National Park Foundation · Share The Experience Contest

ELIGIBILITY: This Share the Experience™ 2022 Contest is only open to individuals who are legal residents of one of the 50 United States or Washington, D.C.; and are at least thirteen years of age or older as of June 22, 2022. Any entrant under the age of eighteen years old must have a parent/legal guardian consent to enter the Contest.

GRAND PRIZE: One grand prize comprising of:

• Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) cash check
• a two night stay at a Historic Hotels of America participating location (ARV Six Hundred Dollars ($600))
• one Hydro Flask Hydration backpack (ARV One Hundred and Forty-Four Dollars and Ninety-Five Cents ($144.95))
• one Hydro Flask 32oz Bottle (ARV Forty-Nine Dollars and Ninety-Five Cents ($49.95))
• one Annual Federal Lands Recreation Pass (ARV Eighty Dollars ($80.00)) will be awarded and the winning photograph may be featured on the 2024 National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass

The approximate aggregate retail value of the grand prize is Ten Thousand and Eight Hundred Seventy-Four Dollars and Ninety Cents ($10,874.90).

SECOND PRIZE: One second prize comprising of:

• Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) cash check
• a two night stay at a Historic Hotels of America participating location (ARV Six Hundred Dollars ($600))
• one Hydro Flask Hydration backpack (ARV One Hundred and Forty-Four Dollars and Ninety-Five Cents ($144.95))
• one Hydro Flask 32oz Bottle (ARV Forty-Nine Dollars and Ninety-Five Cents ($49.95))
• one Pass (ARV Eighty Dollars ($80.00)) will be awarded

The approximate aggregate retail value of the second prize is Five Thousand and Eight Hundred Seventy-Four Dollars and Ninety Cents ($5,874.90).

THIRD PRIZE: One third prize comprising of Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00) cash check, a two night stay at a Historic Hotels of America participating location (ARV Six Hundred Dollars ($600)), one Hydro Flask Insulated Lunch Box (ARV Fifty-Four Dollars and Ninety-Five Cents ($54.95)), one Hydro Flask 32oz Bottle (ARV FortyNine Dollars and Ninety-Five Cents ($49.95)) and one Pass (ARV Eighty Dollars ($80.00)) will be awarded.

The approximate aggregate retail value of the third prize is Three Thousand and Seven Hundred Eighty-Four Dollars and Ninety Cents ($3,784.90).

Six honorable mention category prizes (one winner per category listed below), as follows:

Everyday Adventures: a two night stay at a Historic Hotels of America participating location (ARV Six Hundred Dollars ($600)), one Hydro Flask 32oz Bottle (ARV Forty-Nine Dollars and Ninety-Five Cents ($49.95)) and one Pass (ARV Eighty Dollars ($80.00)) will be awarded.

Outdoors for All: a two night stay at a Historic Hotels of America participating location (ARV Six Hundred Dollars ($600)), one Hydro Flask 32oz Bottle (ARV Forty-Nine Dollars and Ninety-Five Cents ($49.95)) and one Pass (ARV Eighty Dollars ($80.00)) will be awarded.

• History & Heritage: a two night stay at a Historic Hotels of America participating location (ARV Six Hundred Dollars ($600)), one Hydro Flask 32oz Bottle (ARV Forty-Nine Dollars and Ninety-Five Cents ($49.95)) and one Pass (ARV Eighty Dollars ($80.00)) will be awarded.
• Scenery & Seasons: a two night stay at a Historic Hotels of America participating location (ARV Six Hundred Dollars ($600 one Hydro Flask 32oz Bottle (ARV Forty-Nine Dollars and Ninety-Five Cents ($49.95)), one Celestron StarSense Explorer LT 80AZ Smartphone App-Enabled Refractor Telescope (ARV Two Hundred and Tweny-Nine Dollars and Ninety-Five Cents ($229.95)), one and one Pass (ARV Eighty Dollars ($80.00))
• Wildlife: a two night stay at a Historic Hotels of America participating location (ARV Six Hundred Dollars ($600)), one Hydro Flask 32oz Bottle (ARV Forty-Nine Dollars and Ninety-Five Cents ($49.95)), one Celestron TrailSeeker ED 8x42 Binoculars (ARV Three Hundred and Seventy-Nine Dollars and Ninety-Five Cents ($379.95) and one Pass (ARV Eighty Dollars ($80.00)) will be awarded.
• Night Skies: a two night stay at a Historic Hotels of America participating location (ARV Six Hundred Dollars ($600)), one Hydro Flask 20oz Coffee Bottle (ARV Thirty-Four Dollars and NinetyFive Cents ($34.95)), one Celestron StarSense Explorer DX 130AZ Smartphone App-Enabled Newtonian Reflector Telescope (ARV Four Hundred and Seventy-Nine Dollars and Ninety-Five Cents ($479.95)) and one Pass (ARV Eighty Dollars ($80.00)) will be awarded.

Three monthly promotion prizes of one Pass (ARV Eighty Dollars ($80.00)) will be awarded each month of the contest for a total of twenty-one Passes awarded.

The approximate aggregate retail value of all prizes is Twenty-Seven Thousand and Six Hundred and SixtyNine Dollars and Twenty-Five Cents ($27,669.25).

PHOTO LOCATION: Photos must be taken on the lands, waters, or within the facilities of these participating agencies:

• National Park Service
• U.S. Bureau of Land Management
• U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
• U.S. Forest Service
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

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