National Parks – Page 4 – The Ranger Desk

What An Interpretive Theme Is…And What It Isn’t

Learn what an interpretive theme is and what it isn’t. A theme is not a topic. A theme is the glue that binds the topics together.

Take time for your mental health. When we wake up and are not okay, we should all have the right to take a Karen Day.

Discover 10 wild facts about Everglades National Park, including the best time to visit and how to breakfast with manatees.

Learn lessons from the dead: take a trip to Shiloh Battlefield, where an abandoned ancient village sits amid the relics of war.

I quit the national park service for the same reason I became a ranger in the first place: to find and do what makes me happy.

This land tells a story: Booker T. Washington National Monument. Stand in the spot where a family of slaves learned that they were free.

Discover where to stop on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia. Ten scenic stops and hikes along the parkway’s northern section.

My white privilege helped me become a park ranger. I feel safe in nature and in national parks when so many others don’t.

Where to stop on the Blue Ridge Parkway: North Carolina, featuring ten must-see spots along the parkway’s southern half.

I am often asked how I became a park ranger at US national parks. Here’s how the greatest adventure of my life began.