{"id":14920,"date":"2017-05-02T09:00:33","date_gmt":"2017-05-02T13:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=14920"},"modified":"2017-05-01T17:25:20","modified_gmt":"2017-05-01T21:25:20","slug":"park-quest-registration-opens-for-maryland-families-seeking-outdoor-adventure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2017\/05\/02\/park-quest-registration-opens-for-maryland-families-seeking-outdoor-adventure\/","title":{"rendered":"Park Quest Registration Opens for Maryland Families Seeking Outdoor Adventure"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p><em>Popular\u00a0State Parks Challenge Celebrates 10th Anniversary<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/05\/Park-Quest_MPS.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-14923\" src=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/05\/Park-Quest_MPS-300x281.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/05\/Park-Quest_MPS-300x281.png 300w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/05\/Park-Quest_MPS.png 737w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a>The <a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Maryland Department of Natural Resources<\/a>\u00a0today is opening registration for <a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/parkquest\/Pages\/Home.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Park Quest<\/a>,\u00a0the popular family-based outdoor adventure program.<\/p>\n<p>Park Quest allows families to engage in\u00a0outdoor activities and adventures at\u00a0Maryland&#8217;s beautiful state parks and public lands throughout the summer.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are marking the 10th\u00a0anniversary of Park Quest, and we&#8217;re featuring our\u00a0best quests for this year\u2019s celebration,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/publiclands\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Maryland Park Service<\/a>\u00a0Superintendent Nita Settina said. \u201cThese outdoor adventures engage families in pursuits\u00a0that teach young and old alike about Maryland\u2019s history, wildlife,\u00a0and available recreational activities such as fishing, hiking and paddling.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Running\u00a0from May 26\u00a0through\u00a0Sept. 4, Park Quest challenges families to complete outdoor excursions at\u00a018\u00a0specific sites throughout Maryland&#8217;s extensive public lands.\u00a0Teams will explore\u00a0caves as a miner at <a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/publiclands\/Pages\/central\/soldiersdelight.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Soldiers Delight Natural Environmental Area<\/a>,\u00a0paddle\u00a0the\u00a090-acre lake at <a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/publiclands\/Pages\/central\/seneca.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Seneca Creek State Park<\/a>, solve nature puzzles at <a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/publiclands\/Pages\/western\/rockygap.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rocky Gap State Park<\/a>\u00a0and much, much more.<\/p>\n<p>Many teams may take advantage of \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/parkreservations.maryland.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">campsite and cabin\u00a0reservations<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0spend a night\u00a0or two\u00a0under the stars as they explore our network of\u00a0state parks.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Registration\u00a0for Park Quest 2017 will be done on a first-come, first-served basis via the <a href=\"http:\/\/shopdnr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">online store<\/a>, and\u00a0will remain open until 1,000 team slots are filled.<\/p>\n<p>Cost to participate is $10 per team at registration.\u00a0Teams who completed 10 or more quests last year are automatically enrolled in this year&#8217;s program. Teams must consist of at least one member 16 years of age or younger\u00a0and at least one adult, with a maximum\u00a0of 10 participants per team.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Popular\u00a0State Parks Challenge Celebrates 10th Anniversary The Maryland Department of Natural Resources\u00a0today is opening registration for Park Quest,\u00a0the popular family-based outdoor adventure program. Park Quest allows families to engage in\u00a0outdoor activities and adventures at\u00a0Maryland&#8217;s beautiful state parks and public lands throughout the summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":138,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[957,23,12],"tags":[3046,3006,3262,3265,3264,3263],"class_list":["post-14920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-land","category-parks","tag-maryland-state-park-and-trail-passport","tag-nita-settina","tag-park-quest","tag-rocky-gap-state-park","tag-seneca-creek-state-park","tag-soldiers-delight-natural-environmental-area"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/138"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14920"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14935,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14920\/revisions\/14935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}