As the nation's principal conservation
agency, the Department of the Interior has responsibility for
most of our nationally owned public lands and natural resources.
This includes fostering the wisest use of our land and water
resources, protecting our fish and wildlife, preserving the
environmental and cultural values of our national parks and
historical places, and providing for the enjoyment of life
through outdoor recreation. The Department assesses our energy
and mineral resources and works to assure that their development
is in the best interest of all our people. The Department also
has a major responsibility for American Indian reservation
communities and for people who live in island territories under
United States administration.
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PARKS: DOORWAYS
TO ADVENTURE
Few travelers are familiar with most parks
described here. Many are located away from
principal highways or are relatively new to the National Park
System." And most, but not all, are smaller than the more popular
parks. Yet these sites contain nationally significant scenic and
cultural resources, many of comparable quality to the more famous
parks.
The natural areas offer a fascinating
variety-lush forests, desert landscapes, massive gorges, fields
of wildflowers, and natural and man-made lakes. They serve as
precious habitat for wild creatures--bears, mountain lions,
foxes, bighorn sheep, deer, eagles, owls, and
waterfowl.
Many lesser-known parks are historical areas,
such as battlefields of the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, forts
along the routes of western exploration and migration, ruins of
the dwelling places of pre-Columbian native peoples, and homes of
Presidents and other men and women who contributed significantly
to the nation's progress.
Many of these parks offer both natural beauty
and historical interest. Even during busy seasons, they are not
are not heavily used, so you may explore them and learn there
secrets at your leisure.
PREPARE FOR A
PARK VISIT
About one-fifth of these lesser-known parks
charge an entrance fee of $3 to $10 per private passenger vehicle
or $1 to $5 per person. If you plan to visit several parks that
have entrance fees, you can save money with the $50 Golden Eagle
Pass. It provides entry to all national park areas for one
calendar year. Visitors 62 and over qualify for a Golden Age
Pass. The pass has a one time charge of $10 and it is a lifetime
pass. It provides free entry and a 50-percent discount on federal
camping and other use fees. Proof of age is required: applicants
must appear in person. Blind and permanently disabled persons who
qualify for disability benefits under one of several federal
programs may obtain a free lifetime Golden Access Pass. It must
be applied for in person and provides the same privileges as the
Golden Age Pass. All three passes are available at recreation fee
areas.
ENJOYING YOUR
VISITS
Try to make the visitor center your first stop
at any park. There you will find information on attractions,
facilities. and activities, such as scenic drives. nature trails.
and historic tours. Descriptive films, literature, and exhibits
will acquaint you with the geology. history, and plant and animal
life of the area. The park staff will answer questions about
accommodations, services. and the accessibility of attractions.
Most parks described in this book do not offer meals and
lodging.
Many parks can provide assistance for those
who have visual, auditory, or other physical limitations. Most
have parking lots, restrooms, and other features that are
accessible to disabled persons. If accessibility is important to
you, however, inquire in advance.
Care for Persons and
Resources
Observe common-sense safety rules. Natural
hazards abound in outdoor areas. especially for those unfamiliar
with such terrain. Watch your children. Never approach wild
animals, even small ones. If you swim or climb or take hiking
trips. do so with a partner, and tell someone on the park staff
where you will be. Historic buildings are old: watch for low
doorways and steep steps.
Please remember that our parks protect natural
and cultural resources that can be fragile. To avoid inadvertent
damage, please follow the suggestions of park staffs. Special
restrictions sometimes apply to backpacking or boating to protect
backcountry areas from overuse. Free permits to use certain
backcountry trails and areas are issued at the parks. In some
cases. such permits may be obtained by mail in
advance.
OTHER SITES TO
VISIT
Many of these parks are close to state parks,
national forests, and other reservations providing additional
recreational and camping opportunities. Information on such areas
is available from state travel bureaus or from federal land
managers. The latter include the Forest Service. U.S. Department
of Agriculture: the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: and the Bureau
of Land Management, Fish and Wildlife Service, and Bureau of
Reclamation of the U.S. Department of the Interior.
National Park Handbooks
Official National Park Handbooks exist for
many of the parks described in this directory and guide. Though
many of these areas are not well known, the stories they embrace
are integral parts of our history. culture. and heritage. For
information about how to obtain the official handbook that
explores the area or areas you are interested in, call or write
to the park superintendent before your visit. Telephone numbers
and addresses are listed for each park.
Isle Royale National Park
800 East Lakeshore Drive, Houghton, MI 49931-1895
(906) 482-0984
The largest island in Lake Superior is distinguished by its
wild forests, timber, wolves, moose, beavers, and
glacier-sculptured landforms. Prehistoric peoples mined copper
here.
Location: Lake Superior off Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Park
is reached by commercial or private boat, or by seaplane.
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
P.O. Box 40, Munising, MI 49862
(906) 387-3700
Superlative scenic area on Lake Superior. Multicolored
sandstone cliffs, broad beaches, sand dunes, waterfalls, inland
lakes, ponds, marshes, hardwood and coniferous forests, and
numerous birds and other animals. Visitor centers with exhibits,
campgrounds, hiking, wilderness camping, boat tours, fishing, and
swimming. Winter activities: Cross-country skiing, snowshoeing,
and snowmobiling.
Location: In the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, southeast of
Marquette on M-28.
Accommodations: Meals and lodging available in Munising and
Grand Marais.
Keweenaw National Historic
Park
P.O. Box 471, Calumet, MI 49913-0471
(906) 337-3168
The park preserves a variety of features relating to the
first significant copper mining on land that is now part of the
United States.
Location: Michigan's Upper Peninsula. From Houghton, take
U.S. 41 north.
Sleeping Bear Dunes National
Lakeshore
9922 Front Street, Empire, MI 49630-0277
(616) 326-5134
Beaches, massive sand dunes, forests, lakes, two offshore
islands, and Lake Michigan shore. Visitor center, exhibits,
maritime museum, hiking, canoeing, boating, fishing,
birdwatching, wilderness camping, crosscountry skiing.
Location: North of Frankfort, Mich., on Mich. 22, on shores
of Lake Michigan.
Accommodations: Meals and lodging in Frankfort and Glen
Arbor, Honor, Beulah.
Grand Portage National
Monument
Box 666, Grand Marais, MN 55604
(218) 387-2788
Gateway to the northern plains and woodlands for explorers
and traders. Preserves the strategic 8.5-mile Grand Portage and
the Lake Superior post (1778-1803) of the North West Company.
Reconstructed fur trade post includes the Great Hall of 1797,
operating kitchen and pack warehouse housing three birchbark
canoes. Hiking trails, tours, exhibits, audiovisual programs, and
Chippewa craft demonstrations.
Location: Off U.S. 61, 36 miles northeast of Grand Marais,
Minn., on the Grand Portage Chippewa Reservation.
Accommodations: Meals and lodging in Grand Portage and Grand
Marais.
Pipestone National Monument
Box 727, Pipestone, MN 56164
(507) 825-5464
Famed quarry for Indian ceremonial peace pipe materials.
