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The Getaways series showcases things to see and do in National Park Service sites across the United States. More than 250 sites have been featured since the series was started in 2009. This page contains an archive of past Getaways prior to 2015; see the most recent Getaways.
Feature 241
December 2014
Ulysses S Grant National Historic Site
New York
Feature 240
November 2014
Federal Hall National Memorial
New York
Feature 239
October 2014
Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument
Texas
Feature 238
September 2014
Keweenaw National Historical Park
Michigan
Feature 237
August 2014
Capulin Volcano National Monument
New Mexico
Feature 236
July 2014
Piscataway Park
Maryland
Feature 235
June 2014
San Juan Island National Historical Park
Washington
Feature 234
May 2014
Lake Clark National Park and Preserve
Alaska
Feature 233
April 2014
Congaree National Park
South Carolina
Feature 232
March 2014
Horseshoe Bend National Military Park
Alabama
Feature 231
February 2014
Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site
Alabama
Feature 230
January 2014
Lava Beds National Monument
California
Week 229
December 18, 2013
Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site
Arkansas
Week 228
December 11, 2013
Fort Frederica National Monument
Georgia
Week 227
December 4, 2013
Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park
California
Week 226
November 27, 2013
Springfield Armory National Historic Site
Massachusetts
Week 225
November 20, 2013
Fort Washington Park
Maryland
Week 224
November 13, 2013
Washita Battlefield National Historic Site
Oklahoma
Week 223
October 23, 2013
Buffalo National River
Arkansas
Week 222
September 25, 2013
Arkansas Post National Memorial
Arkansas
Week 221
September 18, 2013
Bluestone National Scenic River
West Virginia
Week 220
September 11, 2013
Cedar Breaks National Monument
Utah
Week 219
September 4, 2013
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park
Georgia, Tennessee
Week 218
August 28, 2013
Russell Cave National Monument
Alabama
Week 217
August 21, 2013
Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area
Montana, Wyoming
Week 216
August 14, 2013
Chaco Culture National Historical Park
New Mexico
Week 215
August 7, 2013
Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
Colorado
Week 214
July 31, 2013
Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
Wisconsin
Week 213
July 24, 2013
Governors Island National Monument
New York
Week 212
July 17, 2013
Katmai National Park and Preserve
Alaska
Week 211
July 10, 2013
Saint Croix Island International Historic Site
Maine
Week 210
July 03, 2013
Cowpens National Battlefield
South Carolina
Week 209
June 26, 2013
Arches National Park
Utah
Week 208
June 19, 2013
Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park
Alaska
Week 207
June 12, 2013
John Day Fossil Beds National Monument
Oregon
Week 206
May 29, 2013
Little River Canyon National Preserve
Alabama
Week 205
May 22, 2013
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
Georgia
Week 204
May 15, 2013
Isle Royale National Park
Michigan
Week 203
May 8, 2013
Johnstown Flood National Memorial
Pennsylvania
Week 202
May 1, 2013
Vicksburg National Military Park
Mississippi
Week 201
April 24, 2013
General Grant National Memorial
Connecticut
Week 200
April 17, 2013
Weir Farm National Historic Site
Connecticut
Week 199
April 10, 2013
St. Paul's Church National Historic Site
New York
Week 198
April 3, 2013
Fort Stanwix National Monument
New York
Week 197
March 20, 2013
City of Rocks National Reserve
Idaho
Week 196
March 13, 2013
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
New York
Week 195
March 6, 2013
Mojave National Preserve
California
Week 194
February 27, 2013
Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site
Alabama
Week 193
February 20, 2013
Mammoth Cave National Park
Kentucky
Week 192
February 13, 2013
Nicodemus National Historic Site
Kansas
Week 191
February 6, 2013
Valley Forge National Historical Park
Pennsylvania
Week 190
January 30, 2013
Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park
Kentucky
Week 189
January 23, 2013
President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site
Arkansas
Week 188
January 16, 2013
Everglades Canyon National Park
Florida
Week 187
January 09, 2013
Grand Canyon National Park
Arizona
Week 186
January 02, 2013
Fort Davis National Historic Site
Texas
Week 185
December 26, 2012
Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River
Texas
Week 184
December 19, 2012
Petrified Forest National Park
Arizona
Week 183
December 12, 2012
Death Valley National Park
California, Nevada
Week 182
December 5, 2012
Pecos National Historical Park
New Mexico
Week 181
November 28, 2012
Virgin Islands National Park
Virgin Islands
Week 180
November 21, 2012
Kings Mountain National Military Park
South Carolina
Week 179
November 14, 2012
Fort Matanzas National Monument
Florida
Week 178
November 7, 2012
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park
Virginia
Week 177
October 31, 2012
Tumacácori National Historical Park
Arizona
Week 176
October 24, 2012
