# @nationalparkservice on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Cf2fbPZr-Wn
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/21023562-nationalparkservice-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/8e3cbe5474.jpg
- **Posted:** 2022-07-11T00:12:17.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** National Park Service (@nationalparkservice) — https://gondola.cc/nationalparkservice

## Caption

Gear up for some solar-powered fun in the sun along the Oregon National Historic Trail! (Just watch out for snakes and the occasional broken axel.)

From July 8th -July 16th, 2022, collegiate solar car teams are putting their solar powered creations to the test in the ultimate cross-country trek, the 2022 American Solar Challenge

The American Solar Challenge is a multi-day, cross-country endurance rally across North America, typically held every other year during the summer. The event is open to collegiate level solar car teams from countries all over the world, who take their solar cars along routes designed to provide teams with a great opportunity to demonstrate their solar cars under real world driving conditions and thoroughly test the reliability of all onboard systems.

The National Park Service has partnered with the American Solar Challenge since 2016, leading the solar cars to a variety of national park sites and national historic trails in 2016, 2018, and 2021. This year, the event will trace the Oregon National Historic Trail, which is part of the National Trails System (nps.gov/nts), nearly 1,500 miles from Independence, MO to Twin Falls, ID. (No fording of rivers will occur.)

Follow along @nationaltrailsnps!

Image: The past and the future at Bent's Old Fort showing a Conestoga wagon (umm, the oxen ran way again?) and a solar car from the American Solar Challenge in August 2021, with the fort in the background.

#AmericanSolarChallenge #OregonNationalHistoricTrail #solar #nationalparks #nationaltrails #oregontrail

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## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| National Park Service | @nationalparkservice | https://gondola.cc/nationalparkservice | Government Organization |

## Tags

oregontrail, americansolarchallenge, nationaltrails, nationalparks, oregonnationalhistorictrail, solar

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