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@danielcalderone6244 2 сағат бұрын
Hey, I have that same exact t-shirt. It's from REI.
@shanimorse9095 3 сағат бұрын
As a Baltimore resident I knew of Wolf Trap but it always seemed a little far to go for concerts. I did know people who went to shows there however I mostly went to concerts at Merriweather Post Pavillion since it was closer and similar outdoor layout. I now live about 15mins away from Wolf Trap and love going there! I went for the first time last summer to see Tori Amos and this year with my husband to see Trombone Shorty and Big Boi from Outkast. It was husbands first time attending show there even though he grew up nearby. Next summer we will be seeing Weird Al there with our daughter. She is still very young but I am excited about taking her to the children's programs they have on offer there. It's a very beautiful space and I was beyond grateful they had a shuttle service for people with mobility issues (there's a bit of a hill between the parking lot and concert venue and at the time of the Trombone Shorty show I was very pregnant 😅)
@josephjohnson9805 11 сағат бұрын
Grand Tower Missouri is a area protected by order of President Grant. They apparently took the order establishing Yellowstone and just put in Grand Tower instead of Yellowstone. However the US Army has always owned it. The state of Missouri has run visits out of a state park and also a national forest. In Illinois Grand Tower Illinois has a view deck to view it. It came very close to being a national park.
@colormedubious4747 23 сағат бұрын
I hiked up Old Rag and camped at the summit with my fellow Boy Scouts about a dozen times in the 70s. I also stayed at Skyland a few times with my church group when there were no TVs in the rooms and dinosaurs roamed the land. We never heard this story back then. Thanks for sharing it! I'd love to hike Old Rag again but I'm old enough now that the rock scramble would be a wee bit tricky.
@samreagan6292 23 сағат бұрын
One thing I don’t like about the logo is that it represents the big parks out west, and maybe Acadia. Without representing all of the historic sites and national battlefields. Adding a generic historic house and a cannon may make the logo too cluttered however. But I still think they would be great additions to the official logo.
@travingalloverthemap8375 Күн бұрын
Actually Hot springs national Park is the first federally protected Park not Yellowstone.
@colormedubious4747 Күн бұрын
What of the National Mall or, as the NPS website refers to it, "National Mall and Memorial Parks?"
@NationalParkDiaries Күн бұрын
Those are managed by the NPS, but not classified as a "National Park." There are lots of different designations under the umbrella of the National Park System, like National Historic Sites, National Battlefields, National Memorials, and more. I have a whole video on those that might help to clear up some of the confusion, but the short version is: they are part of the National Park System, but they are not National Parks.
@colormedubious4747 Күн бұрын
@@NationalParkDiaries Thank you. I am aware of the various classifications as I am a proud owner of a Lifetime Pass and have owned many an Annual Pass before becoming ancient and decrepit. 🤣 I phrased my comment poorly -- my question should have been "What is the National Mall classified as?" The NPS website only offers its full name without elaboration. Is it simply a unique type, a one-off? I'm okay with that since it IS a very unique place located within a very monumental city, but federal agencies just LOVE to classify/categorize everything within their purview, so it seems rather odd that this one place has escaped "systemic pigeonholing."
@NationalParkDiaries Күн бұрын
@@colormedubious4747Ah, I see. Yes and no. I don't fully understand the administrative oddities that go on in DC myself, but my best understanding is that the various memorials and monuments ARE separate units (Washington Monument, Jefferson Memorial, etc), but they are all administered and managed together under the single entity of "National Mall and Memorial Parks." So yes, the National Mall is kind of a one off designation, but there are still separate individual units there. Each one has its own stamp, but not all have Unigrids, much to my dismay since I collect them 😭
@colormedubious4747 Күн бұрын
@@NationalParkDiaries I grew up there and can state that you aren't wrong: NOBODY understands the administrative oddities. Not even the administrators.
