Picture Yourself in a National Park!
April 19, 2012
2 min readNational Park Week starts this Saturday — and we’ve just launched our newest mobile app, “National Parks by National Geographic,” to help kickstart the celebration. You’ll get instant — and free — access to guides to the 20 most visited parks, complete with travel tips, park rules and advisories, live tweet feeds from the parks, photo galleries (with tips from National Geographic magazine photographer Michael Melford), and our editors’ picks for don’t-miss hikes, spots, and activities.
Know what else is free? All 397 parks will be waiving admission fees from April 21-29 to honor the occasion — that’s 84 million of the most beautiful acres you’ll find in the U.S. at your disposal. The National Park Foundation (the official charity of America’s parks) has a handy park-finder tool that will help you start planning your visit today.
To play into this year’s parks week theme, “Picture Yourself in a National Park,” we’re asking our readers to share photos they’ve taken at any park around the country — whether it’s a full-blown national park, a battlefield, a monument or historic site — with Traveler.
If you’ve taken amazing photos at a park (it’s hard to avoid, right?), or are planning to when you visit, let us know by using our #parkpic tag on Twitter and Instagram. We’ll be showcasing your best submissions here on the blog the first week of May!
Want to give back to America’s best idea? It’s Volunteer Day on Saturday, April 21st. Find a project near you or check out all the other National Park Week events happening all around the country (our younger readers won’t want to miss National Junior Ranger Day on Saturday, April 28th). Don’t forget to tag your photos #parkpic!
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