Although I think this submission is very artistic, I think it might be too intricate. It also seems a little too close to nps.gov with a logo inside the arrowhead. After the first few days of seeing what others have been coming up with, we are now opting for a much simpler approach. I also sampled this logo on our website and it was difficult to see what was inside the arrowhead. I have seen some of your submissions for other contests and I hope that you will try some other ideas.
We are looking mainly for a simple symbol. www.backcountry.com, www.altrec.com and www.worldwildlife.org are our three favorite logos. We love the simplicity of them and the ease of use anywhere from being on top of solid colors, a photograph (where ours will be), favicons, etc.
We also listed our favorite fonts on the main discussion board. Or fonts similar.
Thanks for the submissions and hopefully some of this will help!
#120 We like the idea of the picnic table and tree but we would like to get away from the idea of the arrowhead. It is much too close to the nps.gov. The logo itself also seems a little overpowering.
Also, our name is actually US-Parks.com not U.S.Parks.com. Anything aside from our actual name could be a little confusing for our site visitors and they might try to type in www.u.s.parks.com when they try to re-visit us which is incorrect. It is www.us-parks.com.