Outdoors

National Parks

National parks are one of the clearest examples of the country deciding that beauty, scale, access, and public stewardship belong to the citizen, not only to the wealthy or the state.

Key Pages

Begin with the pages that give the subject its clearest form and strongest substance.

Park Country on Foot

Backcountry Hiking

Backcountry hiking brings together public land, self-reliance, weather judgment, and the older American habit of moving under your own power through serious terrain.

Hiking Trail Systems

Mountain Biking

Mountain biking turns trail systems, terrain reading, endurance, and control into a fast-moving outdoor discipline tied to public land and technical skill.

Trail riding Land & Settlement

Homestead Act

The Homestead Act linked land, migration, settlement, and expansion, helping turn territorial space into farms, communities, and a larger argument about growth, opportuni…

1862