{"id":272,"date":"2012-04-20T17:09:23","date_gmt":"2012-04-21T00:09:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/curatingla.com\/2012\/04\/20\/national-park-week-is-almost-here-its-time-to-get-outdoors-and-explore\/"},"modified":"2012-04-20T17:09:23","modified_gmt":"2012-04-21T00:09:23","slug":"national-park-week-is-almost-here-its-time-to-get-outdoors-and-explore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/curatingla.com\/cla\/2012\/04\/20\/national-park-week-is-almost-here-its-time-to-get-outdoors-and-explore\/","title":{"rendered":"National Park Week is Almost Here \u2013 It\u2019s Time to Get Outdoors and Explore!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.curatingla.com%2Fblog-index%2F2012%2F4%2F20%2Fnational-park-week-is-almost-here-its-time-to-get-outdoors-a.html&amp;send=false&amp;layout=standard&amp;width=450&amp;show_faces=false&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;font&amp;height=35\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:35px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"full-image-block ssNonEditable\"><span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/cla\/legacy-images\/events\/NatlParkWeek2012_banner.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1334895309523\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3b3b3b;\">There are 397 national parks in the United States, which together consist of 84 million acres of spectacular scenery, historic landmarks and cultural treasures.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #3b3b3b;\">Twenty-six of these parks are located in California and of those, five are in the southern part of the state.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Starting tomorrow, you have the opportunity to experience the beauty of these natural wonders without having to pay the normal park entrance fee. It&rsquo;s all part of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalparks.org\/national-park-week-2012\" target=\"_blank\">National Park Week<\/a>, a nationwide celebration organized by the National Park Service and the National Park Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>Whether you enjoy hiking, taking nature photographs, birding, or just spending time outdoors, what better time to plan a get-away. As you&rsquo;ll see from the list of southern California parks below, your choices are varied &ndash; islands, mountains, desert? It&rsquo;s really up to you.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalparks.org\/explore-parks\/cabrillo-national-monument\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Cabrillo National Monument<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalparks.org\/explore-parks\/channel-islands-national-park\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Channel Islands National Park<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalparks.org\/explore-parks\/joshua-tree-national-park\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Joshua Tree National Park<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalparks.org\/explore-parks\/mojave-national-preserve\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Mojave National Preserve<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalparks.org\/explore-parks\/santa-monica-mountains-national-recreation-area\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you&rsquo;re willing to go a little farther from Los Angeles, there are several other parks that I recommend, such as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalparks.org\/explore-parks\/death-valley-national-park\">Death Valley National Park<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalparks.org\/explore-parks\/manzanar-national-historic-site\" target=\"_blank\">Manzanar National Historic Site<\/a>. Spend some time on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalparks.org\/explore-parks\/find-park\" target=\"_blank\">park-finder<\/a> to better understand your options.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FrU6gsA9Ie0?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>DETAILS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>When<\/strong>: April 21-29, 2012; \u2028Free Admission All Week!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where<\/strong>: Nationwide. See the online park-finder <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalparks.org\/explore-parks\/find-park\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>More Information<\/strong>:<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalparks.org\/sites\/default\/files\/kcfinder\/files\/NPW2012_1pager.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">National Park Week Brochure<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/cla\/legacy-images\/events\/NatlParkWeek2012_banner.jpg\" alt=\"NatlParkWeek2012_banner\"\/><\/p>\n<p>There are 397 national parks in the United States, which together consist of 84 million acres of spectacular scenery, historic landmarks and cultural treasures. Twenty-six of these parks are located in California and of those, five are in the southern part of the state.<\/p>\n<p><p>\nStarting tomorrow, you have the opportunity to experience the beauty of these natural wonders without having to pay the normal park entrance fee. It\u2019s all part of National Park Week, a nationwide celebration organized by the National Park Service and the National Park Foundation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7,12,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-childrens-activities","category-family-friendly-activity","category-outdoor-activities","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>National Park Week is Almost Here \u2013 It\u2019s Time to Get Outdoors and Explore! - Curating Los Angeles<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/curatingla.com\/cla\/2012\/04\/20\/national-park-week-is-almost-here-its-time-to-get-outdoors-and-explore\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"National Park Week is Almost Here \u2013 It\u2019s Time to Get Outdoors and Explore! - Curating Los Angeles\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"There are 397 national parks in the United States, which together consist of 84 million acres of spectacular scenery, historic landmarks and cultural treasures. 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