Hot Springs National Park
Arkansas
Week 175
October 17, 2012
Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve
Florida
Week 174
October 10, 2012
Fort Vancouver National Historic Site
Washington
Week 173
October 3, 2012
Castillo de San Marcos National Monument
Florida
Week 172
September 26, 2012
Thomas Stone National Historic Site
Maryland
Week 171
September 19, 2012
Nez Perce National Historical Park
Idaho, Oregon, Washington, Montana
Week 170
September 12, 2012
Antietam National Battlefield
Maryland
Week 169
September 5, 2012
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland
Week 168
August 29, 2012
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
Kentucky
Week 167
August 22, 2012
Rocky Mountain National Park
Colorado
Week 166
August 15, 2012
Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway
Minnesota and Wisconsin
Week 165
August 8, 2012
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
Michigan
Week 164
August 1, 2012
Glacier National Park
Montana
Week 163
July 25, 2012
New River Gorge National River
West Virginia
Week 162
July 18, 2012
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
North Carolina, Tennessee
Week 161
July 11, 2012
Redwood National & State Parks
California
Week 160
July 4, 2012
Moores Creek National Battlefield
North Carolina
Week 159
June 27, 2012
Fire Island National Seashore
New York
Week 158
June 20, 2012
Herbert Hoover National Historic Site
Iowa
Week 157
June 13, 2012
Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve
Alaska
Week 156
June 6, 2012
Pinnacles National Monument
California
Week 155
May 30, 2012
Curecanti National Recreation Area
Colorado
Week 154
May 23, 2012
World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument
Hawaii, Alaska, California
Week 153
May 16, 2012
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve
Alaska
Week 152
May 9, 2012
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
Indiana
Week 151
May 2, 2012
Dinosaur National Monument
Colorado, Utah
Week 150
April 25, 2012
Glen Echo Park
Maryland
Week 149
April 18, 2012
Pipe Spring National Monument
Arizona
Week 148
April 11, 2012
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
Colorado
Week 147
April 4, 2012
Missouri National Recreational River
Nebraska, South Dakota
Week 146
March 28, 2012
Dry Tortugas National Park
Florida
Week 145
March 21, 2012
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
Arizona
Week 144
March 14, 2012
Cherry Blossom Festival on the National Mall
Washington, DC
Week 143
March 7, 2012
Obed Wild and Scenic River
Tennessee
Week 142
February 29, 2012
Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site
Kansas
Week 141
February 22, 2012
Andrew Johnson National Historic Site
Tennessee
Week 140
February 15, 2012
Prairie Acadian Cultural Center, Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve
Louisiana
Week 139
February 8, 2012
Haleakala National Park
Hawaii
Week 138
February 1, 2012
Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
Washington, DC
Week 137
January 25, 2012
Cape Lookout National Seashore
North Carolina
Week 136
January 18, 2012
Denali National Park
Alaska
Week 135
January 11, 2012
Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park
Hawaii
Week 134
January 4, 2012
Statue of Liberty National Monument
New York
Week 133
December 28, 2011
Chalmette Battlefield
Louisiana
Week 132
December 21, 2011
Yellowstone National Park
Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho
Week 131
December 14, 2011
Canaveral National Seashore
Florida
Week 130
December 7, 2011
Big Bend National Park
Texas
Week 129
November 30, 2011
Capitol Reef National Park
Utah
Week 128
November 23, 2011
Yosemite National Park
California
Week 127
November 16, 2011
Catoctin Mountain Park
Maryland
Week 126
November 9, 2011
Clara Barton National Historic Site
Maryland
Week 125
November 2, 2011
Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve
Washington
Week 124
October 26, 2011
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
California
Week 123
October 19, 2011
Mount Rushmore National Memorial
South Dakota
Week 122
October 12, 2011
Cape Cod National Seashore
Massachusetts
Week 121
October 5, 2011
Ozark National Scenic Riverways
Missouri
Week 120
September 28, 2011
Fort Scott National Historic Site
Kansas
Week 119
September 21, 2011
Padre Island National Seashore
Texas
Week 118
September 14, 2011
Fort Smith National Historic Site
Arkansas
Week 117
September 7, 2011
Flight 93 National Memorial
Pennsylvania
Week 116
August 31, 2011
Ice Age National Scenic Trail
Wisconsin
Week 115
August 24, 2011
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site
New York
Week 114
August 17, 2011
Saguaro National Park
Arizona
Week 113
August 10, 2011
Joshua Tree National Park
California
Week 112
August 3, 2011
Shenandoah National Park
Virginia
Week 111
July 27, 2011
Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail
Alabama
Week 110
July 20, 2011
Manassas National Battlefield Park
Virginia
Week 109
July 13, 2011
Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park
California
Week 108
July 6, 2011
Tuzigoot National Monument
Arizona
Week 107
June 29, 2011
