I don't know if these types of questions would be better placed in the IBA Special Certifications forum in a new sub-forum...that's for the administrators to sort out
I'd like to get some clarity on the Nat'l Park Tour stamp collection process. I have a couple of specific examples I'd like to use for this query.
The rule in question: https://www.ironbutt.com/themerides/npt/index.html
One day, we stopped at one location & acquired three stamps:
Natchez Trace Parkway, Tupelo VC, MS
Brices Cross Roads NBS, Baldwyn, MS
Trail of Tears NHT, Mississippi
The Trail of Tears national historic trail recognizes the "Cherokee people, forcefully removed from their homelands in Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee to live in Indian Territory, now Oklahoma. They traveled by foot, horse, wagon, or steamboat in 1838-1839" (nps.gov)
Now, when I look at the NPS map...I'm only seeing a path along the Mississippi River that would really claim that as a valid stamp for the purposes of the IBA's NPT. We did go by Brice's Crossroads after leaving the Visitor Center, so that's a good stamp. This one sorts itself out; shouldn't claim that third stamp.
The next day, we collected (among others...)
Russell Cave National Monument VC, Bridgeport, AL
Trail of Tears NHT, Alabama
Because our route did incorporate some distance of the trail route that's shown on the NPS maps of the Trail of Tears heading toward Russell Cave (very cool place, by the way), I feel that taking claim of the second stamp there is valid.
Anything here we're missing in this interpretation of the NPS tour rules?
Thanks!
I'd like to get some clarity on the Nat'l Park Tour stamp collection process. I have a couple of specific examples I'd like to use for this query.
The rule in question: https://www.ironbutt.com/themerides/npt/index.html
...or any other site or park listed in the Passport book or other sources, such as those listed by the National Parks Travelers Club http://www.parkstamps.org in at least 25 states within 1 year.
Natchez Trace Parkway, Tupelo VC, MS
Brices Cross Roads NBS, Baldwyn, MS
Trail of Tears NHT, Mississippi
The Trail of Tears national historic trail recognizes the "Cherokee people, forcefully removed from their homelands in Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee to live in Indian Territory, now Oklahoma. They traveled by foot, horse, wagon, or steamboat in 1838-1839" (nps.gov)
Now, when I look at the NPS map...I'm only seeing a path along the Mississippi River that would really claim that as a valid stamp for the purposes of the IBA's NPT. We did go by Brice's Crossroads after leaving the Visitor Center, so that's a good stamp. This one sorts itself out; shouldn't claim that third stamp.
The next day, we collected (among others...)
Russell Cave National Monument VC, Bridgeport, AL
Trail of Tears NHT, Alabama
Because our route did incorporate some distance of the trail route that's shown on the NPS maps of the Trail of Tears heading toward Russell Cave (very cool place, by the way), I feel that taking claim of the second stamp there is valid.
Anything here we're missing in this interpretation of the NPS tour rules?
Thanks!