National Park Quiz 86: Ringer III
Only nine of these ten statements are true. Can you tell which one is not?
- By Bob Janiskee - October 31st, 2011 7:07am
Hot Springs National Park
U. S. Mint Announces Sites Selected for the America the Beautiful Quarters Program
The United States Mint has released the list of 56 sites to be featured in the upcoming America the Beautiful Quarters Program. The first five coins in the new series will be released next year. What locations made the list? There are some familiar names and perhaps a surprise or two.
- By Jim Burnett - September 10th, 2009 5:00am
There Won’t be Any “Hot Springs National Park Massage Parlor” on Ken Salazar’s Watch
The Park Service insists that Hot Springs, Arkansas is violating the NPS trademark by using “Hot Springs National Park” in the city logo. The city has said that’s baloney. Now Interior Secretary Salazar says that he wants to see the dispute resolved amicably without damaging the National Park brand.
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- By Bob Janiskee - September 4th, 2009 5:00am
Hot Springs Hoopla Goads Government
The National Park Service wants the city of Hot Springs, Arkansas, to quit advertising itself in ways that blur the distinction between the city and Hot Springs National Park.
- By Bob Janiskee - June 29th, 2009 6:56am
National Park Quiz 47: Spring
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.”
- By Bob Janiskee - October 30th, 2011 9:48am
National Park Designation is an Unholy Mess
With national park redesignation back in the news, this seems like a good time to remind Traveler readers just how nonsensical National Park System unit nomenclature has become. Why can’t Congress and the National Park Service put their heads together and come up with a designation system that actually makes sense?
- By Bob Janiskee - October 31st, 2011 5:26am
Park History: Hot Springs National Park
If you just focus on its "national park" status, then today is the 87th birthday of Hot Springs National Park.
- By Kurt Repanshek - March 4th, 2008 6:02pm
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