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
Aug 25, 2026Anniversary of National Park Service

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Sep 15, 2023National Hispanic Heritage Month
Jul 5, 2025Tour de France begins
Aug 30, 2023International Whale Shark Day
May 10, 2018Brooklyn Bridge Park in Brooklyn, New York
Aug 18, 2020Women s suffrage at 100
Dec 3, 2020A Carpathian Christmas celebration
May 21, 2021Whoopin it up!
Jan 9, 2023Wind Cave National Park celebrates 120 years
Dec 29, 2021Mountain goats
Dec 1, 2018A treaty for science
Sep 28, 2022A. M. Foster Bridge in Cabot, Vermont
Mar 16, 2019Quilts as high art
Dec 22, 2024Christmas tree at Crystal Pier, San Diego, California
Feb 25, 2023Bryce Canyon National Park turns 100
Oct 6, 2026International Geodiversity Day
Jan 1, 2024Happy New Year!
Feb 15, 2020Whales in winter
Apr 11, 2025Tulips, Netherlands
Feb 6, 20262026 Winter Olympics
Nov 11, 2022Veterans Day
Apr 25, 2024World Penguin Day
Sep 27, 2020Take me to the river
Sep 13, 2018They’re grrrape!
Nov 23, 2025Fibonacci Day
Apr 3, 2022Lake Tai s cherry trees in bloom
May 23, 2022World Turtle Day
Sep 3, 2018Construction workers resting above Manhattan
Jan 5, 2024International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, Harbin, China
Jan 12, 2022Take the Stairs Day
Nov 6, 2020Life in the slow lane