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  1. The Ibex population increased tenfold since the area was declared a national park in 1922. A national park is a natural park in use for conservation purposes, created and protected by national governments. Often it is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a government declares or owns.

  2. 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 ).

    Name
    Image
    Location
    Date Established As Park [12]
    Maine 44°21′N 68°13′W  /  44.35°N 68.
    February 26, 1919
    49,071.40 acres (198.6 km 2 )
    American Samoa 14°15′S 170°41′W  /  14.
    October 31, 1988
    8,256.67 acres (33.4 km 2 )
    Utah 38°41′N 109°34′W  /  38.68°N 109.
    November 12, 1971
    76,678.98 acres (310.3 km 2 )
    South Dakota 43°45′N 102°30′W  /  43.
    November 10, 1978
    242,755.94 acres (982.4 km 2 )
  3. Affiliated areas are marked on the lists below. National Park System units are found in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. territories of Guam, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico. The territory of the Northern Mariana Islands has an affiliated area but not an official NPS unit.

    Name
    Location
    Year Established
    Area (2024) [3] [4]
    1919
    49,071.40 acres (198.5849 km 2 )
    1988
    8,256.67 acres (33.4136 km 2 )
    1971
    76,678.98 acres (310.3088 km 2 )
    1978
    242,742.90 acres (982.3457 km 2 )
  4. 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.

    • $3.265 billion (FY2022)
    • August 25, 1916; 107 years ago
    • Approx. 20,000 (2022), (279,000 volunteers in 2019)
    • Charles Sams, Director of the National Park Service
  5. 1983 (7th Session) Great Smoky Mountains National Park is an American national park in the southeastern United States, with parts in North Carolina and Tennessee. The park straddles the ridgeline of the Great Smoky Mountains, part of the Blue Ridge Mountains, which are a division of the larger Appalachian Mountain chain.

  6. Great Smoky Mountains National Park in the United States is the most visited national park in the world. This is a list of the number of national parks per nation, as defined by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Nearly 100 countries around the world have lands classified as a national park by this definition.

  7. Name Image Location Date established as park Area (2019) Recreation visitors (2019) Description Acadia: Maine: February 26, 1919: 49,076.63 acres (198.6 km 2) : 3,437,286

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