2024 Spotlight Locations Announced

Mark your calendars; Leave No Trace is excited to announce our 2024 Spotlight locations!

The Leave No Trace Spotlight program brings together our shared love for the outdoors with a dedication to preserving its well-being and beauty.

We hand-select nominated outdoor spaces that need our collective care and attention. By designating them as Spotlights, we’re rallying the local community to step up, join forces with Leave No Trace, and make a meaningful impact that can revitalize and protect these special places where we recreate, enjoy one another’s company, and elevate our health physically, mentally and emotionally. 

2024 Locations:

• Clear Creek Natural Heritage Area, Texas – January 25-27, 2024
• Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area, Florida – February 15-17
• Smithgall Woods State Park, Georgia – March 21-23, 2024
• Beaver Lake, Arkansas – April 12-14, 2024
• Westminster Hills Open Space, Colorado – TBD
• Shawnee National Forest, Illinois – May 9-11, 2024
• Mt Tabor Park, Oregon – May 9-11, 2024
• Town of Mammoth Lakes, California – May 30-June 1, 2024
• Rend Lake, Illinois – June 6-8, 2024
• Shenandoah National Park, Virginia – June 14-16, 2024
• Hodges Village Dam, Massachusetts – June 21-24, 2024
• Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, Pennsylvania – June 27-29, 2024
• Sinks Canyon State Park, Wyoming – June 28-30
• Eagle-Holy Cross Ranger District, Colorado – June 28-30, 2024
• Nordhouse Dunes Wilderness Area, Michigan – July 18-20, 2024
• Skiatook & Keystone Lakes, Oklahoma – Nov 1-3, 2024
• Mount Rogers National Recreation Area, Virginia – Nov 8-10, 2024
• Amicalola Falls State Park, Georgia – TDB

How Spotlight Events Work:

1. Sites nominate themselves for the program.  
2. We hand-select nominated outdoor spaces that need our community’s care and attention. 
3. Our Subaru/Leave No Trace team(s) travel to Spotlight locations to host free educational workshops for all ages and outdoor experience levels, community cleanups, restoration projects, and more!
4. You attend the Spotlight to support conservation efforts in your community.
5. These Spotlight locations see an increase in community involvement and care, leading to a better-than-we-found-it outdoors where preservation and conservation are in full force. 

So mark your calendars, spread the word, and get ready to roll up your sleeves for some conservation work. We will see you out there!

Spotlights, Hot Spots, and Gold Standard Site designations are a part of the Leave No Trace in Every Park program.