Month: May 2025

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Where is it located?

Rocky Mountain National Park in northern Colorado spans the Continental Divide.

Whose land does it reside upon?

What is now Rocky Mountain National Park is part of the traditional homeland and territory of many present-day Tribal nations including, the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Montana; Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma; Comanche Nation, Oklahoma; Eastern Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming; Kiowa Indian Tribe of Oklahoma, Northern Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming; Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana; Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado; Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray Reservation, Utah; and Ute Mountain Ute Tribe of the Ute Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah.

When was it established?

January 26, 1915

About this park:

Rocky Mountain National Park’s 415 square miles (265,807 acres) encompasses a spectacular range of mountain environments. From meadows found in the montane life zone to glistening alpine lakes and up to the towering mountain peaks, there is something for everyone to discover. Along the way explore over 300 miles of hiking trails and incredible wildlife viewing.

Why did we choose these colors?

We scrolled the photos on the parks page and put scenery and sunset photos together for our lovely Rocky Mountain NP colorway: https://www.nps.gov/romo/learn/photosmultimedia/photogallery.htm

For more information:

NPS website: https://www.nps.gov/romo/index.htm

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rockynps

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RockyNPS

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Where is it located?

Acadia National Park is a 47,000-acre Atlantic coast recreation area primarily on Maine’s Mount Desert Island.

Whose land does it reside upon?

Native American peoples have inhabited the land we now call Maine since time immemorial. Today people from the four tribes—the Maliseet, Micmac, Passamaquoddy and Penobscot—collectively known as the Wabanaki, or “People of the Dawnland” live throughout the state of Maine. Tribal governments have a government-to-government relationship with Acadia National Park.

When was it established?

July 8, 1916

About this park:

Acadia National Park protects the natural beauty of the highest rocky headlands along the Atlantic coastline of the United States, an abundance of habitats, and a rich cultural heritage. At 4 million visits a year, it’s one of the top 10 most-visited national parks in the United States. Visitors enjoy 27 miles of historic motor roads, 158 miles of hiking trails, and 45 miles of carriage roads.

Why did we choose these colors?

This park is so stunning! So many photos were used for inspiration, but most particularly this one: https://www.nps.gov/acad/learn/historyculture/wabanaki.htm

For more information:

NPS website: https://www.nps.gov/acad/index.htm

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/AcadiaNPS

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AcadiaNPS

It’s time for the annual National Parks Club! Find out information about participating shops and more here.

Where is it located?

Arches National Park lies north of Moab in the state of Utah and is bordered by the Colorado River in the southeast.

Whose land does it reside upon?

People have come to the area that is now Arches National Park for thousands of years. The earliest visitors weren’t just sight-seeing, though. Hunter-gatherers migrated into the area about 10,000 years ago at the end of an Ice Age. As they explored Courthouse Wash and the Salt Valley area, they found pockets of chert and chalcedony: two forms of microcrystalline quartz perfect for making stone tools. Chipping or knapping these rocks into dart points, knives, and scrapers, they created debris piles that are still visible to the trained eye.

Then, roughly two thousand years ago, the nomadic hunters and gatherers began cultivating certain plants and settled the Four Corners region. These early agriculturalists, known as ancestral Puebloans, raised domesticated maize, beans, and squash, and lived in villages like those preserved at Mesa Verde National Park. Evidence shows that farming climaxed between 500 CE and 1300 CE. A change in climate that made farming more difficult may have been a driving factor in a decline in farming

When was it established?

April 12, 1929

About this park:

Discover a landscape of contrasting colors, land forms, and textures unlike any other. The park has over 2,000 natural stone arches, hundreds of soaring pinnacles, massive rock fins, and giant balanced rocks. This red-rock wonderland will amaze you with its formations, refresh you with its trails, and inspire you with its sunsets.

Why did we choose these colors?

Flip through any of the photos of the arches in Arches, and you’ll see why we chose to dye the yarn this way: https://www.nps.gov/media/photo/gallery.htm?pg=5802680&id=221F3BB7-155D-451F-6738DBB434CFBF5E

For more information:

NPS website: https://www.nps.gov/arch/index.htm

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ArchesNPS

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ArchesNPS