[bars] Bars group POTA Parks on the Air

[Juan Jiménez]

Why are local parks not allowed for activations? Seems like a severely
shortsighted rule, considering all the great parks that are owned and run
by local authorities and are always looking for more ways to engage with
residents.

73,
K1CPR
Juan


On Wed, Oct 8, 2025 at 11:20 AM Christopher Lennon <kwaj.speedo at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Sadly, local parks are not PoTA parks.  You can go there and operate, but
> you don't get credit for an activation in the PoTA universe.  PoTA parks in
> the US are either state or federal.  Not all state and federal parks are on
> the PoTA list.
>
> https://pota.app/#/map
>
> Will take you to the map of PoTA sites
>
> Chris
> W2BPL
>
>
> Sent from my phone.
>
> On Wed, Oct 8, 2025, 10:26 AM Leandra MacLennan via bars <bars at w1hh.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Unfortunately only state and national parks are eligible to be “POTA”
>> parks. The official POTA parks are shown on the map on the POTA website.
>>
>> A gathering at Simonds could be a good dry run for an activation of a
>> POTA park on another day.
>>
>> -Leandra AF1R
>>
>> On Oct 8, 2025, at 9:57 AM, Juan Jiménez via bars <bars at w1hh.org> wrote:
>>
>> 
>> I just asked Brendan Egan at Burlington.org, head of Parks and
>> Recreation, to see if they would allow us to activate Simonds Park.
>>
>> 73,
>> K1CPR
>> Juan
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 6, 2025 at 10:31 PM ham operator via bars <bars at w1hh.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> hello Bars
>>>
>>> time to start group POTAS
>>>
>>> for all pota  info www.parksontheair.com
>>>
>>> lets make a few plans:
>>> where is the closest parks to the meeting location:
>>> US-4742. - warren manning state forest
>>> US-2435  - great brook farm state park
>>> US-4735. - carisle state forest
>>>
>>> is anyone available to do potas on a weekday
>>> is 10 am good on weekday or weekend
>>>
>>>
>>> the link above will help you understand what you need to bring to the
>>> pota site
>>>
>>> i am going to go check out warren manning
>>> and i will schedule a time and day
>>>
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