Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Celebrates Virtual National Park Week 2021

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Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Celebrates Virtual National Park Week 2021

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service on April 16, 2021. It is reproduced in full below.

OMAHA, NE - Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail will celebrate National Park Week   April 17-25, 2021. We encourage you to participate in one of our virtual activities to help you celebrate National Park Week.

Online Junior Ranger

On April 24th, the National Park Service celebrates Junior Ranger Day! Celebrate by becoming a Lewis and Clark Trail Online Junior Ranger. Visit the interactive page, complete the activities, and print out your new badge!

Virtual Learning Series - Fridays with a Ranger

Put on your hiking boots, or your slippers will do...Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail invites you on a virtual adventure: Fridays with a Ranger. Journey along with our park rangers every Friday as they take you through the landscapes, animals, wildlife, people, and more of Lewis and Clark's world then and now.

Experience the Trail Virtually

Here's another reason to cozy up at home: You can explore all 4,900 miles of the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail from your living room. Learn about the people, places, and stories of the Trail on our website: www.nps.gov/lecl. You'll find interactive maps linking sites from Pittsburgh to St. Louis and all the way to the Pacific!

Relive the 2018 Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail  (and International Space Station ) journey of the Lewis and Clark Pups.

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Color the Trail

Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Color the Trail series invites you to get to know species of the Trail as you enjoy charismatic coloring pages. Color the Trail: Animals  features creatures of the Trail and their names in Chinuk Wawa, Lakota, Arikara, Shoshoni, Osage, Hidatsa, Blackfoot, Nimipuutimt, and Mandan.  Color the Trail: Birds  describes species with passages from the Journals of Lewis and Clark. Learn, enjoy, and get creative!

The 4,900 miles of the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail traverses the states of Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Washington and Oregon. 

For additional information about the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail, visit www.nps.gov/lecl and join the conversation at www.facebook.com/lewisandclarknht and www.twitter.com/LewisClarkTrail.

About the National Park Service:  More than 20,000 National Park Service employees care for America’s more than 400 national parks and work with communities across the nation to preserve local history and create close-to-home recreational opportunities. Learn more at www.nps.gov.  

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Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service

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