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Cabrillo National Monument also hosts a "Junior Ranger" program in which children can earn a Junior Ranger badge by exploring the park and filling out an activity sheet. In 2013, Junior Ranger Day was held on April 27. [18] View of San Diego from the Bayside Trail in Cabrillo National Monument
In 1949 a statue of Cabrillo, donated by the government of Portugal, was installed on land near the lighthouse. [12] In 1984, the light was re-lit by the National Park Service for the first time in 93 years, in celebration of the site's 130th birthday. More than 3,000 people attended the celebration, including more than 100 descendants of ...
Cabrillo National Monument recently commemorated the anniversary of the first European to set foot in California. Things didn't go as planned. Column: Cabrillo landed in California 480 years ago.
A museum in the park focuses on Cabrillo and his voyages of discovery. Every September Cabrillo Festival Inc. hosts the Cabrillo Festival, an annual three-day celebration of his discovery of San Diego Bay, including a re-enactment of his landing at Ballast Point. [46] [47] Another Cabrillo Monument is located on San Miguel Island. [48]
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A recent park visitor to Carlsbad Caverns National Park in New Mexico dropped a bag full of Cheetos that created a “huge impact” on the cave’s ecosystem, rangers said.
The National Park Service (NPS) is an agency of the United States federal government, within the US Department of the Interior.The service manages all national parks; most national monuments; and other natural, historical, and recreational properties, with various title designations.
According to a DPS news release, on Aug. 20, around 4:15 p.m., Guadalupe Mountains National Park Rangers alerted DPS' AOD of a distressed family of hikers on the side of Guadalupe Peak. The ...