@NationalParkDiaries Күн бұрын
@@colormedubious4747 haha, that's my experience from talking to a few rangers as well!
@swithinbarclay4797 Күн бұрын
As long as I'm free to ski Kirkwood and Heavenly near Tahoe, I have nothing to quibble nor grouse about, as long as no goofy and stupid Government Edict kicks the resorts entirely off of those mountains. So, I remain happy, until some green meanies succeed in making skiing, ILLEAGAL. The resorts want their clientele to be as happy as is possible, and that works for me, as one of their clients, one of their paying guests.
@swithinbarclay4797 Күн бұрын
Now, with the CANADIAN Royal National Park System, wouldn't THAT be something, had King Charles, in his younger days, did a stint as a Park Ranger, in one of THOSE Parks??
@swithinbarclay4797 Күн бұрын
That's a cool picture of him at Old Faithful, and the geyser had the great decency to pop-off, during this ceremony, yaaayyy!
@swithinbarclay4797 Күн бұрын
"Bear Warden"?? Gerry might as well been doing bull-riding on the Bison(Laughs!!)! Then, he'd have some REAL stories to tell Betty and the kids!!
@swithinbarclay4797 Күн бұрын
Say, isn't this the same 20, that in the West, passes through Cody, Yellowstone NP--aligned with U.S.-191 for a spell, then pass through Craters of The Moon in Idaho, and makes a glancing blow to Ketchum, Hailey, and Sun Valley? Now, what could make U.S.-6, far longer than 20, or even I-80, would be this scheme of mine: going West of Tonopah, Nevada, 6 bypasses Bishop, California entirely, or that segment gets designated 6A. Then reaching Benton, California, the 6 subsumes CA-120, in its entirety, all the way to its Western terminus West of Manteca, California (thus passing through Yosemite). Then, 6 runs concurrent with I-205, goes over Altamont Pass on I-580. The 580 goes all the way to San Raphael, California. Here then, it would align with Sir Francis Drake Boulevard, taking you all the way to road's end at the lighthouse at Point Reyes, Point Reyes National Seashore, Marin County, California. That would then sorta make the 6, a "Cape to Cape", or rather, the "Cape to Point Highway", since the 6's Eastern terminus is at Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
@swithinbarclay4797 Күн бұрын
I'd like to see a Piece on how the Chain of the Administration of Criminal Justice within the National Park system evolved. Today's Rangers are more likely than not, LEO's. In the Major Parks/Units, they have facilities that resemble little metropolitan police departments, including jails, morgues, and forensic labs. They have Prosecutors (Park Attorneys?) and Magistrates on call. They have Mission Offices in partnership with this Nation's premier LEA's and Intelligence/Internal Security Agencies, including the Military and Customs/Immigration ones. They have broad-based alliances with the local Sheriff's Departments and Police Departments, as needs be.
@GreenEyedRogue Күн бұрын
It a great live music venue
@NationalParkDiaries Күн бұрын
Agreed!
@swithinbarclay4797 Күн бұрын
So, if "Steve" was "Frodo", with Horace as "Sam", then certainly Frank Lane must have been "Gollum"; or, would that have been Dick Ballinger, Senators Heyburn & Cannon? Horace's daughter was interviewed for the landmark Ken Burns series, and this is how I became familiar with him, and came to love him; he was part of my grandparents' generation.
