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National Historic Trails Places Assets

The National Trails Office Regions 6, 7, 8, (NTIR) offers a variety of interpretive digital media opportunities to help share your trail site and history with the public. The first step in the process of partnering on interpretive digital media is a Places asset created for your trail site. Once created, the places asset is shared on NPS.gov (the National Park Service trail websites) and the NPS app.



Places Asset

A National Historic Trails Places Asset is a type of webpage on NPS.gov that is created to share about a trail site.
 

  • www.nps.gov/places/TrailSiteName

 

  • Shares your site on the National Park Service websites (NPS.gov) and to millions of digital visitors everyday

  • Shares your site on the National Park Service app

  • Shares correct information to the public about how to visit your site
  • Includes your site in trip itineraries 
  • Offers a variety of opportunities to share your site digitally and accessibly
    • Audio Description for exhibits
    • Videos
    • More in-depth Historical Content (articles)
    • Digital Exhibits
    • Recreation Information & Maps

 

Contact the National Trails Office, Regions, 6, 7, 8, Digital Media Specialist (Emily_Kessler@nps.gov) and provide the following information about your site. 

Please provide as much of the following information as possible:

  • Site Name & Associated National Historic Trails
  • Location (physical address and/or latitude & longitude)
  • Significance to the trail (in 1 - 2 sentences)
  • Special Designations (Examples. Certified Site, National Register Listing, State Historic Site, etc.)
  • Open to the public, yes or no (please provide information if no)
  • Site Manager
  • Site Website
  • Listing Description (will display to entice folks to click to see the full page; 400 characters)
  • Amenities (Examples. Restrooms, picnic tables, parking, etc.)
  • Page Main Content (how is the site significant to the trail? trail history? how can people visit? what is there to see? 3,000 characters)
  • Physical Description (this is a description of what the site looks like  for someone who is using a screen reader and does NOT appear on the actual webpage 5,000 characters)
  • Anything else?
     

Examples of Places Assets

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    Last updated: February 23, 2024