Visitor and cultural center, museum exhibits, audiovisual
program, upper midwest Indian cultural center, interpretive
programs, self-guiding trail, demonstrations of Indian pipes
being made from red pipestone, beadmaking, occasional crafts
displays.
Location: Pipestone, Minn., on U.S. 75, Minn. 23, 30, near
north boundary of Pipestone.
Accommodations: Meals and lodging in Pipestone.
Voyageurs National Park
HCR 9, Box 600
International Falls, MN 56649
(2181 283-9821
Forested lake country along Minnesota's northern border
offers wilderness experience in historical setting--the world of
the French-Canadian voyageurs. Fishing, swimming, waterskiing,
and bird watching. Motor boat, houseboat, and canoe rentals, and
naturalist-guided boat tours and evening programs. Ice fishing,
Nordic skiing, and snowmobiling in winter. Private and state
campgrounds nearby.
Location: From Duluth, Minn., follow Route 53 north to
park.
Accommodations: Resort, motel, and hotel facilities in
International Falls, Kabetogama Lake, Ash River, and Crane
Lake.
Natchez National Historical
Park
P.O. Box 1208, Natchez, MS 39121-1208
(601) 446-5790
This park preserves much of historic Natchez, which began as
a French trading post in 1714 and became the as a French trading
post in 1714 and became the commercial, cultural, and social
center for the South's "cotten belt" in the years before the
Civil War.
Location: Southwestern Mississippi, in downtown Natchez.
George Washington Carver National
Monument
Box 38, Diamond, MO 64840
(417) 325-4151
Site of birthplace and childhood home of famous black
scientist. Landmarks include the spring, a grove of trees, and
Carver family graves. Self-guiding trail, visitor center.
birthplace cabin, Carver family home, limited picnic facilities,
private campground nearby.
Location: 3 miles from Diamond, Mo. On County Hwy. V, 65
miles west of Springfield, Mo. Interstate 44 is 9 miles north of
Diamond.
Accommodations: Meals and lodging in Diamond and Joplin,
Mo.
Harry S. Truman National Historic
Site
223 North Main Street, Independence, MO 64050-2804
(816) 254-7199
Harry and Bess Truman lived here at 219 North Delaware Street
from the Time of their marriage in 1919 until they died.
Location: Downtown Independence. Visitor center is at 223
North Main Street.
Ulysses S. Grant National Historic
Site
7400 Grant Road, St. Louis, Mo 63123-1801 (314) 842-1867
This site preserves the core of the historic White Haven
farm, a property central to the lives of Ulysses and Julia Dent
Grant from the time Grant was stationed at the nearby Jefferson
Barracks in 1843 until shortly before his death in 1885.
Location: St. Louis area. From I-270 take Mo. 30 (Gravois
Road) exit. Head east; turn left on Grant Road and go 1/2
mile.
Wilson's Creek National Battlefield
Rt. 2, Box 75, Republic, MO 65738
(417) 732-2662
Site of Civil War battle, August 10, 1861, for control of
Missouri. Visitor center, museum, film, fiber optic map,
self-guiding driving tour through the battlefield, interpretive
signs, foot trail departure points, picnicking.
Location: 3 miles east of Republic and 10 miles southwest of
Springfield, off U.S. 60 via Mo. M and ZZ.
Big Hole National Battlefield
Box 237, Wisdom, MT 59761
(406) 689-3155
Site of turning point in Indian War of 1877, between Nez
Perce and U.S. 7th Infantry. Visitor center, museum, exhibits,
self-guiding trail through battlefield, picnicking. Forest
Service and private campgrounds nearby.
Location: On Mont. 43, 10 miles west of Wisdom.
Accommodations: Meals and lodging in Wisdom.
Bighorn Canyon National Recreation
Area
Box 458, Fort Smith, MT 59035
(406) 666-2412
Yellowtail Dam on the Bighorn River creates a 71-mile-long
reservoir that extends 47 miles through spectacular Bighorn
Canyon. The Crow Indian Reservation borders much of the area.
Boating, camping, picnicking, fishing, hunting, boat
rentals.
Location: From Hardin, Mont., follow Mont. 313 to Yellowtail
Dam, 96 miles southeast of Billings.
Accommodations: Meals and lodging in Lovell, Wyo., and in
Hardin and Fort Smith.
Little Bighorn National
Battlefield
P.O. Box 39, Crow Agency, MT 59022
(406) 638-2621
In the famous battle of the Little Big Horn, June 25-26,
1876--between 5 companies of the Seventh U.S. Cavalry and the
Sioux and Cheyenne Indians--Lt. Col. George A. Custer and about
268 of his force were killed. Visitor center, National Cemetery,
Custer Hill, Battle Ridge, museum exhibits, interpretive
programs. Local and private campgrounds nearby, picnicking
outside the park area.
Location: 17 miles from Hardin, Mont., via Interstate 90, 70
miles east of Billings.
Accommodations: Meals and lodging in Hardin.
Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic
Site
Box 790, Deer Lodge, MT 59722
(406) 846-3388
A complete cattle ranch headquarters of the type operated in
the West between 1850 and 1910. Elegant Victorian ranch house,
bunkhouse, granaries, carriage sheds, with early ranch
implements, wagons, sleighs. Visitor contact station, exhibits,
guided tours, ranching demonstrations, active blacksmith,
horsedrawn vehicles. Summer programs re-create late 19th-century
ranch activities.
Location: At the north edge of Deer Lodge, Mont., on
Interstate 90.
Agate Fossil Beds National
Monument
c/o Scotts Bluff National Monument Box 27, Gering, NE 69341
(308) 668-2211
Well-known quarries--one open for public display--contain
numerous, concentrated, well-preserved Miocene mammal fossils.
Represent an important chapter in mammalian evolution. Visitor
center, fossil exhibits, selfguiding trail to area of exposed
fossils.
Location: Off Nebr. 29, near Agate, Nebr. Harrison, Nebr., is
30 miles to the north.
Accommodations: Meals and lodging in Harrison.
Homestead National Monument of
America
Route 3, Beatrice, NE 68310
(402) 223-3514
Site of one of the first claims filed under the Homestead Act
of 1862. Includes Freeman School. Visitor center, exhibits,
restored cabin and schoolhouses, self-guiding trail, guided tours
arranged for groups, home-style grist mill for grinding corn
available for visitors to operate. Local and state campgrounds
nearby.
Location: Off Nebr. 4, 4.5 miles northwest of Beatrice, 50
miles south of Lincoln, Nebr.
Accommodations: Meals and lodging in Beatrice.
Niobrara National Scenic Riverway
P.O. Box 591, O'Neill, NE 68763-0591
(402) 336-3970
The Niobrara creates spectacular natural scenery. The river's
upper portion runs through Fort Niobrara Wildlife Refuge.
Location: North-central Nebraska. Near Towns of Valentine and
Ainsworth; access to river is by unpaved country roads.
Scotts Bluff National Monument
Box 27, Gering, NE 69341
(308) 436-4340
This landmark of towering bluffs was passed by tens of
thousands of westward-bound pioneers on the Oregon Trail,
1843-1869. In pass through bluffs, ruts are still visible.
