Event
The Pratts in McKittrick Canyon: A Tour of Ship on the Desert
Fee:
An entrance fee of $10 per person (16 years of age and older) is required; entrance fees/passes permit 1-7 consecutive days of use in this national park. Holders of the Annual, Senior, Military, 4th grade and Access Pass can bring in 3 adults free of charge under their pass. Any pass must be displayed in a vehicle while in the national park.Location: LAT/LONG: 31.958054, -104.758911
Specific directions will be given at the Pine Springs Visitor Center
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Description
Wallace and Iris Pratt had a home, which they called Ship on the Desert, constructed in the early 1940s near the entrance to McKittrick Canyon. They lived there for the next 15 years, before donating the house and surrounding ranch t the National Park Service – a donation which sparked an effort to create Guadalupe Mountains National Park.
Today the home is not typically open to visitors. However to mark the 50th anniversary of the park, the park will hold 1-hour tours of Ship of the Desert exploring the early efforts to create the park. Due to the limited parking and space within the house, tours are limited to no more than 8 people and 4 vehicles, and tickets will be required. Tour tickets may be picked up on a first come, first served basis on the morning of September 30 at the Pine Springs Visitor Center.
Reservation or Registration: Yes
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NPS/Pratt Family