Happy trails for the 21st century Aug 25, 2018

Happy trails for the 21st century

We celebrate National Park Service Founders Day today with this photo from the John Muir Trail near Mammoth Lakes in California. The 210-mile trail is so long, to hike it all would take you through three national parks: Yosemite, Kings Canyon, and Sequoia. At 102 years old, the National Park Service continues to do the day-to-day work of preserving our parks ‘for the enjoyment, education, and inspiration of this and future generations.’

© Brad Goldpaint/Getty Images

palette

Today in History

Aug 25, 2019A desert arts pop-up, just popped up
Aug 25, 2020Punakaiki on South Island, New Zealand
Aug 25, 2021Happy anniversary to the National Park Service!
Aug 25, 2022National Park Service Founders Day
Aug 25, 2023National Park Service anniversary
Aug 25, 2024National Park Service Founders Day
Aug 25, 2025Yellowstone for the National Park Services birthday

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Sep 17, 2020Citizenship Day and Constitution Day
Jun 6, 2018Feature Attraction: 85 years at the drive-in
Aug 4, 2019Pups of the prairie
Apr 6, 2020Castle on a hill
Jun 3, 2018Travel Sunday: Liverpool
Dec 20, 2019Tree of many colors
Oct 23, 2021Eurasian scops owl
Feb 3, 2026Emerald Bay and Fannette Island, Lake Tahoe, California
Oct 30, 2021Central Highlands of Vietnam
Oct 7, 2023Fat Bear Week
Jan 4, 2025Bản Giốc–Detian Falls, Vietnam
Feb 9, 2022Ceremony Hall at Sweden s Icehotel
Aug 16, 2021Let s ride! It s Roller Coaster Day
May 26, 2021Behold the blood moon
Apr 8, 2018It’s Draw a Bird Day
Jun 9, 2018Yarn bombing in the village of Gurnard, England
Jan 9, 2023Wind Cave National Park celebrates 120 years
Dec 25, 2021Merry Christmas
Feb 2, 2021Did it see its shadow?
Aug 12, 2023World Elephant Day
Apr 15, 2018The ‘Living Forest’ in Biscay, Spain
Feb 9, 2018Speed skaters in the Gangneung Oval, Pyeongchang, South Korea
Apr 25, 2018National Park Week: Wind Cave National Park
Nov 26, 2019Staring down winter
Apr 23, 2025Shakespeare Day
Nov 18, 2019Swimming with the sea cows
Jun 27, 2023Sedona, Arizona
Nov 13, 2020Once upon a midafternoon dreary…
Feb 17, 2024Black History Month
Oct 18, 2018Fall comes to the Last Frontier