Lassen Volcanic National Park
California
Week 106
June 22, 2011
Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail
Arizona, California
Week 105
June 15, 2011
Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area
Massachusetts
Week 104
June 8, 2011
Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site
North Carolina
Week 103
June 1, 2011
North Country National Scenic Trail
New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota
Week 102
May 25, 2011
Channel Islands National Park
California
Week 101
May 18, 2011
Manzanar National Historic Site
California
Week 100
May 11, 2011
Vietnam Veterans Memorial and the National Mall
Washington, DC
Week 99
May 4, 2011
National Park of American Samoa
American Samoa
Week 98
April 27, 2011
Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial
Indiana
Week 97
April 20, 2011
Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site
North Dakota
Week 96
April 13, 2011
Fort Sumter National Monument
South Carolina
Week 95
April 6, 2011
Montezuma Castle National Monument
Arizona
Week 94
March 30, 2011
Sitka National Historical Park
Alaska
Week 93
March 23, 2011
Badlands National Park
South Dakota
Week 92
March 16, 2011
Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site
New York
Week 91
March 9, 2011
Fort McHenry National Park and Historic Shrine
Maryland
Week 90
March 2, 2011
Minute Man National Historical Park
Massachussetts
Week 89
February 23, 2011
Cane River Creole National Historical Park
Louisiana
Week 88
February 16, 2011
Booker T. Washington National Monument
Virginia
Week 87
February 9, 2011
Lincoln Home National Historic Site
Illinois
Week 86
February 2, 2011
Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park
Ohio
Week 85
January 26, 2011
Gettysburg National Military Park
Pennsylvania
Week 84
January 19, 2011
Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve
Colorado
Week 83
January 12, 2011
San Juan National Historic Site
Puerto Rico
Week 82
January 5, 2011
Sleeping Bear Dunes Dunes National Lakeshore
Michigan
Week 81
December 29, 2010
Stones River National Battlefield
Tennessee
Week 80
December 22, 2010
Gulf Islands National Seashore
Florida & Mississippi
Week 79
December 15, 2010
Colonial National Historical Park
Virginia
Week 78
December 8, 2010
Crater Lake National Park
Oregon
Week 77
December 1, 2010
Wilson's Creek National Battlefield
Missouri
Week 76
November 24, 2010
Natchez Trace Parkway
Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama
Week 75
November 17, 2010
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
North Dakota
Week 74
November 10, 2010
Cape Hatteras National Seashore,
Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, Wright Brothers National Memorial
North Carolina
Week 73
November 3, 2010
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
Arizona & Utah
Week 72
October 27, 2010
Voyageurs National Park
Minnesota
Week 71
October 20, 2010
Fort Larned National Historic Site
Kansas
Week 70
October 13, 2010
Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor
New York
Week 69
October 6, 2010
Harry S Truman National Historic Site
Missouri
Week 68
September 29, 2010
Jefferson National Expansion Memorial
Missouri
Week 67
September 22, 2010
Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site
Massachusetts
Week 66
September 15, 2010
Morristown National Historical Park
New Jersey
Week 65
September 8, 2010
Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site
New Hampshire
Week 64
September 1, 2010
White Sands National Monument
New Mexico
Week 63
August 25, 2010
Agate Fossil Beds National Monument
Nebraska
Week 62
August 18, 2010
Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River
New York & Pennsylvania
Week 61
August 11, 2010
Longfellow House — Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site
Massachussetts
Week 60
August 4, 2010
Perry’s Victory and International Peace Memorial
Ohio
Week 59
July 28, 2010
New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park
Massachusetts
Week 58
July 21, 2010
Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network
Maryland and Virginia
Week 57
July 14, 2010
Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site
Richmond, Virginia
Week 56
July 7, 2010
Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens
Washington, D.C
Week 55
June 30, 2010
Acadia National Park
Maine
Week 54
June 23, 2010
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
Strong City, Kansas
Week 53
June 16, 2010
Timpanogos Cave National Monument
American Fork, Utah
Week 52
June 9, 2010
Salem Maritime National Historic Site
Salem, Massachusetts
Week 51
June 2, 2010
James A. Garfield National Historic Site
Mentor, Ohio
Week 50
May 26, 2010
Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve
Idaho
Week 49
May 19, 2010
Gateway National Recreation Area
New York City & New Jersey
Week 48
May 12, 2010
Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site
La Junta, Colorado
Week 47
May 5, 2010
Colorado National Monument
Grand Junction and Fruita, Colorado
Week 46
April 28, 2010
Homestead National Monument of America
Nebraska
Week 45
April 21, 2010
Rock Creek Park
Washington, D.C.
