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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, culteral, 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, Inderpendence, MO 64050-2804
(816) 254-7199
Harry and Bess Truman lived here at 219 North Deleware 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.
Accommodations: Meals and lodging in Springfield.
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.
Accommodations: Meals and lodging in Deer Lodge.
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.
Accommodations: Meals and lodging nearby.
Aztec Ruins National
Monument
P.O. Box 640, Aztec, NM 87410
(505) 334-6174
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.
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.
Petroglyph National
Monument
4735 Unser Boulevard N.W., Albuquerque, NM 87120-2033 (505) 839-4429
More than 15,000 prehistoric Indian and Hispanic petroglyphs stretch 17 miles along Albuquerque's West Mesa escarpment.
Location: Visitor center is located in Albuquerque, 3 miles north of I-40 on Unser Boulevard.
Salinas Pueblo Missions
National Monument
P.O. Box 496, Mountainair, NM 87036-0496
(505) 847-2585
Ruins of 800-year-old pueblo villages stand next to outstanding examples of the remains of Spanish Franciscan missions.
Location: Main visitor center is in Mountainair, at junction of U.S. 60 and N.Mex. 55.
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.
Accommodations: Meals and lodging in Wilmington.
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
570-685-4871
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.
Congaree Swamp National
Monument
200 Caroline Sims Road, Hopkins, SC 29061
(803) 776-4396
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.
Cowpens National
Battlefield
P.O. Box 308, Chesnee, SC 29323
(803) 461-2828
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.
Accommodations: Meals and lodging in Greenwood.
Jewel Cave National
Monument
R.R. 1, Box 60AA, Custer, SD 57730
(605) 673-2288
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.
Accommodations: Meals and lodging in Richmond.
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.
Location: In city of Christiansted on St. Croix.
Accommodations: Meals and lodging 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.
Accommodations: Meals and lodging in Walla Walla.
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.
Accommodations: Meals and lodging in Bayfield.
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.
Fossil Butte National
Monument
Box 527, Kemmerer, WY 83101
(307) 877-4455
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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