Stephanie McCullough, Author at The Ranger Desk

POW: Forest Park (St. Louis)

At over 1,300 acres, Forest Park in St. Louis is one of the largest city parks in the United States, larger than Central Park in New York.

Acadia National Park was the first national park east of the Mississippi River and remains the only national park in the northeastern US.

César E. Chávez National Monument oversees property donated by the Chávez family, including César and his wife Helen’s home and gravesites.

The mountain forests of Mexico’s Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve attract millions of butterflies each winter.

Discover national parks that celebrate American Latino heritage, a community whose stories and culture are woven into the fabric of America.

Valley of Fire State Park, the largest state park in Nevada, is renowned for its colorful rock formations, petroglyphs, and scenic highway.

Attracting half a million visitors a year despite its remote location, Big Bend is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Texas.

Minidoka is a national historic site that memorializes the unfair treatment of Japanese Americans and their internment during World War II.

Kilimanjaro National Park is famed for protecting its namesake Mount Kilimanjaro, one of the highest mountains in the world.

“What is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” The line is not a call to action, but a call to inaction. A call to be free.