@swithinbarclay4797 Күн бұрын
Even if they be opposites of the same coin, "Johnnie" and "Giff" are both heroes of mine. Theodore Roosevelt VIGOROUSLY tried several times to reconcile them--and--if I know my TR correctly, he was NO quitter(!)--and failed. I have been to HH several times and I am not bothered at all with the dam. I see the trailhead there as a perfect jump-off for a dear gem of mine, Lake Vernon. There are rare copses of Pinyon Pines there along the North shore--species certainly better suited for the deserts of California--because HH laid directly upon a trade route for Native American commerce, that would link tribes of the Pacific Coast with those of the deserts, the Rockies, and the great plains beyond . . . So, either some pine seeds leaked out of packs, or the local Miwoks took some efforts to cultivate Pinyons for their own, so they wouldn't be as dependent upon the Eastern tribes. For San Francisco, the "damage" has been done and today they have some of the finest "natural" water to be found anywhere. I don't know what the average Franciscan pays for their water per person per month, but let's assume that figure is $300.00/month. If the reservoir is drained, the dam destroyed, taking a WAAG, I'd say that individual water consumer would end up paying Five Grand/month, and that water would be nowhere as good for their health, as it is now! And San Francisco would have to say goodbye to all of its celebrated lush gardens and swimming pools.
@bryank1777 Күн бұрын
Thank-you for video. Excellent!!!!!
@NationalParkDiaries Күн бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@stupedcraig Күн бұрын
Tourist spots are full of tourists! Find somewhere off the beaten path. Or go off season.
@janoswimpffen7305 2 күн бұрын
I count 38 other delisted National Parks. Most are now state parks, plus 3 units that were absorbed into others.
@NationalParkDiaries Күн бұрын
If you don't mind me asking, what 38 are you referring to? No documentation I found listed an additional 38 delisted units?
@janoswimpffen7305 Күн бұрын
@@NationalParkDiaries I am trying to find the source for these. I remember it came from a list compiled by a retired professor who specialized in this. I have hundreds of Parks related websites bookmarked and I know that it's in there somewerehe, but can't yet find it yet. However I did make a list of them. Here the ones in addition to yours, sorted by state. Having dug further I see that effectively we are both correct.Nearly all of these I have listed as National Recreation Demonstration Areas (NRDA), sort of a study area to be considered as a park--but didn't pass the test. Effectively, these are yet anothre category altogether, not delisted but rather never completely listed. I remember that the website that I can't find went into detail on each and the stories vary. Some did get listed briefly. (off an xls sheet so the columns got scrambled here, but you should be able to make them out. We can PM to go further--you do great workd! UNIT Previous State Disposition Oak Mountain NRDA AL State Park Jackson Forest NRDA CA State Forest Fort Jefferson NM FL absorbed Hard Labor Creek NP GA State Park Alexander Stephens Memorial NRDA GA State Park Franklin D. Roosevelt NRDA GA State Park Pere Marquette NRDA IL State Park Winamac - Tippenacoe NRDA IN State Park Versailles NRDA IN State Park Otter Creek NRDA KY Municipal Camden Hills NRDA ME State Park Yankee Springs NRDA MI State Park Waterloo NRDA MI State Rec Area St. Croix NRDA MN State Park Cuivre River NRDA MO State Park Knob Noster NRDA MO State Park Lake of the Ozarks NRDA MO State Park William B. Umstead NRDA NC State Park Bear Brook NRDA NH State Park Georgia O'Keefe NHS NM Private Lake Murray NRDA OK State Park McLoughlin House NHS OR absorbed Fort Clatsop NME OR absorbed Silver Falls NRDA OR State Park Blue Knob NRDA PA State Park French Creek NRDA PA State Park Hickory Run NRDA PA State Park Laurel Hill NRDA PA State Park Raccoon Creek NRDA PA State Park Arcadia NRDA RI State Mgmt Area Cheraw NRDA SC State Park Kings Mountain NRDA SC State Park South Carolina Waysides NRDA SC State Waysides Custer Park NRDA SD State Park Meeman-Shelby NRDA TN State Park Montgomery Bell NRDA TN State Park Falls Creek Falls NRDS TN State Rec. Park Salt Creek NRDA VA State Park Virginia Waysides NRDA VA State Waysides Lower Saint Croix NSR WI absorbed Guernsey NRDA WY State Park Don't have time to do them one by one but just taking an example here is the history of Hard Labor Creek and it mentions that it was a Nat. Park in the 1940s. visitmadisonga.com/state-park-history/
@swithinbarclay4797 2 күн бұрын
For the Men's Ski Events, Badger Pass is rather pathetic, mainly a short-drop bunny slope.
