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(Encyclopedia) Grand Portage National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

(Encyclopedia) Gulf Islands National Seashore: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

(Encyclopedia) Amistad National Recreation Area: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

(Encyclopedia) Father Marquette National Memorial: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

(Encyclopedia)  National Parks and Monuments 1 National Parks and Monuments National Monuments National and International Historic Sites and Historical Parks National Memorials National Battlef...

(Encyclopedia) Wrangell–Saint Elias National Park and Preserve, at the convergence of the Chugach, Wrangell, and St. Elias mts., SW Alaska. The park (8,323,618 acres/3,369,856 hectares) contains Mt. Saint Elias (1...

(Encyclopedia) Arches National Park, 76,519 acres (30,979 hectares), E Utah; est. as a national monument 1929, designated a national park 1971. Located in red-rock country and overlooking the gorge of the Colorado R...

(Encyclopedia) Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument kətäˈdĭn [key], 87,500 acres (35,400 hectares), N central Maine, est. 2016. Located E of Baxter State Park (the site of Mt. Katahdin) along the East Bra...

(Encyclopedia) Voyageurs National Park, 218,200 acres (88,340 hectares), N Minnesota. The park contains forested lake country noted for its sports fishing and glacial features. In the 18th cent. the region was a tra...

(Encyclopedia) Redwood National Park, 112,430 acres (45,518 hectares), along the Pacific coast, NW Calif.; est. 1968. Backed by coastal bluffs, 40 mi (64 km) of beach, lagoon, and rocky coast are preserved in their ...