Visitor center, exhibits, museum, Oregon Trail ruts, covered
wagons, living history demonstrations, interpretive programs,
self-guiding trail, bicycle trail. Camping and picnicking
nearby.
Location 3 miles west of Gering, on Nebr. 92.
Accommodations Meals and lodging in Gering and Scottsbluff (5
miles).
Great Basin National Park
Baker, NV 89311
(702) 234-7331
Ancient bristlecone pine forest, southernmost glacier in the
United States on 13,063-foot Wheeler Peak, and the tunnels and
decorated galleries of Lehman Caves. Guided tour of cave,
picnicking, concessioner services, camping.
Location: At terminus of State Highway 488. From U.S. 6 and
50, take State Route 487 south to 488 west.
Accommodations: Food service and gift shop. Meals and lodging
in Baker, 5 miles.
Saint-Gaudens National Historic
Site
RR # 3, Box 73, Cornish, NH 03745
(603) 675-2175
Memorial to American sculptor, Augustus Saint-Gaudens.
Contains his home, Aspet, and studios and gardens. Dramatic view
of Mount Ascutney across Connecticut River. Home, Little Studio,
new gallery, historic stables, cooperating association-sponsored
Sunday concerts and art exhibitions, sculptorin-residence in
summer, nature trails. House and studios closed October to
May.
Location: Off N.H. 12A in Cornish.
Accommodations: Meals and lodging in surrounding area.
Edison National Historic Site
Main St. and Lakeside Ave.
West Orange, NJ 07052
(201) 736-5050
Buildings and equipment used for experiments by Thomas A.
Edison. Library, papers, and models commemorate important phase
of nation's technological progress. Glenmont, Edison's 23-room
house, furnished as he and his family lived in it. Guided tours
at laboratory, exhibits, old movies, library, world's first movie
studio, Glenmont Home tour.
Location: Lakeside Avenue and Main Street, West Orange.
Ruins of large Pueblo Indian community with 12th-century
buildings of masonry and timber. Misnamed by early American
settlers. Visitor center, museum, native crafts exhibits,
self-guiding tours, local campground near monument,
picnicking.
Location: Outskirts of small northwestern New Mexico city of
Aztec.
Accommodations: Meals and lodging in Aztec.
Capulin Volcano National Monument
Capulin, NM 88414
(505) 278-2201
Lone symmetrical cinder cone rising above northeastern New
Mexico plain, landmark for pioneers on Cimarron cutoff of Santa
Fe Trail. Geologically young (10,000 years) volcano. Grassland,
forest, wildflowers. Visitor center, exhibits, picnicking,
self-guiding nature trails, handicapped access. Private
campgrounds nearby.
Location: Entrance on N. Mex. 325, 3 miles north of town of
Capulin.
Accommodations: Meals and lodging in nearby Capulin, Des
Moines, Clayton, and Raton, N. Mex.
Chaco Culture National Historical
Park
Star Route 4, Box 6500
Bloomfield, NM 87413
(505) 786-7014
Major Indian ruins unsurpassed in the United States.
Represent highest point of Pueblo pre-Columbian civilization.
Hundreds of smaller ruins. Visitor center, campground, museum,
self-guiding trails, hiking, conducted tours, evening
programs.
Location: N. Mex. 57 in northwestern New Mexico, 64 miles
south of Aztec, N. Mex.
Accommodations: Meals and lodging in Aztec.
El Malpais National Monument
P.O. Box 939, Grants, NM 87020-0939
(505) 287-3407
El Malpis is a catolog of volcanic features, including
spatter cones, a 17-mile-long lava tube system, and numerous
caves.
Location: Western New Mexico. From I-40 at Grants, take
N.Mex. 53 south and west or N.Mex. 117 west.
El Morro National Monument
Route 2, Box 43, Ramah, NM 87321
(505) 783-4226
Soft sandstone of monolithic Inscription Rock bears hundreds
of inscriptions: 17th-century Spanish explorers, 19th-century
American emigrants and settlers. Also pre-Columbian petroglyphs.
Visitor center, self-guiding trail, wayside exhibits, picnicking,
camping.
Location: 58 miles southeast of Gallup, N. Mex., via N. Mex.
32 and 53.
Accommodations: Meals and lodging in Grants and Gallup.
Fort Union National Monument
Watrous, NM 87753
(505) 425-8025
100 acres of adobe ruins. Remnants of Southwest's largest
frontier fort and supply depot, active 1851-91 as Santa Fe Trail
guardian. Key role in Indian Wars and Confederate defeat at
Glorieta Pass. Trail ruts still visible on prairie here. Visitor
center, museum, selfguiding trail through ruins, picnic
area.
Location: 90 miles north of Santa Fe via Interstate 25 and
New Mexico 477.
Accommodations: Meals and lodging in Las Vegas, N. Mex., 26
miles south.
Gila Cliff Dwellings National
Monument
Route 11, Box 100, Silver City, NM 88061
(505) 536-9461
Well-preserved cliff dwellings in natural cavities on face of
overhanging cliff. Visitor center, hiking, self-guiding trails,
guided pack trips. Forest Service and local campgrounds
nearby.
Location: 44 miles north of Silver City, N. Mex. via N. Mex.
15.
Pecos National Historical
Park
P.O. Drawer 418, Pecos, NM 87522
(505) 757-6414
Foundations of 17th-century mission church praised in Spanish
writings. Ruins of 18th century church. Remains of Pecos Pueblo
that housed 2,000 Indians. Restored kivas. Visitor center, museum
exhibits, self-guiding ruins trail, introductory film, summer
cultural demonstrations.
Location: 25 miles southeast of Santa Fe, via Interstate
25.
Accommodations: Meals and lodging in Pecos and Santa Fe.
Castle Clinton National
Monument
c/o NPS Manhattan Sites 26 Wall Street, New York, NY 10005
(212) 344-7220
Built 1808-11, served first as New York Harbor defense, then
promenade and entertainment center, and immigration depot for 8
million people entering nation, 1855-90. Structure being restored
to reflect both immigration and promenade eras. Will serve as
amphitheater for cultural activities in the New York City
area.
Location: In Battery Park in New York City.
Accommodations: Meals and lodging in New York City.
Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic
Site
519 Albany Post Road
Hyde Park, NY 12538
(914) 229-9115
Mrs. Roosevelt's beloved retreat, Val-Kill. Home and stone
cottage set among trees and ponds. Planned shuttle bus to site
from FDR Home. Guided tours of stone cottage and Val-Kill
home/Depression factory.
Location: Entrance off Rt. 9G in Hyde Park. Site about 3
miles from Franklin Roosevelt Home-Library on Rt. 9 via St.
Andrew's Road. Off-season personal vehicle parking only:
summer-fall bus shuttle.
Accommodations: Meals and lodging along Rts. 9 and 9G.
