Acadia National Park Statue of Liberty National Monument Gateway National Recreation Area {p hoto credit: Brian Feeny!NPS) Adams National Historic Site Minute Man National Historical Park Lowell National Historical Park (photo credit: James Higgins) A B c D E F G H Where It All Begins .... Ma ine Acadian Culture 1 Preservation Program 1 Come to the National Parks in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Immerse yourself in America's heritage of great voices, great visions, and great vistas. Explore long stretches of sandy beaches, breathe fre h mountain air, take a close , personal look at the individuals who influenced our society, or walk through the celebrated places where America's history began - the national park system has much to offer. Nationwide, the National Park Service preserves and protects more than 365 diversely-themed units, including the Grand Canyon, the Statue of ff 2 Liberty, and the home of Dr. Martin Luther King , Jr. The parks featured in this brochure commemorate the American and Industrial Revolutions, the / lives of several presidents, the struggle for women's rights, and the area's Montreal evolutionary attachment to the sea for commerce and recreation. A NADA This brochure introduces the national parks in New England, New • Onawa York, and New Jersey. To assist in preparing for your visit, trip planning information is provided on this side of the brochure. On the reverse side you will find informative descriptions of each park including mailing addresses and telephone numbers. Please call or write each park for specific information. 3 Start your trip Where It All Begins.... ( 3 91 Welcome to your National Parks! Acadia Nat ional Park O Montpelier " Cl. write Mou,,ta n Na1•ona Fo1es1 81 North A • Toro nto Miles 0___ __. 20___ ......... 40 ___ 60...._ __ __. 80___ _. 1 00 4 ( 4 t Driving Time Between National Parks: ( Most national parks on this map are within short driving times, (approximately one to three hours). In the New Yo rk City and Boston areas (see inset ma~s ) mcst parks are-accessibl9-by..pu!::>!fc---­ transportation and are within one hour driving time. heodore Roosevelt Approximate driving times: Boston, Massachusetts augural • Women·s Rights to New York City, New York, 4.5 hours; Boston, National National Historical Historic Massachusetts to Bar Harbor, Maine, 6 hours; Site Park Boston, Massachusetts to Albany, New York, 4 hours; Boston, Massachusetts to Buffalo, New York, 1 O hours ; Boston, Massachusetts to Montreal, Canada, 6 hours. 5 5 Cape Cod National PENNSYLVANIA Seashore Offerings f>. '\ oc .J \ 95 .J., . ~ Touro Synagogue National Historic Delaware Water Gap Site National Recreation 6 Area 6 National Park State / Boston and Vicinity Detail Acadia NP ME • /~' Adams NHS M_ A_1_,___. • i • t -- - ~ i ackstone River Valley _NHC MN RI • i • ii ~ n NHP M~• • --'---.~~~-_t:__ J __ _c Boston African American NHS MA • • ! ~ pe Cod NS MA J _ • ~ ~.--1 ~ Edison NHS N J 1 _I_ . 1A Fire Island NS NY • I ~ Fort Stanwix NMon NY f-- • t----1 • Frederick Law Olmsted NHS MA • I-- - - -- ' - -+--+-1--+--+--I • • • New York City and Vicinity Detail Gateway NRA - -------+--!- -1---1- +--1--+-+--t .-1 Breezy Point ____ _N Y 1--• -+---+-t---+--t----l 7 _F~lo~yd.:........B~en_n~e~tt_Fl_1 e_ld_____ _N _Y ~---1• -+--t -+--+-•--1 7 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge NY -1---t--+ • Phil adelphia • Winth rop Sandy Hook _ ______N_ J_ • -+----+---+- ~ ~taten Island NY • +- -+-----'---+ ~ John F. Kennedy NHS MA ._• -+---+- h 3 Boston Ma ssachuse t ts 9 • John F. Ker dy B a y ~gfellow NHS MA 1 --r!- _fl_ rrr==. µ--< • National Hi oric Site ~owe ll NHP ~ • l.i • Salem Frederick Law Olmste ~ anh attan. Sites National Historic Site 93 Brookline Hu ll Castle Clinton -------NMon Federal Hall NMem -+-·--+-+--~--· ,-- --- -----+--+-I--• • General Grant NMem • NY -+- -+- -· -f--+--t -t- ~ - _f:!amilton Grang._e_N_M_e_m____ N_ Y_+--+-•-+- ,____,_..___.._•__,.___.. _ • • T. Roosevelt Birthplace NHS N~ . --f-t--•-• -+---+- +--+--- • • 0 Miles s A ~ Paul's Church N_H_S__ ___N _Y_+-~·--+-< -,..--'--+ • t-- .._____ ___. North •• • • Cape Mar Martin Van Buren NHS NY ' • i 8 8 f-- ------- _ I 1-+---- - .,-; • • Minute Man NHP MA I • • J J J DEL ~• • • • • M-o-rr-is-town NHP NJ • . ~• I I I <----- ------- - - -+--+- I ' •••• New Jerse Coastal HT* NJ • • Add iti ~na l Trip Planning Information _ _ . ~ __ __ _. _ _ Roger Williams NMem___ RI I • I • • ,_____.______, Visitor Services - Outdoor Recreation - Roosevelt-C ampobell~U S/CAN • food, lodging, camping, and special events hiking, camping, and nature observation Roosevelt-Vanderbilt Sites Staten Island Unit ~E l eano r Roosevelt NHS NY • Breezy Point Un it Connecticut Dept. of Tourism U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Vanderbilt Mansion _N_H_S_ _ N-Y-ii-~--~I • -zr (800) CT-BOUND '3' (413) 253-8322 for information about national Home of Franklin Roosevelt NHS NY~ Gateway wildlife refuges and fish hatcheries. • National Maine Office of Tourism Sagamore Hill NH_S.:...