@janoswimpffen7305 2 күн бұрын
Total nerd here: Lifetime bucket list of visting all NPS sites, existing or abolished, Nat. Forest,, Nat. Wildlife Refuges, National Hist. Landmarks, National Natural Area, National Recreational Trails (not the full lengths!), Wilderness Areas and all federal equivalents in Canada (Parks Canada, National Wildlife Areas etc.). The total is about 9000. At about 40% -- probably won't make them all. Of the abolished sites mentioned, have been to Fr. Millett Cross, Lewis & Clark Cave, Mar-A-Lardo (long before the orange one was pres), Nat'l Visitor Center, OK City Memorial, Papago Saguaro, Shoshone Cavern, Verndyre, White Plains, Shasta NRA, Shadow Mt, and Flaming Gorge
@NationalParkDiaries Күн бұрын
Quite the list, enjoy your travels!
@swithinbarclay4797 2 күн бұрын
To begin with, I believe that if he were alive in this time, Forest Service Founder Gifford Pinchot, would be quite satisfied, with how his Agency has progressed and grown, and adjusted to the times. The Bureau of Land Management, BIA, Sovereign Tribal Governments, and other allied Government Agencies also have their road networks, too. They can share these with our Militaries and Intelligence Agencies as needed. Then CERTAINLY, POSITIVELY, no trespassing allowed. Around Yosemite in the past, both USFS and NPS roads crossed the Park's borders, connected. These attracted savvy Fee Dodgers, who would not use the usual Park Portals on major highways to enter The Park, so, both Agencies teamed up to destroy, take out those "feelers", and I imagine that these places are under periodic Equestrian Patrol, where it's more difficult for FLIR-equipped aircraft to superintend. Back when Marijuana and other Controlled Substances were criminalized, certain roads networks were headaches--even hazards--for the USFS to superintend. I imagine that in the Appalachians, moonshiners still give our Federal Natural Resource Agencies fits. Mass murderer Cary Stayner had a decent working knowledge of NPS/USFS road networks--including the National Forests/Private/County lands on The Park's Northeast, East, and Southeast borders--of the Yosemite region, dontcha know?
@ClaytonHensley 2 күн бұрын
I was just talking to someone yesterday about New Echota. It is a fascinating place and is just a short distance off I-75. History lovers should make a stop there. Georgia seems to be doing a good job with the site.
@NationalParkDiaries Күн бұрын
Never heard of it before making this video, but it's on my list to stop now!
@darkmatterhafnium1522 2 күн бұрын
castle pickney is pretty cool to me, a fort kind of just left there to be reclaimed by nature. I wonder if its possible to boat out there
@NationalParkDiaries 2 күн бұрын
I think the island is privately owned now, but not sure if access is still granted? It would have been cool for the NPS to keep though IMO, totally could have fit in as part of Ft Sumter
@benbravis1908 2 күн бұрын
My wetland ecology class at the University of Akron spent the better part of a semester creating multiple group projects to help the CVNP to revise their beaver management program. My group did field work to find and map dams, and reported on where beaver impacts were strongest, and how that related to the waterways. Other groups studied things like life history, future of beaver in CVNP, positive/negative ecological impacts, among others. Amazing experience in the park
@NationalParkDiaries 2 күн бұрын
That's awesome, love to see that level of collaboration!
@MannyEspinola-q4t 2 күн бұрын
Thank you for this video
@NationalParkDiaries 2 күн бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@Slap-dash427 2 күн бұрын
The house I grew up in was a 10 minute walk from Wolf Trap, so naturally we went multiple times a summer. I somehow thought this was a perfectly normal thing to have right next to your house for much longer than I should have.
