Cabins landscape, Bryce Canyon National Park. The lodge, completed in 1925 by the Union Pacific Railroad Company, historically served as the focal point of human activities in the newl... More
Grading on the Kilauea Iki Trail
Crater Rim Historic District. The Kilauea Iki Trail was built by the CCC in 1934. Stone riprap and dry-stacked retaining walls were used to support the steep slopes and switchback corners. One of the rustic and... More
CCC Camp, ca. Late 1930s - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery
Doughton Park Maintenance Area. This is one of the first four maintenance areas to be planned and built along the parkway, and much of the early construction was completed by CCC and WPA labor.
Bluffs Maintenance Area - Public domain map
Doughton Park Maintenance Area. This portion of the site plan show the buildings and associated features of the maintenance complex. The layout of the area was developed in the late 1930s as one of the first ma... More
Rock Cuts Near Kilauea Iki - Public Domain image, National Parks Galle...
Crater Rim Historic District. Rock cuts near Kilauea Iki reveal unique volcanic formations. The rock cuts function both as utility and design elements of the road construction, defining its character. Following... 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
Historic map of the Watchman Trail - Public domain map
The Watchman. This historic map shows that trail construction at Watchman Peak is complete, 1932. Meticulous care was given to ensuring the trail's naturalistic appearance, constructed to insure safety and blen... More
Discovery Point Trail Construction
The Watchman. Historic photograph of Discovery Point Trail construction in 1932. Construction and development projects were threatened by budgetary constraints of the Great Depression. Funding from the Hoover a... 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
Bathhouse Row, ca. 1934, Hot Springs Arkansas
Bathhouse Row. Clipped hedge and a row of elm trees defined the bathhouse side of the lawns in the mid-1930s. The front of Bathhouse Row was recognized for its beautiful, park-like design with symmetrical overh... More
Trace Road - National Parks Gallery
Bryce Canyon Lodge/Deluxe Cabins landscape, Bryce Canyon National Park. The landscape contains a variety of circulation patterns, including the Lodge Loop Road, secondary access roads for the public, administra... More
Bluffs Maintenance Entry - National Parks Gallery
Doughton Park Maintenance Area. This portion of the site plan show the entrance area of the landscape. The Doughton Park area was known as The Bluffs when the 1936 Blue Ridge Parkway Master Development Plan was... More
Campground Site Plan - Public domain geographic map
Doughton Park Campground. On the 1936 Blue Ridge Parkway Master Development Plan, Doughton Park (then known as The Bluffs), is shown as one of the proposed parkway developed areas. The first three camping loop... 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
Lodge Sing-a-way, 1966 - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery
Bryce Canyon Lodge/Deluxe Cabins landscape, Bryce Canyon National Park. Although it is not included in the landscape's period of significance, the Mission 66 Era of park development was another important era of... More
View of Watchman Overlook towards Watchman Peak
Rim Drive Historic District. This is one of the sites constructed after the period of significance to serve the same purpose as the historic overlooks and observation stations. These non-contributing sites demo... 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
4000-11, National Parks gallery
CCC near ammunition dump or shelter (from an orange, very pale negative)
4000-7, National Parks gallery - Public Domain image, National Parks G...
Road work by Civilian Conservation Corps.
4000-3, National Parks gallery - Public Domain image, National Parks G...
CCCs along road Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
4000-9, National Parks gallery - Public Domain image, National Parks G...
CCCs work along roadside. Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
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
Pavilion Springs, Chickasaw national recreation area
Pavilion Springs, Hillside Spring, HQ/Maintenance Area - Platt Historic District, Chickasaw National Recreation Area. Most features in this area were constructed in the 1930s by Civilian Conservation Corps crew... More