park guides

Nature tour leaders

Park guides are staff members who lead visitors through parks, providing information about trails, wildlife, history, and safety.

They work in national parks, state parks, and other natural or historical sites.

Park guides may lead walking tours, answer questions at visitor centers, or patrol trails to assist hikers: The park guide explained the geology of the canyon.

Opposites
outdoor vs. indoor interpretation

park guidesmuseum curators

Artifact collection managers

library staff · office workers

relationship to park environment

park guidespoachers

Illicit wildlife takers

vandals · polluters · litterers · trespassers · encroachers

Family

guide, park

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G