@NationalParkDiaries 2 күн бұрын
What a treat! And an excellent resource for the locals. During my visit, I could tell that a lot of people were locals who come to multiple shows throughout the season and it really felt like a community
@SuperMagnumSpooker 2 күн бұрын
friggin EWWWWWWW (you know which one ;) ) cool video
@swithinbarclay4797 2 күн бұрын
The Virgin River has long been a home to a very dangerous toxic algae, that I believe can be fatal to those who drink of it. And it causes a dermatitis of about equal intensity to that of the Poison Oaks, Sumacs, and Ivies. We shouldn't be surprised if this is another symptom of Cougar suppression. There used to be Jaguars not only here, the province of the Colorado Plateau, but also in California's Sierra Nevada; they pretty much disappeared with the coming of the Spaniard.
@Therecouldbehope 2 күн бұрын
I was in the Glades a few weeks ago, the wildlife is so abundant, the most comforting place to spend a day (or a Life).
@plumbersteve 2 күн бұрын
[clears throat] Hot Springs St. Louis native and resident. I love the arch. I love mid century modern. I felt very connected to the old museum and I even went on the last day it was open and took a series of 3D pictures to remember it. I like the new museum and park grounds. It’s not a national park. It’s very cool. I’m glad it’s there. But it’s not a national park.
@NationalParkDiaries 2 күн бұрын
This seems to be a very common sentiment. I liked the arch too when I visited, just not a NP, like you said
@nata3467 2 күн бұрын
I tend to go off season, look for less popular parks and state parks
@NationalParkDiaries 2 күн бұрын
Same!
@kevinmcnutt2558 3 күн бұрын
OKC national memorial has never been a national park. It has always been an affiliate.
@NationalParkDiaries 2 күн бұрын
Not true: www.nps.gov/okci/learn/historyculture/enabling-act.htm
@Thehondad 3 күн бұрын
We are so proud of that park here in Cleveland. It’s an awesome part of our town!
@NationalParkDiaries 2 күн бұрын
You should be, they've done a wonderful job there!
@laysdong 3 күн бұрын
What a coincidence that all these major civil war historical sites were abolished in the 50s
@mow4it 3 күн бұрын
You didnt show truman house but the farm site which didnt talk about.
@napalmholocaust9093 3 күн бұрын
The management job of the department of the interior is to manage. If that means slashing access to protect it for our future, then do it already!
@JeremyDunaway-bh9pb 3 күн бұрын
We live just north of the CVNP and absolutely love everything about it. The hikes are great, waterfalls are beautiful and the bike paths are wonderful!! Come visit and enjoy this great area!! Thank you for making this video and sharing the history of our area and how it has bounced back to be such a welcoming and restored natural beauty.
@NationalParkDiaries 2 күн бұрын
I visited for a short time back in June and it was absolutely wonderful. I can't wait to come back and ride my bike and hike around more. I'm also really fascinated by a lot of the collaborations in the park, like with the Cleveland Orchestra and local farmers. Really special park and I was happy to share its story.
@MatthewChenault 4 күн бұрын
The failure of the preservation of the Atlanta Campaign highlights the astonishing success of the Richmond National Battlefield Park System. What doomed the Atlanta Campaign park system was the lack of acquisition of property land to preserve those locations. As a result, there was little for the NPS to work with and - in turn - the park never came to fruition. In Richmond, the situation was entirely different. You had historians - such as Douglas Southall Freeman - who heavily organized the acquisition of land associated with these battlefields; most notably the acquisition of Fort Harrison and much of Richmond’s eastern defensive works. As a result, the NPS had enough preserved land to be able to work with it and develop them into parks. They could invest money into improving the areas around them, including the construction of roadways through the parks and visitors centers that could help tell the story of these places. This - in conjunction with roadside markers funded by Freeman, which bear his name - enabled for the story of these locations to be told in a coherent fashion and made them accessible to the wider public. The Atlanta Campaign park unit is a golden example of how a lack of investment in property acquisition and investment in weaving the story of the campaign results in the failure of a park.
