National Park Week
Looking for something fun, free, and fantastic to do with family and friends?
Head out to
night sky, deer and antelope (and a few other critters!) play on the wide open
range, and history is an unbelievable experience, not an exam.
And the best news? During National Park Week, April 21-29, ALL 397 of your
national parks offer free admission, all week long!
The National Park Service is proud to once again join with the
National Park Foundation, the official charity of America's national parks,
to present National Park Week.
You can plan your visit by what you want to do, or where you want to go ...
or you can browse a event calendar and check out the special programs
offered that week. April 21 is Volunteer Day, so if you want to roll up your sleeves
and pitch in with a project, look for a park where you can help out. On April 28,
National Junior Ranger Day, parks will invite young visitors to "explore,
learn, protect" and be sworn in as Junior Rangers.
A bunch of our park partners and concessioners are also providing discounts to
make your visit even more enjoyable.
Also, don't forget to check out www.nationalparkweek.org. There you can
share your national park photos, videos, and tips. While you're there, learn
all about the ways you can help support your national parks all year round.
PS: If you can't go in April, how about June 9? That's the next day
entrance fees are waived, this time to celebrate Get Outdoors Day.
But wait, there's more...Chimani, the leading developer of mobile apps for national parks, is once again celebrating National Park Week by offering all of its iOS and Android apps for national parks for free.
The Maine-based company says all iOS and Android national park apps will be free in celebration of National Park Week, which runs from April 21-29. In order to reach its goal of one million downloads the apps will be free starting today - April 18th - plenty of time to download the apps before next week's celebration. The Chimani national park apps normally sell for between $4.99-$9.99 each and have an average rating of 4 1/2 stars.
The Chimani suite of national park apps include Acadia National Park, Cape Cod National Seashore, Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Grand Canyon National Park, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Rocky Mountain National Park, Yellowstone National Park, Yosemite National Park, Zion National Park and the National Parks app - which is a virtual passport tool for all the National Park Service units.
