News Release

Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Celebrates Virtual National Park Week

News Release Date: April 16, 2020

Contact: Ashley Danielson, 4026611834

OMAHA, NE – The Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail will celebrate National Park Week April 18-26, 2020. We encourage you to participate in one of our virtual activities to help you celebrate National Park Week while social distancing at home.

Color the Trail
Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail’s new 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!

Birds: https://go.nps.gov/BirdsColortheTrail
Animals: https://go.nps.gov/ColortheTrailAnimals

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 from your favorite chair as they take you through the landscapes, animals, wildlife, people, and more of Lewis and Clark's world and today.
Fridays with a Ranger Videos

Take 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!
Website: www.nps.gov/lecl

Virtual Passport Stamp
Attention stampers: Hidden somewhere on our Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail website is our new virtual visitor stamp. Click around www.nps.gov/lecl to find more about the people, places, and stories of the Trail, and to find the stamp.

Take a Virtual Trail Trip with the Lewis and Clark Pups
Relive the 2018 Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail (and International Space Station) journey of the Lewis and Clark Pups.
Newfie News Blog

Participate in the Junior Ranger Program
Did you know that the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail has a web based Junior Ranger program?
Junior Ranger Online: https://www.nps.gov/lecl/learn/kidsyouth/beajuniorranger.htm


 

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.