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Outdoor Exploration

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Outdoor Exploration

The National Park Foundation’s Outdoor Exploration programs are all about making sure all people see themselves in parks and feel welcome here.

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Walking Through Clouds

How a 17-year-old from Southwest D.C. found confidence 2,000 miles from home and 13,000 feet in the air.

  • A group of people walk along a dock
    Latino Leaders Create Community Outdoors

    The founder of Latino Outdoors Boston is bringing her community together in national parks - embracing "cultura y familia” outdoors.

  • A group of people, wearing matching blue tshirts, fish off a dock
    Gone Fishing

    Fishing clinics help military families build community and a connection to nature — a rare constant for families conditioned to change.

  • 2019 National Christmas Tree, illuminated
    100 Years of the National Christmas Tree

    The National Christmas Tree is often measured in numbers. Over 13,000 feet (or 2.5 miles) of lights strung end-to-end, 63,750 individual LED bulbs, and 400+ ornaments. This season’s ceremony commemorates another number – the 100th lighting of the National Christmas Tree.

  • A person fly fishes along a rocky stream
    "I Was Hooked"

    Access to nature isn't always straightforward for disabled veterans. That's why Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing applied for an NPF ParkVentures grant to expand veteran services in Shenandoah National Park.

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