Federal Hall National Memorial
c/o NPS Manhattan Sites, 26 Wall Street New York, NY
10005
(212) 264-8711
Graceful 1842 building on site of original Federal Hall,
where the Stamp Act Congress convened, 1765; the Second
Continental Congress met, 1785; Washington took the oath as first
U.S. President, and Bill of Rights was adopted, 1789: and where
John Peter Zenger's trial, testing freedom of the press, was held
in 1735. Museum, motion picture, displays, audiovisual
exhibits.
Location: 26 Wall Street, New York City.
Accommodations: Meals and lodging in New York City.
Fort Stanwix National Monument
112 East Park Street, Rome, NY 13440
(315) 336-2090
The August, 1777, American stand here helped repulse British
invasion from Canada. Site of Treaty of Fort Stanwix, 1768, with
the Iroquois. Accurately reconstructed 18th century fort, living
history program May - September, guided fort tours.
Location: Downtown Rome, at intersection of State Routes 26,
46, 49, 69, and 365.
Accommodations: Meals and lodging in Rome.
General Grant National Memorial
122nd St. and Riverside Dr.
New York, NY 10027
(212) 666-1640
Largest mausoleum in America holds remains of General and
President Ulysses S. Grant and his wife Julia. "I cannot spare
this man--he fights," President Abraham Lincoln said of him.
President Grant signed act establishing the first national park,
Yellowstone, in 1872. Self-guiding tours, pleasant walks in
surrounding Riverside Park.
Location: Riverside Drive and 122nd Street, and Henry Hudson
Parkway, overlooking Hudson River.
Accommodations: In New York City, Upper Manhattan area.
Hamilton Grange National Memorial
287 Convent Avenue, New York, NY 10031
(212) 283-5154
The Grange, home of Alexander Hamilton, American statesman
and first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury. Guided house tour,
exhibits.
Location: At Convent Avenue and West 141st Street. Can be
reached by 8th Avenue IND subway to West 145th Street.
Accommodations Meals and lodgingin New York City.
Martin Van Buren National Historic
Site
P.O. Box 545, Kinderhook, NY 12106
(518) 758-9689
The Lindenwald, estate of eighth President, Martin Van Buren,
the first President born in America. He grew up in this rural,
eastern New York State village. Built in 1797, house belonged to
life-long friends, the Van Ness family. In 1839, while President,
Van Buren bought it and engaged architect Richard Upjohn to
design additions and alterations. Guided tours of house,
self-guiding walks on grounds. Van Buren gravesite in nearby
Kinderhook Village.
Location: Off rural Route 9H south of Kinderhook
Village.
Accommodations: Small towns nearby. Traveler services on
nearby New York State Thruway and Taconic Parkway.
Sagamore Hill National Historic
Site
20 Sagamore Hill Road
Oyster Bay, NY 11771
(516) 922-4788
Estate of Theodore Roosevelt from 1885 until his death in
1919. Original furnishings. Guided tours of home and garden.
Location: Oyster Bay, N.Y., end of Cove Neck Road, 25 miles
from New York City, on Long Island.
Accommodations: Meals and lodging on Long Island.
Saratoga National Historical Park
RD 2, Box 33, Stillwater, NY 12170
(518) 664-9821
Scene of American victory over British in 1777; turning point
of Revolution and a decisive battle in world history. Maj. Gen.
Phillip Schuyler's country home. Visitor center, exhibits,
self-guiding tour of battlefield, Schuyler Home.
Location: 30 miles north of Albany, N.Y., on U.S. 54 and N.Y.
32.
Accommodations: Meals and lodging in Schuylerville, N.Y.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National
Historic Site
28 E. 20th Street
New York, NY 10003
(212) 260-1616
Birthplace in 1858 of 26th President of United States..
Guided tour of furnished Roosevelt family home, museum, movies,
video tapes.
Location: 28 E. 20th Street, New York City.
Accommodations: Meals and lodging in New York City.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National
Historic Site
641 Delaware Avenue,
Buffalo, NY 14202
(716) 884-0095
Ansley Wilcox House, where Teddy Roosevelt was sworn in as
26th President, has served as commandant's home, living quarters
for famous and successful Buffalo citizens, and as a restaurant.
Demolition plans in 1960s were curbed by citizens' campaign.
Wilcoxes lived here until 1930s. Guided and self-guiding house
tours.
Location: North Buffalo on Delaware Avenue near North Street.
Reached from Niagara Thruway, Main Street, or Franklin
Street.
Accommodations: In Greater Buffalo Area.
Women's Rights National Historical
Park
P.O. Box 70, Seneca Falls, NY 13148
(315) 568-2991
Focuses on women's rights movement and founders. Bostonian
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and friends held famous 1848 convention
here to publicize long-standing injustices to women. Sites
scattered around Seneca Falls Historic District, which encircles
Van Cleef Lake. Visitor center exhibits. Stanton House
tours.
Location: Visitor Center at 116 Fall Street near State
Street, in center of Historic District. Stanton Home at 32
Washington Street. Park near junction of Rts. 414 and 20. New
York State Thruway Exit 41 is about 15 miles from park.
Accommodations: Small towns in the Finger Lakes section of
Upstate New York.
Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational
River
RR 2 Box 2428, Beach Lake, PA 18405-9737
717-685-4871
24 hour River Conditions Hotline: 914-252-7100
This is a 73.4 mile stretch of free flowing river between
Hancock and Sparrow Bush, NY., along the Pennysylvania-New York
border. Public fishing and boating access provided. The area is
also home to the Roebling Bridge, believed to be the oldest,
existing, wire cable suspension bridge. The Zane Grey home and
museum are also here.
Cape Lookout National
Seashore
3601 Bridges Street, Suite F
Morehead City, NC 28557
(919) 728-2250
Protects undeveloped barrier island environments extending 50
miles between Portsmouth Village and Cape Lookout. Extensive
beaches and salt marshes, low dunes, historic Portsmouth, and the
1859 Cape Lookout lighthouse. Surf fishing, shell collecting,
boating, lighthouse history talks, naturalist-led walks, hunting,
hiking, primitive camping.
Location: Visitor center off U.S. 70 on Harkers Island.
Seashore reached only by concessioner-operated ferry from Harkers
Island, Davis, Atlantic, or Ocracoke.
Accommodations: Meals and lodging in Beaufort, Morehead City,
and Atlantic Beach.
Carl Sandburg Home National Historic
Site
1928 Little River Road, Flat Rock, NC 28731
(704) 693-4178
The picturesque 250-acre farm of celebrated poet and Lincoln
biographer, Carl Sandburg, includes house, barns, and other
buildings, surrounded by rolling pastures, and gardens.
Information center, self-guiding tours, picnicking, guided tours
of Sandburg Home, special interpretive programs, farm
animals.
Location: 3 miles south of Hendersonville, N.C.: 26 miles
south of Asheville, N.C., via Interstate 26 or U.S. 25.
Accommodations: Meals and lodging in Hendersonville.
Fort Raleigh National Historic
Site
Rt. 1, Box 675, Manteo, NC 27954
(919) 473-5772
Site of first English attempt to colonize New World, during
1580s. Home of Lost Colony, whose fate remains a mystery. Visitor
center, exhibits. movie, self-guiding trails, reconstructed
earthen fort, and interpretive programs in summer.