@cicad2007 4 күн бұрын
Tell China about your "Global Solution". See how far you get!
@tarn1135 4 күн бұрын
It’s truly amazing how people are scared to even mention Trump’s name for fear of wack job attacks. It’s also absolutely hilarious how he lives rent free in your heads. Make sure you don’t say Trump’s name in a mirror. 😂
@benjamineskridge8697 4 күн бұрын
This always annoys me for some reason. Sure, some of these sites were/are maintained by the NPS. However, that DOES NOT make them National Parks. There is a distinction between National Parks, Monuments, Historic Sites, etc.
@NationalParkDiaries 3 күн бұрын
Frankly, I do that out of ease of packaging for a KZbin audience. If you've been around my channel for awhile, I frequently mention the distinction between designations (I have a whole video on them), and even in this video I refer to each site by its proper designation. I'm well aware that each of these sites wasn't considered a "National Park." Management wise though, the NPS doesn't really make a distinction between the various designations, and manages each site for the same conservation outcomes
@EthanGribble-z9m 4 күн бұрын
Swift Land
@swithinbarclay4797 4 күн бұрын
You will VERY seldom find Coast Redwoods growing DIRECTLY on the coastal slopesides. You must go at least two drainages/ridgelines inland. These trees are actually quite fragile, when assaulted by the gales that blow more often than not, from the ocean, for most of the year. With those ridges to break the force of the windage, they are quite free to spread fairly symmetrical crowns quite loftily. And, compared to the storm behavior of this nation's weather provinces, other than California's coastlines, there isn't as much lightning to shatter tree leaders--or whole trees. It's just rain, rain, rain, occasionally with a good blow, and our average Winters along the coast are usually warm enough to suppress snow, with snowlines hovering at about 4K'; consequently, little frost/ice, too. In their farthest inland reaches, along with their companion species, the Pacific Douglas Fir, they will mingle with the more montane White Fir, Ponderosa Pine, Knobcone Pine, [Mourning] Grey Pine, Sugar Pine, Santa Lucia Fir, and Coulter Pine.
@rlfolder5437 4 күн бұрын
A few decades from now and into the 2100s & beyond, it will be visited like Mount Vernon and Monticello. Not with the same admiration or learning, more of an oddity.
@takeohtyme 5 күн бұрын
I've heard that Kennesaw Mountain Landis was a bad mf-er.
@gilbertlopez183 5 күн бұрын
Climate change is always going to happen. Too bad politicians and lobbyists use it as if it was the offspring of Godzilla and King Kong trudging through San Francisco during noontime rush hour
@leighcameron2065 5 күн бұрын
Hot springs is one of my favorite national parks!! Hot springs and horse races!
@NationalParkDiaries 4 күн бұрын
I really want to get there soon! Such a unique park with a long and storied history
@leighcameron2065 4 күн бұрын
@@NationalParkDiaries it really is ❤ take empty jugs and at the bottom on the north mountain is a water station you can fill your jugs for free with the best water ever!! The water truly has health benefits!
@leighcameron2065 4 күн бұрын
@@NationalParkDiaries
@pja36 5 күн бұрын
When I was in middle school we did a week at greentop as ‘outdoor school.’ We did hikes and activities throughout, with a few stories of previous classes that got a little lost and were greeted by armed folks emerging from the forest to point them back towards the right direction.
@NationalParkDiaries 4 күн бұрын
I felt nervous just filming near there! I didn't dare get any closer for those segments
@cathyburrows8162 5 күн бұрын
They will sell our resources overseas to be forever lost. You can already see results of renting farm land to foreigners in Arizona, they used it to raise forage crops for their camels and horses but drilled deepest wells and drain aquifers dry as an result some Arizona towns become abandoned due no water, even air was dangerous to breathe due to constant dust blowing. These aquifers will never recover .