Many people today are familiar with the Arrowhead as the official symbol of the National Park Service (NPS). It is featured on NPS web sites, road signs, buildings, publications, uniforms, vehicles, and more. For a brief period in the 1960s, however, the arrowhead was replaced with a new NPS symbol that incorporated the Parkscape U.S.A. design. Parkscape’s bold symbol represented natural, historical, and recreational parks and the interconnectivity needed to protect people and the environment. Popular with professional designers, it wasn’t embraced by most NPS employees and was soon abandoned.
Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