Location: 3 miles north of Manteo on U.S. 64-264.
Accommodations: Meals and lodging in Manteo.
Guilford Courthouse National Military
Park
2332 New Garden Road, Greensboro, NC 27410-2355
(910) 288-1776
The battle fought here on March 25, 1781, was the most hotly
contested action of the Revolutionary War's climatic Southern
Campaign. The serious loss of British manpower suffered at
Guilford Courthouse foreshadowed the American victory seven
months later at Yorktown.
Location: From U.S. 220 (Battleground Avenue) in Greensboro,
take New Garden Road to park entrance.
Moores Creek National
Battlefield
Box 69, Currie, NC 28435
(919) 283-5591
Scene of February 27, 1776 battle between North Carolina
Patriots and Loyalists. Patriot victory advanced revolutionary
cause in South. with North Carolina becoming first colony to vote
independence. Visitor center, exhibits, self-guiding tours,
picnicking.
Location: 23 miles northwest of Wilmington, N.C., via U.S.
421 and N.C. 210.
Fort Union Trading Post National
Historic Site
Buford Route, Williston, ND 58801
(701) 572-9083
Foundation ruins of largest. most imposing 19th-century
trading post on Missouri River. Reconstruction planned; authentic
setting preserved. Visitor center. exhibits. guided tours, slide
shows.
Location: On County Road 4. off U.S. 2.25 miles southwest of
Williston.
Accommodations: Meals and lodging in Williston. Camping at
Fort Buford State Historic Site.
Knife River Indian Villages National
Historic Site
RR 1, P.O. Box 168, Stanton, ND 58571
(701) 745-3300
Remnants of historic and prehistoric Indian villages, last
occupied 1845 by the Hidatsa. contain array of Plains Indian
culture artifacts. Visitor contact station, interpretive and
exhibits, picnicking.
Location: 3 miles north of Stanton.
Accommodations: Limited meal and lodging services in nearby
Stanton, Beulah, Washburn.
Hopewell Culture National Historical
Park
16062 State Route 104, Chillicothe, OH 45601-8694
(614) 774-1125
The 23 burial mounds and large geometric earthworks at Mound
City Group, as well as finely crafted trade goods reresent the
culture of the Hopewell people from about 200B.C. to A.D.
500.
Location: FromChillicothe, take Ohio 104 north for 3
miles.
Perry's Victory and International Peace
Memorial
P.O. Box 549, Put-in-Bay, OH 43456
(419) 285-2184
Memorial near site where Commodore Oliver H. Perry won
greatest naval battle of War of 1812: World's most massive Doric
columns. Observation platform. State and private campgrounds,
picnicking nearby.
Location: 39 miles from Toledo, on South Bass Island in Lake
Erie, about 4 miles from mainland. Reached by autoferry from
Catawpa Point and Port Clinton. Air service from Port Clinton
airport.
Accommodations: Meals and lodging on South Bass Island and on
mainland within 10 miles of ferry dock.
William Howard Taft National Historic
Site
2038 Auburn Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45219-3025
(513) 684-3262
William Howard Taft, 27th President and later Chief Justice
of the United States, lived in this house from his birth in 1857
until his young adulthood.
Location: Downtown Cincinnati. At 2038 Auburn Ave.
Fort Clatsop National Memorial
Route 3, Box 604-FC, Astoria, OR 97103
(503) 861-2471
Lewis and Clark Expedition wintered here in 1805-6.
Reconstruction of fort site, exhibits, audiovisual programs,
self-guiding trails, summer costumed interpretation of Lewis and
Clark Expedition--flintlock rifle demonstrations, candle-making,
dressing skins, making buckskin clothing, building canoes.
Picnicking and state and private campgrounds nearby.
Location: 5 miles southwest of Astoria; on U.S. 101,96 miles
northwest of Portland.
Accommodations: Meals and lodging in Astoria.
John Day Fossil Beds National
Monument
420 W. Main, John Day, OR 97845
(503) 987-2333
Area records last 40 million years of Age of Mammals.
Monument has three separate sections. Streams and mountains.
Fishing, trails, picnicking, visitor center, overlooks. wayside
exhibits.
Location: Headquarters at John Day. Visitor center 40 miles
west near Dayville.
Accommodations: Food and lodging in nearby communities.
Oregon Caves National Monument
19000 Caves Highway
Cave Junction, OR 97523
(503) 592-2100
Poet Joaquin Miller called these caves "The Marble Halls of
Oregon." Passages in limestone with intricate flowstone
formations. Surrounded by virgin forests of Siskiyou Mountains.
Guided cave tour, information station. Campground in Siskiyou
National Forest 8 miles on Ore. 46.
Location: 20 miles east of Cave Junction on Ore. Route 46; 50
miles south of Grants Pass.
Accommodations: Meals and lodging June 11 through September
4, write Oregon Caves Chateau, Box 128, Cave Junction, OR 97523.
Food service and child care. Other meals and lodging in Cave
Junction.
Allegheny Portage Railroad National
Historic Site
Box 247, Cresson, PA 16630
(814) 886-6150
Traces and structures of Allegheny Portage Railroad, built
1831-34. Lifted passengers and cargoes of Pennsylvania canal
boats over Allegheny Mountains. Visitor center and museum at
Lemon House, picnicking half-mile west. Living history
demonstrations, interpretive talks, trails, cross-country ski
trails.
Location: In Blair and Cambria Counties. U.S. 22 is main
route through area. Visitor center on U.S. 22, 2 miles east of
Cresson.
Accommodations: Meals and lodging in Cresson.
Edgar Allan Poe National Historic
Site
313 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106
(215) 597-8780
Edgar Allan Poe's 6 years in Philadelphia were his most
productive. He published "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Goldbug."
Of his Philadelphia residences, only this home survives. House
tours, exhibits, audiovisual program, small garden next to
site.
Location: On 7th St. 6 blocks north of Market St. By car,
take 3rd or 5th Sts. north to Spring Garden, then west to 7th.
From the Benjamin Franklin Bridge, turn right on 7th to Spring
Garden (street will detour). Free parking on street. By public
transportation: from Market St. take #47 bus north from 9th St.,
or from Liberty Bell take #50 trolley north at 5th and Market to
Spring Garden. walk 2 blocks west to 532 N. Seventh St.
Accommodations: Meals and lodging in Philadelphia.
Eisenhower National Historic Site
97 Taneytown Rd., Gettysburg, PA 17325-2804 (717)
338-9114
Built in the 1830's, the railroad portage over the Allegheny
Mountains, through only a short section section of the
Pennsylvania Main Line canals of eastern and western
Pennsylvania.
Location: Park can only be reached by shuttle bus from the
Gettysburg National Military Park visitor center, off U.S. 15
(Emmitsburg Road).
Fort Necessity National
Battlefield
RD 2, Box 528, The National Pike
Farmington, PA 15437
(412) 329-5512
Scene of battle opening French and Indian War, July 3, 1754.
