The Department of the Interior announced earlier this month that it will begin to restore access to national parks to the American people. Many of the 419 parks managed by the National Park Service have remained open in some capacity since the virus hit the United States in March.
The DOI website listed some of those parks and the Trump administration’s effort to reopen them:
The health and safety of visitors, volunteers, partners, and federal employees continues to be paramount as the Department restores public access to public lands again.
President Trump recognizes the magnificence and grandeur of our National Park System and public lands and the incredible benefits of the great outdoors. Access to public lands continues to be evaluated in accordance with federal, state, and local public health guidance with some notable locations beginning to welcome visitors back this week:
- May 9
- Lake Berryessa, California
- Lake New Melones, California
- May 11
- Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, Georgia
- May 13
- Zion National Park, Utah
- Dinosaur National Monument, Colorado and Utah
- Little Sahara Recreation Area, Utah
- May 14
- Hovenweep National Monument, Utah
- Natural Bridges National Monument, Utah
- May 15
- Buffalo National River, Arkansas
- Curecanti National Recreation Area, Colorado
- Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Colorado
- Blue Ridge Parkway, North Carolina
- Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, Georgia and Tennessee
- Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii
- The Parks of Western Pennsylvania, including, Allegheny Portage National Historic Site, Johnstown Flood National Memorial, Fort Necessity National Battlefield, and Flight 93 National Memorial, Pennsylvania
- Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona