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National Parks

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Yellowstone National Park Yellowstone National

Park, established by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant on March 1, 1872, is a national park located primarily in the U.S. state of Wyoming, although it also extends into Montana and Idaho.

Yellowstone, widely held to be the first national park in the world, is known for its wildlife and its many geothermal features, especially Old Faithful Geyser, one of the most popular features in the park.

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Yellowstone National Park

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Yellowstone National Park

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Yellowstone National Park

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Redwood National Park

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Arches National Park

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Arches National Park

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Arches National Park Arches National Park

is a U.S. National Park in eastern Utah. It is known for preserving over 2000 natural sandstone arches, including the world-famous Delicate Arch, in addition to a variety of unique geological resources and formations.

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Carlsbad Cavern Carlsbad Caverns

National Park is a United States National Parkin the Guadalupe Mountains in southeastern New Mexico. The primary attraction of the park is the show cave, Carlsbad Cavern. Visitors to the cave can hike in on their own via the natural entrance.

Approximately two thirds of the park has been set aside as a wilderness area, helping to ensure no future changes will be made to the habitat.

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Carlsbad Cavern

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Carlsbad Cavern

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Carlsbad Cavern

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Crater Lake

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Crater Lake

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Crater Lake

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Crater Lake Crater Lake National

Park is a United States National Park located in southern Oregon. Established in 1902, Crater Lake National Park is the fifth oldest national park in the United States and the only one in the state of Oregon. The park encompasses the caldera of Crater Lake, a remnant of a destroyed volcano, Mount Mazama, and the surrounding hills and forests.

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Grand Canyon National Park

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Grand Canyon National Park

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Grand Canyon National Park

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Grand Canyon National Park Grand Canyon National Park is the

United States' 15th oldest national park and is located in Arizona. Within the park lies the Grand Canyon, a gorge of the Colorado River, considered to be one of the Wonders of the World. The park covers 4,926 km2 of unincorporated area in Coconino and Mohave counties.

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Grand Canyon National Park

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Everglades National Park

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Everglades National Park

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Everglades National Park

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Everglades National Park Everglades National

Park is a national park in the U.S. state of Florida that protects the southern 20 percent of the original Everglades. In the United States, it is the largest subtropical wilderness, the largest wilderness of any kind east of the Mississippi River, and is visited on average by one million people each year.

It is the third-largest national park in the lower 48 states after Death Valley and Yellowstone. It has been declared an International Biosphere Reserve, a World Heritage Site, and a Wetland of International Importance, one of only three locations in the world to appear on all three lists.

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Everglades National Park


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