Pipe Spring National Monument

Mark Your Calendar: Bats To Be Featured At Pipe Spring National Monument On September 30

Submitted by Kurt Repanshek on September 27, 2011 - 12:35am

Bats, their benefits to the landscape and their behaviors, will be the topic of discussion this Friday at Pipe Spring National Monument in Arizona.

Pipe Spring National Monument Will Celebrate Arizona Archaeology and Heritage Awareness Month During March

Submitted by Kurt Repanshek on February 19, 2011 - 1:54am

During March the staff at Pipe Spring National Monument will be celebrating Arizona Archaeology and Heritage Awareness Month with some great talks ranging from prehistoric pottery to blacksmithing and John Wesley Powell's explorations of the Southwest.

In Honor of Labor Day: "Other Duties as Assigned" at Winsor Castle

Submitted by Jim Burnett on September 7, 2009 - 5:03am

Have you ever stopped to consider the wide variety of duties performed by employees at a national park? In honor of Labor Day, here's a peek back to a bygone era at some of the duties for the first NPS employee assigned to take care of Winsor Castle.

National Park Quiz 53: Castles

Submitted by Bob Janiskee on May 6, 2009 - 1:30am

Castles here, castles there, castles everywhere. If you know your national park castles, you’ll do just fine on this week’s quiz. Answers are at the end. If we catch you peeking, we’ll make you write on the whiteboard 100 times: “Medieval castle walls have visually distinctive battlements featuring alternating crenels and merlons.”

National Park Quiz 47: Spring

Submitted by Bob Janiskee on March 25, 2009 - 1:30am

Spring arrived at 11:44 UT last Friday, March 20, so let’s make spring the key word for this week’s quiz. Answers are at the end. If we catch you peeking, we’ll make you write on the whiteboard 101 times: “The celestial coordinate system that employs the vernal equinox as the origin of the ecliptic longitude is known as the ecliptic coordinate system.”