______ N_ Y Recreation '3' (800) 533-9595 U.S. Forest Service • Area Saint·Gaudens NHS NH White Mountain National Forest • Sandy Hook Unit Massachusetts Office of Travel & Tourism Salem Maritime NHS New Hampshire ----- -zr (800 447-MASS Saratoga NHP 'B" (603) 528-8721 0 Miles Saugus Iron Works N_H_S_ ___ 5 New Hampshire Office of Travel & Tourism A U.S. Forest Service Springfield Armory NHS_ _ _ _ _ North 'lr (800) 258-3608 ~ ~:· Green Mountain National Forest Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island NMon NY • • • New Jers -Y Division of Travel & Tourism Vermont Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural NHS N_Y_+--+---+- +-- -•-+-...-----1 -zr (800) J - RSEY 7 'B" (802) 747-6700 Toure Synagogue NHS __ RI ~ ~· · ~ About Your National Parks Weir Farm NHS CT r-. Need more information about the New York State Division of Tourism Appalachian National Scenic Trail • r- '- + Women's Rights NHP NY National Park Service? 'lr (800) 225-5697 Maine to Georgia • I_!' - • ·~ Individual park information is located 'B" (304) 535-6331 for information, guidebooks *Under Development Rhode Island Tou rism Division on the reverse side of this brochure or and maps. NP-National Park, NHS-National Historic Site, NHC-National Heritage Corridor, NS-National Seashore, 'lr (800) 556-2484 call the National Park Service at NMon-National Monument, NRA-National Recreation Area, NHP·National Historical Park, NMem­ Appalachian Mountain Club 15 State Street, Boston , MA 02109, Vermont Dept. of Travel & Tourism National Memorial, IP-International Park -zr (617) 523-0636 for information about regional 'lr (617) 223-5199. 'a" (802) 828-3236 G.. The National Park Service has an ongoing, aggressive program to increase all levels of access•btlrty. hiking and many oth er outdoor activities. We suggest you call each park on your itinerary for currant information. For more information about each park, please refer to the reverse side of this brochure. NEW JERSEY MAINE Welcome to the National Parks EDISON National Historic Sit in Connecticut, Maine, ACADIA National Park _ _ • .....::l-~·- _. FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED SALEM MARITIME National Historic Site Main Street and Lakeside Avenue P.O. 177, Bar Harbor, ME 04609 National Historic Site 17 4 Derby Street, Salem, MA 01970 Massachusetts, New Hampshire, West Orange, NJ 07052 'Ii' (207) 288-3338 G-H3 99 Warren Street. Brookline, MA 02146 -zr (508) 741 -3648 or (508) 745-1470 FS New Jersey, New York, Rhode "B' (201) 736-0550 or (201 ) 736-&f!50 D6 On a clear morning from the top of F5 'll' (617) 566-168@ FS Early America's maritime history Island, and Vermont. One of Amerit: a's greatest Cadillac Mountain, the highest This site includes the John and From 1883 to 1895 "Fairsted" was is told here amidst a modern harbor inventors, Thom s Alva Edison point on the east coast, you can John Quincy Adams Birthplaces. tioth home and office to Olmsted setting . Spanning a period of three spent 44 year here in this catch the country's first glimpse of the "Old House," home to four (1 822-1903) . the Father of centuries. the Salem story is a Within these eight states, you will find parks laboratory wh ere he a nd his the sun's rays. Later, watch the generations of the Adams family, Am erican Landscape Arch itecture saga of enterprising and daring commemorating America's heritage and employees conducted experi­ ocean pound Thunderhole's and the Un ited First Parish Church and the designer of New York's Yankee sea captains, privateers, areas of great natural beauty. We suggest ments resulting in 500 patents. His boulders, canoe ponds, birdwatch, where both presidents and first Central Park. Some drawings and and merchants. Their livelihood you use both sides of this brochure to plan voluminous library of books, take a cold dip inthe ocean at Sand Beach, and hike lad ies are entombed. Here one tools used by Olmsted's design came from the sea, and they transformed a tiny, your itinerary. On the reverse side, the papers and designs, as well as his working invention on miles of trails. You can also bike or horseback cani' race the history of the Adams fa mily legacy of staff are on display. The intimate gardens are uncertain settlement into a rich and powerful world models are on exhibit. Also, you can see the full­ ride along carriage paths built by John D. Rockefeller. pre idents, public servants, writers, and historians. 'Themes and Offerings" chart and the map excellent examples of Olmsted's renowned port. Nathaniel Hawthorne worked as a surveyor in scale replica of the first motion picture studio "Black The 20 -mile Park Loop Road offers spectacular The 8th-century formal garden, the historic orchard, landscape designs.