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America’s National Parks Podcast

Explore our national parks — their history, their people, and their stories.

Episodes

Total: 317

The Women of Lowell

2022/4/5

The dizzying thrum of the water-powered textile mills in Lowell, Massachusetts drowns out everything

Decades before Henry Wadsworth Longfellow would call the house on Brattle Street home, a General, ta

In this month's national park news roundup, we share info about the newest unit in the National Park

Discovering Yellowstone

2022/3/16

150 years ago, the National Park idea was born, in a place called Yellowstone. That idea was helped

In the heart of Pennsylvania coal country, trains had their heyday. As freight transportation mature

Ansel Adams

2022/2/20

For all of the heroes of the National Parks we’ve covered on this podcast over nearly 200 episodes,

Welcome to this month's "News from the Parks" our monthly roundup of top stories from the National P

In the 1800s, the Lackawaxen region of the Upper Delaware River was a bustling area, punctuated by i

Right at the end of the outcropping where the Patuxent River meets the Baltimore Harbor sits a star-

Will you need to make a reservation when you visit a national park this year? America’s 400+ Nationa

Weir Farm

2021/12/13

In Connecticut's only National Park Service site visitors have an experience unique in the system —

It's time for this month's National Park News episode. The National Park Service has a new director,

One of the very few women architects of her time, Mary Colter blended her lifelong love and respect

Beneath the rolling grasslands of Badlands National Park lies an intricate housing system and social

In this episode, a park superintendent Aaron Mahr tells us what makes a national trail special, and

Welcome to this month's "News from the Parks" our monthly roundup of top stories from the National P

If you dare, dip your feet into the icy water of St. Mary Lake. The glacier-fed water adds a new twi

A Music Mecca

2021/9/23

Joshua Tree National Park in southern California encompasses parts of both the Mojave and Colorado D

Songs of Joshua Tree

2021/9/14

Nestled between the San Bernardino and Coxcomb Mountains lies the confluence of the Mojave and Color

There's a newly nominated candidate for NPS Director, a position that has been vacant for more than