Week 44
April 14, 2010
Richmond National Battlefield Park
Virginia
Week 43
April 7, 2010
Oregon Caves National Monument
Oregon
Week 42
March 31, 2010
Big Thicket National Preserve
Texas
Week 41
March 24, 2010
Saratoga National Historical Park
New York
Week 40
March 17, 2010
Ellis Island
Part of Statue of Liberty National Monument
New York & New Jersey
Week 39
March 10, 2010
Tonto National Monument
Arizona
Week 38
March 3, 2010
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
Pennsylvania
Week 37
February 24, 2010
Boston African American National Historic Site
Massachusetts
Week 36
February 17, 2010
George Washington Birthplace National Monument
Virginia
Week 35
February 10, 2010
Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial
California
Week 34
February 3, 2010
Martin Luther King, Jr., National Historic Site
Georgia
Week 33
January 27, 2010
Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park
Washington
Week 32
January 20, 2010
Steamtown National Historic Site
Pennsylvania
Week 31
January 13, 2010
Golden Gate National Recreation Area
San Francisco
Week 30
January 6, 2010
Fort Pulaski National Monument
Georgia
Week 29
December 30, 2009
Independence National Historical Park
Pennsylvania
Week 28
December 23, 2009
Cabrillo National Monument
California
Week 27
December 16, 2009
San Antonio Missions National Historical Park
Texas
Week 26
December 9, 2009
Biscayne National Park
Florida
Week 25
December 2, 2009
Guadalupe Mountains National Park
Texas
Week 24
November 25, 2009
Thomas Edison National Historical Park
New Jersey
Week 23
November 18, 2009
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
New York
Week 22
November 11, 2009
Andersonville National Historic Site
Georgia
Week 21
November 4, 2009
Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument
Idaho
Week 20
October 28, 2009
Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park
Vermont
Week 19
October 21, 2009
Effigy Mounds National Monument
Iowa
Week 18
October 14, 2009
Jewel Cave National Monument
South Dakota
Week 17
October 7, 2009
Desoto National Memorial
Florida
Week 16
September 30, 2009
Women’s Rights National Historical Park
New York
Week 15
September 23, 2009
Blue Ridge Parkway
North Carolina and Virginia
Week 14
September 16, 2009
Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park
Texas
Week 13
September 9, 2009
Lowell National Historical Park
Massachusetts
Week 12
September 2, 2009
Chickasaw National Recreation Area
Oklahoma
Week 11
August 26, 2009
Fort Point National Historic Site
California
Week 10
August 19, 2009
Mississippi National River and Recreation Area
Minnesota
Week 9
August 12, 2009
Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area
Tennessee and Kentucky
Week 8
August 5, 2009
George Washington Carver National Monument
Diamond, Missouri
Week 7
July 29, 2009
Hampton National Historic Site
Maryland
Week 6
July 22, 2009
Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Ohio
Week 5
July 15, 2009
Lake Mead National Recreation Area
Nevada & Arizona
Week 4
July 8, 2009
Boston National Historical Park
Boston, Massachusetts
Week 3
July 1, 2009
North Cascades National Park
Sedro-Woolley, Washington
Week 2
June 24, 2009
Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument
Mountainair, New Mexico
Week 1
June 17, 2009
Prince William Forest Park
Triangle, Virginia