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Welcome to the USGS Recreation Site:
Your Science Gateway for Safe and Vital Enjoyment of the Outdoors
 
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Nature Watching/Exploration
  • Identify birds and ducks, amphibians, butterflies, and other insects
  • Explore wetlands and find wildlife
  • Take a geologic tour of a National Park
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Boating
  • Real-time flows of streams and river levels to help determine safe conditions
  • Maps for identifying and accessing boating areas
  • Information on water quality trends in your area
  • Geologic descriptions of surrounding areas
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Camping
  • Create and view maps online and locate access points for your camping destinations
  • Browse a database of nearly 2 million physical and geographical features that you might encounter while camping
  • Contact a local map dealer near you to purchase your favorite topographic or other map product
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Climbing
  • Locate maps on line to show elevation, calculate slope, and determine access points for climbing.  Limited print-on-demand capability at scales suitable for field use
  • View areal photographs of your climbing destination
  • Add value to your climb with geologic maps to show the rock types you will encounter and the area’s geologic history, and atlas maps to help you understand relationships between nature and people
  • Headed for a volcano?  Get updates of activity, hazards, accessibility information, photos, and eruption and geographic history for volcanoes throughout the world
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Fishing
  • Real-time flows of streams and river levels to help determine safe and suitable angling conditions
  • Real-time stream temperatures for select locations
  • Maps for identifying and accessing fishing areas
  • Information on water quality trends in your area
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Hiking/Biking
  • Create and view maps online and locate access points for your hiking/biking destinations
  • Contact a local map dealer near you to purchase your favorite topographic or other map product
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Hunting
  • Identify the ducks of interest to hunters
  • Using maps and a compass to navigate your way in the wilderness
  • How to obtain and read the most current maps
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Contact Us

U.S. Department of the Interior
U.S. Geological Survey
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http://recreation.usgs.gov/index.html
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