Submit your favorite photo that celebrates your connection with nature to the National Forest Week™ Photo Contest by June 15 to win awesome outdoor gear, travel, and lodging for your next adventure!
National Forest Week™ is here—celebrate the places, connections, and transformations found in National Forests and Grasslands.
From June 9–15, we’re inviting everyone—seasoned hikers, weekend wanderers, picnic pros, and forest-first timers—to join in. Celebrate National Forest Week™ with us. Get outside, breathe it in, and find the moments that make you feel alive. Then share them—because the awe we find in these wild places? It only grows when it’s shared.
Our annual Photo Contest is open! Submit your favorite photo that celebrates your connection with National Forests by June 15, 2025.
From misty mountain sunrises to the simple joy of a trail buddy’s wagging tail, National Forests and Grasslands are where life happens in vivid color.
This National Forest Week™, share the moments that make you feel alive—whether in solitude or surrounded by community.
Saguaro cactus in bloom by 2024 photo contest winner Justin Eddinger.
Submit your photo to one of the Photo Contest's three categories for the chance to win epic outdoor prizes! Winners from each category will receive an awesome outdoor gear package from our generous partners and one Grand Prize winner will receive the ultimate adventure package:
Photo by Madalyne Staab
Places that stir awe—landscapes, seasons, and iconic moments.
WIN THE BIG AGNES PRIZE PACKAGE
Photo by Brittney Mueller
Friends, family, pets, or wildlife—what connection looks like in the forest.
WIN THE HELINOX PRIZE PACKAGE
Photo by Nathan Miller
The emotions, movement, or magic that happens in the wild.
WIN THE PEAK DESIGN PRIZE PACKAGE
Anytime you visit a National Forest or Grassland, be sure to #RecreateResponsibly to ensure these places stay healthy for future generations. Click here to brush up on some basic tips for being a good steward of public lands.
NEW THIS YEAR: Escape to the trees with this bold 5-panel hat that celebrates our treasured National Forests, the latest edition of the NFF x Landmark Project National Forest Week™ collection.
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