Image description: A rainbow descends into the Great Basin after a spring storm. The Great Basin is the largest terminal basin in the U.S., located in Utah, Nevada, Idaho, and Oregon.
Photo by Larry Crist, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Mountain-Prairie Region.
Image description: A hawk sits along the Nez Perce National Historic Trail near Monida, MT.
Photo by Roger Peterson, U.S. Forest Service
Image description: A Harbor seal lounges at Nantucket National Wildlife Refuge in Massachusetts.
Photo by Amanda Boyd, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Image description: A group of puffins at Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge.
Photo from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Northeast Region
Visit Recreation.gov to plan your outdoor activities at federal lands across the United States.
You can search for locations that offer the activities you enjoy—including hiking, biking, boating, horseback riding, and climbing—and make reservations for camping, lodging, picnic areas, permits, and tours.
Enjoy America’s great outdoors this summer!
