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U.S. National Parks
392 national parks
40 national heritage areas
27,000 historic structures2,461 national historic landmarks
4,502,644 acres of oceans, lakes, reservoirs
84,000,000 acres of land
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Acadia National Park
Location: Maine
Established: February 26, 1919
Acreage: 47,414.21
Arches National Park
Location: Utah
Established: November 12, 1971
Acreage: 76,678.98
Badlands National Park
Location: South Dakota
Established: November 10,1978
Acreage: 242,755.94
Big Bend National Park
Location: Texas
Established: June 12, 1944
Acreage: 801,163.21
Biscayne National Park
Location: Florida
Established: June 12, 1970
Acreage: 172,971.11
Black Canyon of GunnisonNational Park
Location: Colorado
Established: March 2, 1933
Acreage: 30,750.03
Bryce Canyon National Park
Location: Utah
Established: June 7, 1924
Acreage: 35,835.08
Canyonlands National Park
Location: Utah
Established: September 12, 1964
Acreage: 337,597.83
Capitol Reef National Park
Location: Utah
Established: August 2, 1937
Acreage: 241,904.26
Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Location: New Mexico
Established: May 14, 1930
Acreage: 46,766.45
Channel Islands National Park
Location: California
Established: March 5, 1980
Acreage: 249,561.00
Congaree National Park
Location: South Carolina
Established: October 18, 1976
Acreage: 26,545.86
Crater Lake National Park
Location: Oregon
Established: May 22, 1902
Acreage: 183,224.05
Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Location: Ohio
Established: June 26, 1975
Acreage: 32,855.51
Death Valley National Park
Location: California and Nevada
Established: February 11, 1933
Acreage: 3,373,042.08
Denali National Park
Location: Alaska
Established: February 26, 1917
Acreage: 4,740,911.32
Dry Tortugas National Park
Location: Florida
Established: October 26, 1992
Acreage: 64,701.22
Everglades National Park
Location: Florida
Established: June 20, 1947
Acreage: 1,398,892.95
Gates of the Arctic National Park
Location: Montana
Established: December 1, 1978
Acreage: 7,523,897.82
Glacier Bay National Preserve
Location: Alaska
Established: December 2, 1980
Acreage: 3,223,383.66
Glacier National Park
Location: Montana
Established: May 11, 1910
Acreage: 1,013,322.36
Grand Canyon National Park
Location: Arizona
Established: February 26, 1919
Acreage: 1,217,403.32
Grand Teton National Park
Location: Wyoming
Established: February 26, 1929
Acreage: 310,0444.36
Great Basin National Park
Location: Nevada
Established: November 9, 1986
Acreage: 77,180.00
Great Sand Dunes National Park
Location: Colorado
Established: March 17, 1932
Acreage: 44,246.37
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Location: North Carolina and
TennesseeEstablished:
June 15, 1934Acreage:
522,419.15
Guadalupe Mountains National Park
Location: Texas
Established: September 30, 1972
Acreage: 86,415.97
Haleakala National Park
Location: Hawaii
Established: July 1, 1961
Acreage: 33,222.60
Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park
Location: Hawaii
Established: September 22, 1961
Acreage: 323,431.38
Hot Springs National Park
Location: Arkansas
Established: March 4, 1921
Acreage: 5,549.75
Isle Royale National Park
Location: Michigan
Established: April 3, 1940
Acreage: 571,790.11
Joshua Tree National Park
Location: California
Established: August 10, 1936
Acreage: 790,624.96
Katmai National Park
Location: Alaska
Established: December 2, 1980
Acreage: 3,674,378.36
Kenai Fjords National Park
Location: Alaska
Established: December 2, 1980
Acreage: 669,984.02
Kings Canyon National Park
Location: California
Established: March 4, 1940
Acreage: 461,901.20
Kobuk Valley National Park
Location: Alaska
Established: December 2, 1980
Acreage: 1,750,716.50
Lake Clark National Park
Location: Alaska
Established: December 2, 1980
Acreage: 2,619,728.21
Lassen Volcanic National Park
Location: California
Established: August 9, 1916
Acreage: 106,372.36
Mammoth Cave National Park
Location: Kentucky
Established: July 1, 1941
Acreage: 52,830.19
Mesa Verde National Park
Location: Colorado
Established: June 29, 1906
Acreage: 52,485.17
Mount Rainier National Park
Location: Washington
Established: March 2, 1899
Acreage: 236,380.74
National Park of American Samoa
Location: American Samoa
Established: October 31, 1988
Acreage: 9,000.00
North Cascades National Park
Location: Washington
Established: October 2, 1968
Acreage: 504,780.94
Olympic National Park
Location: Washington
Established: June 29, 1938
Acreage: 922,649.90
Petrified Forest National Park
Location: Arizona
Established: December 9, 1962
Acreage: 221,620.85
Redwood National Park
Location: California
Established: October 2, 1968
Acreage: 112,581.95
Rocky Mountain National Park
Location: Colorado
Established: January 26, 1915
Acreage: 265,758.41
Saguaro National Park
Location: Arizona
Established: October 14, 1994
Acreage: 91,439.71
Sequoia National Park
Location: California
Established: September 25, 1890
Acreage: 404,063.00
Shenandoah National Park
Location: Virginia
Established: December 26, 1935
Acreage: 199,099.71
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Location: North Dakota
Established: November 10, 1978
Acreage: 70,446.89
Virgin Islands National Park
Location: Virgin Islands
Established: December 1, 1956
Acreage: 14,736.96
Voyageurs National Park
Location: Minnesota
Established: April 8, 1975
Acreage: 218,210.38
Wind Cave National Park
Location: South Dakota
Established: January 9, 1903
Acreage: 28,295.03
Wolf Trap National Parkfor the Performing Arts
Location: Virginia
Established: October 15, 1966
Acreage: 130.28
Wrangell-Saint Elias National Park
Location: Alaska
Established: December 2, 1980
Acreage: 8,323,147.59
Yellowstone National Park
Location: Idaho, Montana, and
WyomingEstablished:
March 1, 1872Acreage:
2,219,790.71
Yosemite National Park
Location: California
Established: October 1, 1890
Acreage: 761,267.50
Zion National Park
Location: Utah
Established: November 19, 1919
Acreage: 146,597.60
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