SOURCE: ESRI
Map & Data: Esri (@Esri) Emily Meriam (@emilymeriam)
Beyond The Map: National Park Week
Have you ever wondered where is the nearest National Park?
That would be a good map on its own wouldn’t it?
But then the geographer’s mind starts to wander around. What would make this map more interesting? Why not take it a step further and show some of the demographic relationships for people living around each park?
2021 UPDATE
Since publishing there have been two new National Parks – Indiana Dunes and New River Gorge.
Here is the updated April 12, 2021 map and for the high resolution version please download from here.
The changes made were adding in the two new National Parks, as well as U.S. Virgin Islands and American Samoa (now a complete map of ALL National Parks), running the Thiessen polygons tool, removing the demographic analysis, neat line, and lightening the green a bit.