NPS Health and Safety

Stay safe and healthy within America's national parks.

This is the official National Park Service app for park health and safety. Whether you are discovering the back country or looking for a quick local hike, the NPS Health and Safety app will help keep you safe and healthy along the way. Explore the U.S. National Parks’ trails, monuments, river ways and historic sites while appreciating the One Health connection between animals, humans, and the environment.

- Risk descriptions, disease symptoms, prevention and control, treatment, and how to identify certain animals and diseases to ensure you remain healthy and well in the parks

- Contacts for 400 parks, monuments and historic sites including regional public health consultants and the park visitor center

- Disease quick facts to browse and learn

- Disease maps shows which diseases are prevalent in your area

- Safety tips to help prepare you for a safe journey

- Small size – the app will download relatively quickly and once downloaded, can be accessed without internet access.