Colonials under Lt. Col. George Washington, aged 22, met French
troops and Indians. Also Mount Washington Tavern, refurnished
19th-century stagecoach inn. Visitor center, slide program,
archeological exhibits, reconstructed fort, guided tours of
tavern, picnicking. Private and state campgrounds nearby.
Location: 11 miles east of Uniontown, Pa. on U.S. 40.
Accommodations: Meals and lodging in Uniontown.
Friendship Hill National Historic
Site
c/o Fort Necessity National Battlefield RD 2, Box 528,
TheNational Pike
Farmington, PA 15437
(412) 329-5512
Young Swiss immigrant Albert Gallatin made his home here on
frontier's edge in 1780s. Gallatin, Secretary of the Treasury
1801-13, served his adopted country in business, politics,
diplomacy, and scholarship. Conducted tours of unrestored 35-room
Gallatin house, visitor center with exhibits and slide program,
5.4-mile hiking/cross-country ski trail, limited picnic
facilities. Private and state campgrounds within 30 miles.
Location Along State Route 166, 3 miles north of Point
Marion, Pa., about midway between Uniontown, Pa. and Morgantown,
W. Va.
Accommodations Meals in Point Marion and Masontown, Pa. Meals
and lodging in Uniontown and Morgantown.
Hopewell Furnace National Historic
Site
R.D. # 1, Box 345, Elverson, PA 19520
(610) 582-8773
Finest example of early American iron plantation. Hopewell
produced iron 1771-1883. Restored charcoal-fueled iron furnace,
waterwheel, cast house, ironmaster's mansion, workers' homes, and
other industrial and domestic buildings. Visitor center with
slide program and exhibits, summer living history program,
walking tour. Camping and recreational facilities in adjoining
state park.
Location: 5 miles south of Birdsboro, Pa., on Pa. Route 345,
45 miles northwest of Philadelphia.
Accommodations: Meals and lodging in Reading, Portstown, and
Morgantown.
Johnstown Flood National
Memorial
P.O. Box 355, St. Michael, PA 15951
(814) 495-4643
Memorializes tragic Johnstown Flood of 1889, caused by break
in South Fork Dam on Little Conemaugh River tributary. Visitor
center at dam site. interpretive talks during summer months,
interpretive trails, picnic facilities.
Location: Along U.S. 219 and Pa. 869 at the South Fork Dam
site, 10 miles northeast of Johnstown near St. Michael, Pa.
Accommodations: Meals and lodging in Johnstown.
Steamtown National Historic
Site
150 S. Washington Ave. Scranton, PA 18503-2018
(717) 340-5200
The former Deleware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
yard-including the remains of the roundhouse, switchyard,
associated buildings, steam locomotives, and railroad cars-tell
the story of early-20th-century steam railroading in
America.
Location: In downtown Scranton; entrance is off Lackawanna
Ave. at Bridge Street.
Thaddeus Kosciuszko National
Memorial
c/o Independence National Historic Park
313 Walnut St., Philadelphia, PA 19106-2278
(215) 597-9618
The life and career of this Polish-born patriot and hero of
the American Revolution are commemorated at the site where
Kosciuszko lived in 1797-98.
Location: Downtown Philadelphia. At 301 Pine Street.
Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational
River
RR 2 Box 2428, Beach Lake, PA 18405-9737
717-685-4871
24 hour River Conditions Hotline: 914-252-7100
This is a 73.4 mile stretch of free flowing river between
Hancock and Sparro w Bush, NY., along the Pennysylvania-New York
border. Public fishing and boatin g access provided. The area is
also home to the Roebling Bridge, believed to be the oldest,
existing, wire cable suspension bridge. The Zane Grey home and
museum are also here.
Roger Williams National
Memorial
282 N. Main Street
Providence, RI 02903
(401) 521-7266
Undeveloped site commemorates Roger Williams, 17th-century
advocate of religious freedom and democracy, who rounded Colony
of Rhode Island in 1636. Located in the College Hill Historic
District. Slide program, exhibits, area information, and a small
formal garden memorializing the Roger Williams Spring.
Location: 282 North Main Street, Providence.
Accommodations: Meals and lodging in the Greater Providence
Area.
Last significant tract of pristine southern bottomland
hardwoods in southeast United States. Great variety of trees,
many of state or national record size. Visitor contact and
first-aid station, fishing, hiking trails, canoeing, guided
walking tours on Saturdays, guided canoe tours on Sundays.
Boardwalk under construction.
Location: 20 miles southeast of Columbia off S.C. 48 {Bluff
Rd.t. Signs lead to the park on Old Bluff Road.
Accommodations: Meals and lodging available in Columbia.
Site of Brig. Gen. Daniel Morgan's victory over British Lt.
Col. Banastre Tarleton on January 17.1781, about three months
after the American success at Kings Mountain. Visitor center,
museum exhibits, self-guiding trail. battlefield tour road,
picnic facilities, multi-image slide presentation, battlefield
map display.
Location: 11 miles northwest of Interstate 85 at Caffney.
S.C.. and two miles southeast of U.S. 221 at Chesnee, at the
intersection of S.C. 11 and 110.
Accommodations: Meals and lodging in Gaffney.
Kings Mountain National Military
Park
Box 40, Kings Mountain, NC 28086
(803) 936-7921
Site of important American frontiersmen victory at critical
point in Revolution, October 7, 1780. Visitor center, museum
exhibits, self-guiding trail, hiking and horse trails, living
history camp and evening programs on summer weekends. Camping and
picnicking in adjoining state park.
Location: In South Carolina, 35 miles northeast of
Spartanburg, S.C., on U.S. 29.
Accommodations: Meals and lodging in Gaffney and Spartanburg,
S.C.
Ninety Six National Historic
Site
Box 496, Ninety Six, SC 29666
(803) 543-4068
Important backcountry trading village held briefly by British
in Revolution was scene of Nathanael Greene's siege in 1781.
Earthwork embankments, remains of two historic villages. colonial
plantation, and prehistoric sites. Visitor center, picnicking,
Revolutionary War interpretive trails. Camping in Greenwood State
Park, 8 miles away.
Location: 9 miles east of Greenwood and 2 miles south of
Ninety Six, S.C., on State Highway 248.
Caverns in limestone formation. Series of chambers connected
by narrow passages. Many side galleries and fine calcite crystal
encrustations. Visitor center, cave tours, picnicking.
Location: 13 miles west of Custer, on U.S. 16.
Accommodations: Meals and lodging in Custer and in Newcastle,
Wyo.
Andrew Johnson National Historic
Site
P.O. Box 1088, Greeneville, TN 37744
(615) 638-3551
Home, tailor shop, and grave of 17th President of United
States, 1865-69. Includes Andrew Johnson National Cemetery.
Visitor center, museum, tailor shop, Andrew Johnson Home.
Location: In Greeneville, Tenn., 70 miles northeast of
Knoxville, Tenn.
Accommodations Meals and lodging in Greeneville.
Fort Donelson National Military
Park
P.O. Box 434, Dover, TN 37058
(615) 232-5706
Site of February, 1862 Civil War battle, first major Union
victory. Began Ulysses S. Grant's rise to prominence. Remains of
Confederate built fort, water batteries, and outer defenses.
