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The National Park Travelers Club (or NPTC) is a non-profit 501(c)7 social club organization. [2] Its mission is to provide networking and recognition opportunities for visitors to America's National Park System .
Take A Closer Look At Proposed Ancient Forest National Park, National Parks Traveler: Aniakchak National Park & Preserve Alaska 1979 An earlier version of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (S.222), introduced by Sen. John Durkin included making a Aniakchak National Park & Preserve.
The total area protected by national parks is approximately 52.4 million acres (212,000 km 2), for an average of 833 thousand acres (3,370 km 2) but a median of only 220 thousand acres (890 km 2). [8] The national parks set a visitation record in 2021, with more than 92 million visitors. [9]
Travel blogger Alexandra Blodgett has visited 35 national parks. Some of the best for fall foliage are often overlooked, she said. A traveler who's been to 35 national parks shares her favorite 5 ...
It then established Morristown National Historical Park, the 1779–1780 winter encampment of the Continental Army in New Jersey, on March 2, 1933, as the first NHP: The U.S. House committee noted that the new designation was logical for the area and set a new precedent, with comparison to the national military parks, which were then in the War ...
In 2011, national parks generated $30.1 billion in economic activity and 252,000 jobs nationwide. Thirteen billion of that amount went directly into communities within 60 miles of a NPS unit. In a 2017 study, the NPS found that 331 million park visitors spent $18.2 billion in local areas around National Parks across the nation.
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In an effort to save on cash processing and hand handling fees, 22 national parks have gone cashless as of 2023. In September 2023, U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) proposed the "Protecting Access to Recreation with Cash Act" (PARC) which would require national parks to accept cash as a form of payment for entrance fee. [13]