Celebrate our National Parks: Week 2

Did you know this month is the National Park Service Centennial? On August 25th, the National Park Service turns 100 and is commemorating the occasion with the Find Your Park movement, which encourages visitors to explore the country’s 407 national parks.

To celebrate, we are giving away four $50 gift cards.

To enter, follow @easternmntnsports on Instagram and share your favorite National Park image(s) with the hashtag #goEast. Unlimited entries apply, the winners will be announced at the end of the month. Good luck!

Check out a few of our favorites so far:

 

#NP100 Shenandoah National Park: Old Rag's one of Shenandoah's most popular yet most dangerous hikes. After doing a nine-plus mile hike, including almost 2 miles of boulder scrambling, @Neilbennett3 says this peak "takes no prisoners. Hiking in the early AM is worth it for incredible views like this!" Have you ever hiked Old Rag? #FindYourPark #Virginia

A photo posted by Eastern Mountain Sports (@easternmntnsports) on Aug 14, 2016 at 6:08am PDT

Tufa towers. Calcium carbonate in its finest form

A photo posted by Brianna Murphy (@briannawins) on Aug 9, 2016 at 4:16am PDT

Need to plan for some dark skies soon. 🌘🌟🌠⭐🌚 | Zion National Park #ZionNationalPark #zionnps #Zion #optoutside #divine_deserts #igsouthwest #llbeanmoment #nationalparks #igutah #goeast #rei1440project #wowutah #utahgram #lazyshutters #longexposure #nightphotography #ig_naturelovers #coalatree #worldwide_reverie #landscape_lovers #utahexperience #landscape_captures #cloudline #FindYourPark #neverstopexploring #todsl #longexpoelite #bestnatureshot #face_of_the_earth #natparkexplorer

A photo posted by steff (@steffophotography) on Aug 8, 2016 at 5:17pm PDT

As we were leaving #thesmokies yesterday, we spotted a herd of Elk. Nice ending to a great weekend! #thegreatsmokymountains #thegreatsmokymountainsnationalpark #findyourpark #nationalparks #thegreatoutdoors #rei1440project #optoutside #getoutside #thesouth #elk #thesouth #goEast #liveyouradventure

A photo posted by 🐻 (@campbellina55) on Aug 15, 2016 at 4:58am PDT

Is this still considered hiking? Enjoying a different sort of challenge navigating around hidden rocks unseen in silt laden water, pushing against and then with the current, and sometimes going for a bit of a swim in the Virgin River! #zionnationalpark #takelessdomore #findyourpark #thenarrows #exploremore #ttparks #goeast #expandyourplayground #trailchat #takeahike #rei1440project #bpmag #optoutside #zerolimits

A photo posted by Allison Driscoll (@trailtosummit) on Aug 14, 2016 at 7:17am PDT