Dover Hotel, restored site of surrender. Visitor center,
exhibits, self-guiding auto tour, National Cemetery.
Location: West side of Dover on U.S. 79.
Accommodations: Meals and lodging in Dover.
Obed Wild and Scenic River
P.O.Box 429, Wartburg, TN 37887-0429
(615) 346-6294
The Obed River and its two main tributaries cut deeply here
into the sandstone of the Cumberland Plateau.
Location: From Wartburg, take U.S.27 north to Tenn. 62
west.
Stones River National
Battlefield
3501 Old Nashville Highway
Murfreesboro, TN 37129
(615) 893-9501
Scene of a fierce mid-winter battle, December 31,
1862-January 2, 1863, which began Union offensive to trisect
Confederacy. Visitor center, self-guiding auto tour of
battlefield, interpretive exhibits, National Cemetery.
picnicking. Army Corps of Engineers and private campgrounds
nearby.
Location: Northwest corner of Murfreesboro, 30 miles
southeast of Nashville, Tenn.. on U.S. 40.
Accommodations: Meals and lodging in Murfreesboro.
Alibates Hint Quarries National
Monument Box 1438, Fritch, TX 79036 (806) 857-3151
Quarries used from 12,000 years ago to 1870s. Multi-colored
flint was used for tools of survival. Undeveloped. Guided tours
daily Memorial Day to Labor Day; by reservation at other
times.
Location: Adjoins Lake Meredith Recreation Area, 40 miles
north of Amarillo, Tex.
Accommodations: Meals and lodging in Fritch and Borger.
Big Thicket National Preserve
3785 Milam, Beaumont, TX 77701
(409) 246-2337
Great biological diversity. Plants and animals from eastern
deciduous forests, southern pine savannahs, and prairies. Visitor
information station, hiking, guided walks, self-guiding trails,
fishing, boating.
Location: Widely separated units scattered north of Beaumont.
Information station on FM 420, 2.5 miles east of U.S. 69, 7 miles
north of Kountze.
Accommodations: Meals and lodging in Beaumont and smaller
towns of Woodville, Silsbee, and Kountze.
Chamizal National Memorial
800 S. San Marcial, El Paso, TX 79905
(915) 532-7273
Memorializes signing of 1963 treaty resolving 99-year
boundary dispute between United States and Mexico. Area presents
International Boundary history. Activities preserve cultural
heritages of both nations. Visitor center, museum, interpretive
exhibits, documentary film, travel information, graphic arts
galleries, biking, picnicking, theatrical performances.
Auditorium open 8 to 5 daily, evenings as scheduled. Festivals in
March, May, July, September, and October.
Location: In south-central El Paso on International Boundary.
Entrances from San Marcial Street and Delta Drive, easy access to
and from Interstate 10.
Accommodations Meals and lodging in El Paso and Juarez,
Mexico, adjacent to park.
Fort Davis National Historic Site
Box 1456, Fort Davis, TX 79734
(915) 426-3224
Strategic west Texas defense post from 1854-1891. Troops
guarded traffic on the San Antonio-El Paso Road, protected
region's settlers, and campaigned against Comanche and Apache
Indians. Visitor center with museum and audiovisual program,
restored and refurnished historic buildings, interpretive
programs, picnic area.
Location: Northern edge of town of Fort Davis. Reached from
Interstate 10 via Tex. 17 and 118 or from U.S. 90 via 505 and 166
or 17.
Accommodations: Meals and lodging in town of Fort Davis and
in nearby Davis Mountains State Park.
Guadalupe Mountains National
Park
H.C. 60, Box 400
Salt Flat, TX 79847
(915) 828-3251
Most extensive exposed fossil reef on Earth. Scenic desert
lowlands, rugged canyons, and forested mountains. Highest peak in
Texas. Camping, backpacking. hiking, visitor center, guided
hikes, primitive roads, and interpretive programs.
Location: On U.S. 62-180, 55 miles southwest of Carlsbad, N.
Mex., 110 miles east of El Paso, Tex.
Accommodations: Meals and lodging in White's City, 34 miles
northeast on U.S. 62-180, and in Carlsbad.
Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical
Park
P.O.Box 329, Johnson City, TX 78636-0329
(210) 868-7128
LBJ's Birthplace, boyhood home, grandparents' log cabin, and
ranch, along with the Johnson family cemetery and much of the
historic landscape, commemorate the life and career of the 36th
President.
Location: LBJ Boyhood home and Johnson Settlement are in
Johnson City. LBJ Ranch is 14 miles west of Johnson City off
U.S.290.
Golden Spike National Historic
Site
P.O. Box W, Brigham City, UT 84302
(801) 471-2209
Marks joining of America's first transcontinental railroad.
Final spike driven here in 1869, uniting Union Pacific and
Central Pacific Railroads. Visitor center, interpretive programs,
picnicking.
Location: 32 miles west of Brigham City.
Accommodations: Meals and lodging in Brigham City and
Tremonton.
Natural Bridges National
Monument
Box 1, Lake Power, UT 84533
(801) 259-5174
Sipapu, Kachina, Owachomo--stream-eroded bridges with lyrical
names. From 180 to 268 feet in span and 9 to 93 feet thick.
Prehistoric pictographs. Visitor center, campground, exhibits,
hiking, nature trails, picnicking, scenic view.
Location: 40 miles west of Blanding via Utah 95.
Accommodations: Meals and lodging in Blanding.
Rainbow Bridge National
Monument
c/o Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
Box 1507, Page, AZ 86040
(602) 645-2511
World's greatest natural bridge. Symmetrical arch of
salmon-pink sandstone rises 290 feet above gorge. Camping,
picnicking, boating, boat tours by concessioners. Scenic flights
from Page.
Location: Reached by trail from base Navajo Mountain (15
miles): also by from Lake Powell in Glen Canyon Recreation
Area.
Accommodations: Meals and lodging in Page. Camping in Glen
Canyon NRA.
Timpanogos Cave National
Monument
R.R.3, Box 200, American Fork, UT 84003-9803
(801) 756-5239
The Colorful limestone cavern on the side of Mount Timpanogos
is noted for helictites-glasslike formations that grow in all
directions and shapes.
Location: Salt Lake City area. Take I-15 south to Utah
92.
Appomattox Court House National
Historical Park
Box 218, Appomattox, VA 24522
(804) 352-8987
Scene of surrender, on April 9, 1865, of Confederacy's
largest field army, under Gen. Robert E. Lee, to Federal Army
under Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant. Courthouse, restored town,
visitor center, exhibits, 6-mile hiking trail. Camping and picnic
areas nearby.
Location: 3 miles northeast of town of Appomattox on Va. 24,
and 75 miles from Roanoke.
Accommodations: Meals and lodging in Appomattox.
Booker T. Washington National
Monument
Route 3, Box 310, Hardy, VA 24101
(703) 721-2094
Site of birthplace and childhood home of black leader and
educator. A Living Farm area with crops and farm animals. Park
interpreters in period dress, mid-June to Labor Day. Visitor
center, exhibits, audiovisual program, self-guiding trail, living
history farm and picnic area. Private and public campgrounds
nearby.
