National Park Week 2023

Celebrate National Park Week with US!

Join us for a series of events and activities to celebrate National Park Week. Learn about our Park's story and create your own adventure.

Celebrate Earth Day at the Museum of Work and Culture - Saturday, April 22, 2023; 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM

Join Park staff and the team at the Museum of Work and Culture in Woonsocket, RI for a family-friendly day of activities and fun.

Begin the day with a birding/nature walk led by National Park Service rangers, complete with binoculars and exploration kits. Explore the new exhibit Flowing Through Time: Nature, Industry and Communities of the Blackstone River with museum Staff or participate in water quality testing with the Blackstone River Coalition. Sit in on a book reading and talk by local children’s author Jed Griswold and illustrator Jerry Aissis or learn about pollution and storm runoff through a demonstration of an Enviroscape. In the Museum gallery, participants will get a chance to draw and color what they would like their environment to look like in 10 years or write a letter to their representative about an environmental concern.

Learn more by clicking here.

Spring Cleanup at Old Slater Mill - Saturday April 22, 2023; 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM

What better way to celebrate Earth Day to join us in cleaning up your local National Park?We are looking for volunteers who love public lands to help us out for a few hours. Safety supplies and training will be provided on site.

For more information, reach out to Volunteer-in-Parks coordinator, Molly Cardoza at [e-mail]

Are You Parked at Home?

Just because your Parked at Home doesn't mean you can't enjoy your National Parks. Check out our virtual Parked at Home series. Video recordings of this series are available by clicking here.

Take Walk and Learn about Rhode Island's Elusive Cumberlandite - Saturday, April 29, 2023; 10:00 AM, 12:00 PM, and 2:00 PM

Volunteer Mark Dennen will be showing us this unique rock outcropping from a geological lens while Park Ranger Allison Horrocks introduces us to the Ballou Cemetery and talks about Cumberlandite from a historical lens. We will be meeting at the Elder Ballou Cemetery in Cumberland and walking to the Cumberlandite Site, the only outcropping of Cumberlandite.

This program is part of RI Cemetery Weeks, for more great cemetery programs in the state of Rhode Island visit https://preservation.ri.gov/ricw

This program will be approximately 1 mile of walking on uneven terrain.

Learn more about how to register for this program by clicking here.