Celebrate National Park Week at Home
During National Park Week, April 18-26, you can explore our country’s most stunning national parks from home. The National Park Service is helping us connect with nature from a distance through digital opportunities and activities to do in your own home or neighborhood.
Two of the main resources are at-home park activities and virtual tours of national parks. Activities for kids include tours with Sesame Street, interactive activity map and junior ranger programs.
One of the virtual park tours is of Oregon’s very own Crater Lake.
Formed by a volcanic eruption and collapse, Crater Lake National Park features the deepest lake in the U.S., and one of the top ten deepest lakes in the world. Join country singer Dierks Bentley and park ranger Charlie in this 360-degree video. See if you can spot the Phantom Ship or catch the sunrise over Garfield Ridge.
Watch the video on a mobile device and move around to see the 360 view of Crater Lake.
There are so many resources available to bring the parks to you. For more information, visit the National Park Service’s website and start exploring.
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