Events calendar

Self-Guided Mission Tours

Tumacácori National Historical Park

Nov 7 9:00 am – 5:00 pm

9:00 am-5:00 pm daily, year-round. Available in multiple formats (audio, digital, or paper) a variety of routes can be explored through the mission grounds.

Stars over the Gila

Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument

Nov 7 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm

Join park rangers beneath the dark skies of the Gila for an evening of stargazing and discovery. Using telescopes, we’ll explore distant planets, star clusters, and the glowing band of the Milky Way stretching across one of the darkest night skies in...

Stars Over the Gila

Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument

Nov 7 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Join park rangers beneath the dark skies of the Gila for an evening of stargazing and discovery. Using telescopes, we’ll explore distant planets, star clusters, and the glowing band of the Milky Way stretching across one of the darkest night skies in...

Lake Mead Lodge Planting

Lake Mead National Recreation Area

Nov 8 8:30 am – 12:00 pm

Come out and help Lake Mead’s Song Dog Nursery with an ongoing restoration project where the former Lake Mead Lodge was located. Restoration projects help restore the desert back to its natural state after construction or disturbance. Volunteers will...

Self-Guided Mission Tours

Tumacácori National Historical Park

Nov 8 9:00 am – 5:00 pm

9:00 am-5:00 pm daily, year-round. Available in multiple formats (audio, digital, or paper) a variety of routes can be explored through the mission grounds.

WNPA Bookstore Closed

Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument

Nov 8 9:00 am – 4:00 pm

WNPA Bookstore is closed until further notice Checkout their online store at www.wnpa.org

Fort Open to Plaza Access

Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site

Nov 8 9:00 am – 3:00 pm

The public is invited inside the reconstruction of Bent’s Old Fort, entering through the zaguan gate and into the plaza. Park Rangers will be present to explain the features of the fort and its 20 th century reconstruction. Entry into the...

WNPA Bookstore Temporarily Closed

Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument

Nov 8 9:00 am – 4:00 pm

WNPA bookstore is temporarily closed.

Guided Hikes on the Islands

Channel Islands National Park

Nov 8 10:00 am – 11:00 am

On days that the concessionaire boats run to the islands, guided hikes may be offered by national park rangers, volunteers, or concessionaire naturalists. If they are not available to lead hikes, self-guided interpretive trail booklets are available...

Tours of President Johnson's Boyhood Home

Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park

Nov 8 10:00 am – 10:30 am

Daily tours of the Boyhood Home explore Lyndon Johnson's childhood growing up in the rural, 1920s town of Johnson City, Texas. Tours start at the National Park Visitor Center in Johnson City at 100 Ladybird Lane.

Ranger Guided Tour of Mission San José

San Antonio Missions National Historical Park

Nov 8 10:00 am – 11:00 am

Join our guided walks led by a National Park Ranger at Mission San José.Daily 10:00 am and 11:00 am (weather permitting).Each tour is limited to 50 people. First come, first served daily.San José guided walks begin at the Visitor Center at Mission...

Crackling Embers

Fort Union National Monument

Nov 8 10:00 am – 10:45 am

The tradition of storytelling around the campfire continues with your National Park Service! Experience this half-hour program of fire making along with historic tales, an intriguing story, or a spooky yarn along with a park ranger. Seating available...

Canoe Trip

Big Thicket National Preserve

Nov 8 10:00 am – 2:00 pm

Join park rangers for a guided canoe trip on the waters of the preserve. The program targets the casual and novice paddler. Canoes, life jackets, and paddles are provided. Visitors are asked to bring water, snacks, and water shoes. Canoe trips start...

Tower House History & Field Day

Whiskeytown National Recreation Area

Nov 8 10:00 am – 2:00 pm

Croquet, Board Games, Children's Books & Walking Tours offered on Saturdays from 10am to 2pm at Tower House Historic District... Picnic and play outside the Camden House! During this Saturdays drop-in program, Interpretation Volunteer Jerry Gordon...

Ranger Talk

Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site

Nov 8 10:00 am – 11:00 am

The Sand Creek ranger talk explores the events of the mid 1800's and describes some of the social, economic, and political factors that contributed to the Sand Creek Massacre. Please not that this program is a stationary talk, not a walking tour.

Nov 8 10:00 am – 5:00 pm

Browse exquisite pieces from Tohono O'odham/Pima-Maricopa watercolor artist Michael Chiago Sr, Navajo painter David John, and Hopi/Cherokee artist Gerald Dawavendewa. Talks at 11 AM and 1 PM on Saturday. No registration required. Free.

Living History

San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park

Nov 8 10:30 am – 3:00 pm

Travel back in time to the 1930's at the Maritime Museum with our Living History program.

Ranger Guided Tour of Mission San José

San Antonio Missions National Historical Park

Nov 8 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Join our guided walks led by a National Park Ranger at Mission San José.Daily 10:00 am and 11:00 am (weather permitting).Each tour is limited to 50 people. First come, first served daily.San José guided walks begin at the Visitor Center at Mission...

Guided Tour

Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site

Nov 8 11:00 am – 11:45 am

Take a tour with a Park Ranger to learn more about Bent's Old Fort. Each tour lasts approximately forty-five minutes and begins in the plaza. Tours are limited to fifteen participants and will explore the historic use of the site and the...

Anza 250 Lecture Series Gila Bend

Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail

Nov 8 11:00 am – 1:00 pm

Dr. Aaron Wright, of Archaeology Southwest, will commemorate the 250th anniversary of the epic 1775-76 Anza Expedition, when over 240 Spanish colonists trekked overland from Sinaloa, Mexico, across Alta California (including present-day southern...

Living History, Make and Mend

San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park

Nov 8 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Join our Living History crew as we demonstrate 1930's period mending techniques that are still useful today. Bring your own mending if you’d like, and join in! Learn to sew on a button, patch a rip, or darn a sock. We can’t fix it for you, but we can...

60th Birthday Party!!!

Whiskeytown National Recreation Area

Nov 8 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Come celebrate our 60th anniversary as a national recreation area during this drop-in program outside the Visitor Center and at Oak Bottom Amphitheater. OUTSIDE THE VISITOR CENTER * Grab a slice of birthday cake! * Look at historic postcards of the...

Ranger Program

San Antonio Missions National Historical Park

Nov 8 2:30 pm – 3:15 pm

Visit the Visitor Center at Mission San José to explore a mission topic with a park ranger.