Comments on: NPR Special Report: America’s National Parks http://americaincontext.wordpress.com/2008/06/29/npr-special-report-americas-national-parks/ Observations and Insights from America's National Parks Sat, 12 Sep 2009 20:01:08 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: barkybree http://americaincontext.wordpress.com/2008/06/29/npr-special-report-americas-national-parks/#comment-140 barkybree Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:54:12 +0000 http://americaincontext.wordpress.com/?p=190#comment-140 That would be 131, according to my latest count. :) That "nearly 400" number keeps tripping me up. My list, dumped from the NPS website, lists 460, but that list includes "national heritage corridors", which are groupings of non-NPS sites for recognition, but aren't really NPS sites. There are other funky things on that list that actually counts things twice. I think there are 397 official national park sites, but I doubt even our beloved government knows exactly how many. That would be 131, according to my latest count. :)

That “nearly 400″ number keeps tripping me up. My list, dumped from the NPS website, lists 460, but that list includes “national heritage corridors”, which are groupings of non-NPS sites for recognition, but aren’t really NPS sites. There are other funky things on that list that actually counts things twice.

I think there are 397 official national park sites, but I doubt even our beloved government knows exactly how many.

]]> By: Ray http://americaincontext.wordpress.com/2008/06/29/npr-special-report-americas-national-parks/#comment-139 Ray Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:02:16 +0000 http://americaincontext.wordpress.com/?p=190#comment-139 Listened to NPR this morning, and said to self, "Hey, gotta tell Paul, I wonder how many of the nearly 400 he's been to..." Mr. KIA Brooks advised me to go to your blog and check. Haven't found it yet, but I'm keen to guess. Listened to NPR this morning, and said to self, “Hey, gotta tell Paul, I wonder how many of the nearly 400 he’s been to…” Mr. KIA Brooks advised me to go to your blog and check. Haven’t found it yet, but I’m keen to guess.

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