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National Parks Traveler: Adventuring In Alaska's Parks
Season 4 Episode 183
Alaska is a big state, and within that big state are 17 units of the National Park System spanning more than 100 million acres. Denali, Glacier Bay, …
3 years, 7 months ago
Audio Postcard From The Parks: The Shadow Mountain Lookout
Season 2 Episode 11
On the west side of Rocky Mountain National Park, in an opening in the piney forest, stands a fire lookout built in the 1930s.
The Shadow Mountain Lo…
3 years, 7 months ago
National Parks Traveler: Recovering Yellowstone
Season 4 Episode 182
Climate change is materializing in various ways across the National Park System. Houses have been falling into the Atlantic at Cape Hatteras National…
3 years, 7 months ago
National Parks Traveler Episode 181: Musical Kīlauea
Season 4 Episode 181
If you're interested in volcanoes, you need not go further than our national parks to get your fill. Eighty-four units of the National Park System ha…
3 years, 7 months ago
National Parks Traveler|Homestead National Historical Park
Season 4 Episode 180
Homestead National Historical Park near Beatrice, Nebraska, isn't that big, just 211 acres, but as the saying goes, it plays much, much bigger. Here …
3 years, 8 months ago
National Parks Traveler | Exploring Fort Larned National Historic Site
Season 4 Episode 179
The beauty of the National Park System is that there are more than 400 units that you can choose to visit, and each has a unique perspective showcasi…
3 years, 8 months ago
Audio Postcards From The Parks: Stitching National Parks Together
Season 4 Episode 10
Though Nancy Hershberger might be dismissed by "traditional" quilters, her patchwork designs capture a setting deserving a spot in an art gallery, or…
3 years, 8 months ago
National Parks Traveler |Walking Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
Season 4 Episode 178
There are 423 units in the National Park System, but a surprising number of people focus on about two dozen parks. Last year, when roughly 300 millio…
3 years, 8 months ago
National Parks Traveler| Walking The Oregon Trail At Scotts Bluff
Season 4 Episode 177
The Oregon Trail stretched roughly 2,170 miles from Missouri to Oregon's Willamette Valley. It rambled across prairie, sagebrush desert and mountains…
3 years, 8 months ago
Audio Postcard From The Parks | Sea Kayaking Jackson Lake At Grand Teton
Season 4 Episode 9
There really are few days that aren't great for paddling on Jackson Lake in Grand Teton National Park, whether you're in a canoe or a sea kayak. Duri…
3 years, 9 months ago