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The National Park System has since expanded to 429 units (often referred to as parks), more than 150 related areas, and numerous programs that assist in conserving the nation's natural and cultural heritage for the benefit of current and future generations. The National Park Service manages 429 individual units covering more than 85 million ...
- Fort Necessity National Battlefield
The battle at Fort Necessity in the summer of 1754 was the...
- Monocacy National Battlefield
During the summer of 1864, the Confederacy carried out a...
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- Fort Necessity National Battlefield
- Acadia National Park
- Arches National Park
- Badlands National Park
- Big Bend National Park
- Biscayne National Park
- Black Canyon of The Gunnison National Park
- Bryce Canyon National Park
- Canyonlands National Park
- Capitol Reef National Park
- Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Acadia National Parkis the only national park in New England encompasses an unspoiled wilderness of undulating coastal mountains, towering sea cliffs, surf-pounding beaches and quiet ponds. State: Maine Entrance Fee: 7-day pass per vehicle $30 Great for: Beaches, Cycling, Walking Read more: Acadia National Park is introducing a timed reservation sy...
Giant sweeping arcs of sandstone frame snowy peaks and desert landscapes; explore the park’s namesake formations in a red-rock wonderland. State: Utah Entrance Fee: 7-day pass per vehicle $30 Great for: Family Travel, Photo Op, Walking Read more: 17 top adventures in and around mighty Moab Buy the guide: Zion & Bryce Canyon National Parks
It's easy to understand why the Lakota named this place mako sica(badland) when you look over the rainbow-hued canyons and buttes that sit like an ocean boiled dry. State: South Dakota Entrance Fee: 7-day pass per vehicle $30 Great for: Scenery, Wildlife, Cycling Read more: South Dakota's best scenic drives Buy the guide: Western USA travel guidebo...
From the moment you enter the national park, there's spectacular scenery everywhere you look. Head to the Chisos Basin for the most dramatic landscape, but any visit should also include time in the Chihuahuan Desert, home to curious creatures and adaptable plants and down along the Rio Grande, the watery dividing line between the US and Mexico. Sta...
A portion of the world’s third-largest reef sits here off the coast of Florida, along with mangrove forests and the northernmost Florida Keys. This is some of the best reef viewing and snorkeling you’ll find in the USA, outside Hawaii and nearby Key Largo. State: Florida Entrance Fee: Free Great for: Family Travel, Wildlife, Scenery Read more: Aqua...
Here a dark, narrow gash above the Gunnison Riverleads down a 2000ft chasm as eerie as it is spectacular. In just 48 canyon miles, the Gunnison River loses more elevation than the entire 1500-mile Mississippi. No other canyon in America combines the narrow openings, sheer walls and dizzying depths of the Black Canyon. State: Colorado Entrance Fee: ...
Famous for its otherworldly sunset-colored spires punctuated by tracts of evergreen forest, Bryce Canyon National Parkis one of the planet's most exquisite geological wonders. Repeated freezes and thaws have eroded the small park's soft sandstone and limestone into sandcastle-like pinnacles known as hoodoos, jutted fins and huge amphitheaters fille...
A forbidding and beautiful maze of red-rock fins, bridges, needles, spires, craters, mesas and buttes, Canyonlandsis a crumbling, decaying beauty – a vision of ancient earth. State: Utah Entrance Fee: 7-day pass per vehicle $30 Great for: Cycling, Scenery, Walking Read more: How to get around Moab, Arches and Canyonlands National Parks Buy the guid...
Giant slabs of chocolate-red rock and sweeping yellow sandstone domes dominate the landscape of Capitol Reef, which Indigenous Freemont people called the ‘Land of the Sleeping Rainbow.’ State: Utah Entrance Fee: 7-day pass per vehicle $20 Great for: Walking, Photo Op, Scenery Read more: Best outdoor activities in southern Utah Buy the guide: Southw...
Scores of wondrous caves hide under the hills at this unique national park. The cavern formations are an ethereal wonderland of stalactites and fantastical geological features. State: New Mexico Entrance Fee: 3-day pass per adult/child, $15/free Great for: Family Travel, Photo Op, Scenery Read more: See the Southwest USA's most iconic landscapes on...
The largest national park is Wrangell–St. Elias in Alaska: at over 8 million acres (32,375 km 2 ), it is larger than each of the nine smallest states. The next three largest parks are also in Alaska. The smallest park is Gateway Arch National Park, Missouri, at 192.83 acres (0.7804 km 2 ).
NameImageLocationDate Established As Park [12]Maine 44°21′N 68°13′W / 44.35°N 68.February 26, 191949,071.40 acres (198.6 km 2 )American Samoa 14°15′S 170°41′W / 14.October 31, 19888,256.67 acres (33.4 km 2 )Utah 38°41′N 109°34′W / 38.68°N 109.November 12, 197176,678.98 acres (310.3 km 2 )South Dakota 43°45′N 102°30′W / 43.November 10, 1978242,755.94 acres (982.4 km 2 )3 days ago · The national park system was expanded during the following decades, and the U.S. National Park Service (NPS) was created in 1916 to administer the parks. By the early 21st century the NPS administered more than 400 separate areas constituting about 85 million acres (34 million hectares).
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Mar 30, 2024 · Gateway Arch National Park: Missouri and Illinois. Indiana Dunes National Park: Indiana. Isle Royale National Park: Michigan. Theodore Roosevelt National Park: North Dakota. Voyageurs National ...
The National Park Service ( NPS) is an agency of the United States federal government, within the U.S. Department of the Interior. The service manages all national parks; most national monuments; and other natural, historical, and recreational properties, with various title designations.
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