Location: 16 miles northeast of Rocky Mount,Va., via Va.
122N, and 20 miles southeast of Roanoke via Va. 116S and 122N,
and 21 miles southwest of Bedford via 122.
Accommodations: Meals and lodging in Rocky Mount, Roanoke,
and Bedford.
George Washington Birthplace National
Monument
R.R. 1, Box 717
Washington's Birthplace, VA 22443
(804) 224-1732
Birthplace of first U.S. President, memorial mansion, and
gardens. Site of tombs of his father, grandfather, and
greatgrandfather. Restored and operating Colonial farm complete
with crops, plowing, preparation of period food, and guides in
period dress. Historic mansion area, colonial farm, burial
grounds, hiking trails, picnic areas, visitor center.
Location: On Potomac River, 38 miles east of Fredericksburg,
Va., reached from Va. 3 via Va. 204. 85 miles southeast of
Washington, D.C.
Accommodations: Meals and lodging in Fredericksburg,
Montross, and Colonial Beach.
Maggie L. Walker National Historic
Site
c/o Richmond National Battlefield Park
3215 East Broad Street, Richmond, VA 23223
(804) 780-1380
Restored home of black community leader who was first woman
president of a U.S. financial institution. Period furnishings.
Please call before visit. Guided tours arranged. Restoration
underway: projected opening in 1985.
Location: Downtown Richmond at 1101/2 East Leigh Street, in
Jackson Ward National Historic Landmark District.
Buck Island Reef National
Monument
Box 160, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI 00820
(809) 773-1460
Among the finest coral reefs and crystal lagoons in the
Caribbean. Grottoes, sea fans, gorgonias, and tropical fishes.
Underwater trail. Rookery of frigate birds and pelicans. Habitat
of sea turtles. Boating tour, swimming, skindiving, underwater
trail, nature trail, bathhouse, picnic areas, snorkeling.
Location: Off northeast coast of St. Croix, Virgin Islands.
Reached only by boat.
Accommodations: Meals and lodging in Christiansted.
Christiansted National Historic
Site
Box 160, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI 00820
(809) 773-1460
Commemorates colonial development of Virgin Islands.
Preserves 18th- and 19th-century Danish colonial structures at
former Danish West Indies capital on St. Croix Island. Discovered
by Christopher Columbus, 1493. Walking tour of restored
buildings, information at Park Service visitor center at Fort
Christiansvaern in downtown Christiansted.
Ebey's Landing National Historical
Reserve
P.O. Box 774, Coupville, WA 98239-0074
(360) 678-6084
This rural historic district-including farms little changed
since the 1850's-provides a continuous record of Puget Sound
exploration and settlement. The reserve includes prairies,
beaches, and the Victorian seaport of coupeville.
Location: Whidbey Island in Puget Sound. Island can be
reached by car, scheduled ferry, or by boat. Museum is in
Coupville at 908 N.W. Alexander Street.
Fort Vancouver National Historic
Site
612 E. Reserve Street, Vancouver, WA 98661
(360) 696-7655
Western headquarters of Hudson's Bay Company, 1825-49.
Trading and political hub for Pacific Northwest. Visitor center,
museum exhibits, reconstructed stockade, children's playground.
Picnicking and private campground nearby.
Location: Vancouver, Wash.
Accommodations: Meals and lodging in Greater Vancouver
Area.
Klondike Gold Rush National Historical
Park
117 South Main Street, Seattle, WA 98104
(206) 553-7220
Interprets: Seattle's role as main supply center for Alaska
and Klondike gold fields, 1897-1898, and relates gold rush drama.
Mining exhibits, artifacts. large historic photomurals,
audiovisual programs.
Location: 117 So. Main in Seattle's historic Pioneer Square
area.
Accommodations: Meals and lodging in immediate area.
San Juan Island National Historical
Park
Box 429, Friday Harbor, WA 98250
(206) 378-2240
Commemorates peaceful relations--United States, Great
Britain, and Canada--since 1872 boundary dispute here. Includes
English and American campsites. Limited camping in county-owned
park, small commercial trailer park, two small commercial
campgrounds, remains of earthworks and two structures in American
Camp, four remaining structures in English Camp.
Location: Reached by autoferry from Anacortes, Wash., about
88 miles north of Seattle. Also, by private boats, or by air from
Seattle to Friday Harbor.
Accommodations: Limited overnight accommodations at Friday
Harbor and Roche Harbor.
Whitman Mission National Historic
Site
Route 2, Box 247, Walla Walla, WA 99362
(509) 522-6360
Commemorates Marcus and Narcissa Whitman's courage and labor
amongNative Americans in Old Oregon when American immigrants
began comingdown the Oregon Trail. Clash between Indian and
American cultures led totheir deaths in 1847. Visitor center,
picnicking, museum, exhibits, self-guiding trails, mission site,
pioneer and Indian cultural demonstrations.
Location: 7 miles west of Walla Walla off U.S. 12.
Bluestone National Scenic River
c/o New River Gorge National River P.O.Box 246, Glen Jean,
WV 25846-0246
(304)456-0508
This area protects 11 miles of this relatively unspoiled
river, along with the natural and historic Appalachian plateau
landscape.
Location: There are river access points off W.V. 20 between
towns of Hinton and Princeton, through Bluestone or Pipestem
state parks.
Gauley River National Recreational
Area
c/o New River Gorge National River
P.O. Box 264, Glen Jean, WV 25846-0246
(302) 456-0508
The 25 miles of free-flowing Gauley River and 6 miles of the
Meadow River pass through scenic gorges and valleys containing a
wide variety of natural and cultural features.
Location: From Summersville, take U.S.19 south, then W.V. 129
west to main river access point at Summersville Dam.
Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
Route 1, Box 4, Bayfield, WI 54814
(715) 779-3397
Twenty islands and a 12-mile strip on Lake Superior's south
shore. Sandstone cliffs, sea caves, lighthouses, sand beaches.
Headquarters and visitor center in Bayfield. Hiking, sailing,
boat tours, beachcombing, nature photography, commercial fishing,
museum, hunting, fishing, tent camping in designated and
backcountry sites on most islands.
Location: Mainland unit 13 miles northwest of Bayfield.
Islands reached by concession operated or private boat.
Fort Laramie National Historic
Site
Fort Laramie, WY 82212
(307) 837-2221
Site of fur-trading post and surviving buildings of major
military post guarding covered-wagon trails to West, 1834-90.
Visitor center, self-guiding tours, military and civilian life on
a frontier military post portrayed, including loading and firing
demonstrations, and post trading operations.
Location: 3 miles southwest of town of Fort Laramie on U.S.
26.
Accommodations: Meals and lodging in Fort Laramie.
Nation's most extensive concentration of fossilized
freshwater fish, in 60 million-year-old layers of shale. Visitor
center, hiking, exhibits, picnicking, interpretive programs.
Location: 10 miles north of Kemmerer on U.S. 30.
Accommodations: Meals and logging in Kemmerer.
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