The National Park Service was established on August 25, 1916 by President Woodrow Wilson to manage our nation’s national parks. Today there are 63 national parks and many more national monuments, national historic sites, and other national areas managed by the National Park Service.
In 1872 Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming became our first National Park. The header image above is of Lower Yellowstone Falls.
New River National Park in West Virginia is our newest national park. We visited there when it was known as New River National River.
During our years of wandering we have visited many of these wonderful national areas. In 2016 I posted about the National Park Service’s 100th anniversary. Since then we have visited national areas in two of the United States Territories in the Caribbean.
The U.S. National Parks offer many opportunities to get out and explore natural areas, see wildlife, visit historic sites and monuments, go paddling, go hiking, go camping, and much more. Find a park near you at National Park Service and get out and explore!
Shared with Terri’s Sunday Stills: Let’s Celebrate Something
Wandering Dawgs 
Gorgeous pictures! A beautiful tribute to our National Parks. We have been to many including the two you show here in your post. Yellowstone and New River Gorge Bridge, New River National Park.
Great post! Thank you!
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Thank you Nancy! The National Parks are great treasures. We’ve visited many through the years.
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We hold the NPS dearly in our hearts too! Hopefully, we will get to all of them.
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Mike and Kellye, I hope you make it to all the parks! We did our best but are missing a few. We also enjoy the National Wildlife Refuges and National Forests.
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I LOVE the national parks, Beth! Gorgeous images of the ones you have visited. Last year, I became eligible for the US lifetime NP pass. It’s almost paid for itself by visiting Bryce Canyon this year. Over my lifetime I have visited 12 NP and hope to visit Yellowstone in 2024. Worth celebrating the 107th anniversary and I added your post to the current “celebration” themed Sunday Stills post this week.
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Terri, thank you! The US Lifetime NP pass is a fantastic bargain! Ours has paid for itself many times over. I hope you get to Yellowstone next year! Such a beautiful park and so much to see there.
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These are absolutely amazing shots with the first one taking my breath away. We are fortunate that these amazing places are available for all of us to enjoy.
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Thanks Judy! Yes, we are fortunate to have these parks to enjoy. Our national parks are real treasures.
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