Documents for "U.S. National Park System":

• Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site 117 acres (47 hectares), central Ky., near Hodgenville; est. 1916. Abraham Lincoln was born in a log cabin in this area on Feb. 12, 1809. The exact location of the original cabin has not been...

• Acadia National Park 48,419 acres (19,603 hectares), SE Maine, on the Atlantic coast; est. 1919. The park occupies a major portion of Mount Desert Island, Isle au Haut and several smaller islands, and the southern tip...

• Adams National Historical Park see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Agate Fossil Beds National Monument see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Agua Fria National Monument see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Alagnak Wild River see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Alatna Wild River see Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve.

• Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• American Samoa, The National Park of c.9,000 acres (3,645 hectares), American Samoa, S Pacific Ocean. Comprising areas on the islands of Ofu, Ta'u, and Tutuila, the park features the only paleotropical rain forest in the U.S. national...

• Amistad National Recreation Area see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Andrew Johnson National Historic Site see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve on the Alaska Peninsula, SW Alaska. Located in the Aleutian Range, the monument (137,176 acres/55,556 hectares) and surrounding preserve (465,603 acres/188,569 hectares) feature the Aniakchak...

• Antietam National Battlefield see Antietam campaign.

• Antietam National Cemetery see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Appalachian National Scenic Trail see Appalachian Trail.

• Appalachian Trail officially Appalachian National Scenic Trail, hiking path, 2,144 mi (3,450 km) long, passing through 14 states, E United States. Conceived in 1921 by Benton MacKaye , forester and regional planner, and completed in 1937, the trail extends along the ridges of the Appalachian Mts. from Mt. Katahdin, Maine, to Springer Mt., Ga. The largest part of the trail passes through eight national forests and two national parks, but some of its length is still on private property...

• 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 River, this area...

• Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial 28 acres (11 hectares), NE Va., in Arlington National Cemetery ; est. 1955. Formerly called the Custis-Lee Mansion, it is a memorial to the Confederate General Robert E. Lee. Arlington house was the home of Lee, inherited by his wife, the daughter of George Washington Parke Custis. It was abandoned by the Lees early in the Civil War and was later used as headquarters...

• Assateague Island National Seashore see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Aztec Ruins National Monument 318 acres (129 hectares), NW N.Mex., near Farmington; est. 1923. Ruins of a 12th-century Pueblo town contain interesting kivas , one of which has been completely restored. Pueblo culture reached a high level of achievement in this area. The ruins were named by early settlers who mistakenly believed that they were built by...

• Badlands National Park see under badlands.

• Bandelier National Monument see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Big Bend National Park 801,163 acres (324,471 hectares), W Tex.; authorized 1935, est. 1944. It is a triangle formed where the Rio Grande runs southeast then northeast in a big bend along the U.S.-Mexico border, notably...

• Big Cypress National Preserve see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Big Hole National Battlefield see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Big Thicket National Preserve see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park 30,300 acres (12,272 hectares), W central Colorado, in the Rocky Mts. The park embraces the most spectacular stretch of the 53-mi (85-km) long Black Canyon, which is named for the sheer,...

• Bluestone National Scenic River see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Booker T. Washington National Monument see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Boston African American National Historic Site see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Boston National Historical Park see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Bryce Canyon National Park 35,835 acres (14,513 hectares), SW Utah; est. 1924. The Pink Cliffs of the Paunsaugunt Plateau, c.2,000 ft (610 m) high, were formed by water, frost, and wind action on alternate strata of softer...

• Buck Island Reef National Monument see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Buffalo National River Ark.: see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Cabrillo National Monument see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• California Coastal Rocks and Islands National Monument see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• California National Historic Trail see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Canaveral National Seashore see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Cane River Creole National Historical Park and Heritage Area see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Canyon de Chelly National Monument [De Chelly, Sp. corruption of Navajo Tsegi = rock canyon], 83,840 acres (33,955 hectares), NE Ariz.; est. 1931. The area contains the ruins of several hundred prehistoric Native American villages, most of them built AD 350-1300. The...

• Canyonlands National Park 337,598 acres (136,679 hectares), SE Utah; est. 1964. Located in a desert region, the park contains a maze of deep canyons and many unusual features carved by wind and water, including spires,...

• Canyons of the Ancients National Monument see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Cape Krusenstern National Monument see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Cape Lookout National Seashore see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Capitol Reef National Park 241,904 acres (97,971 hectares), S Utah. The park features a dome-shaped white rock, said to resemble the U.S. Capitol, and a maze of deep canyons, arches, and monoliths cut through a 100-mi...

• Capulin Volcano National Monument see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Carlsbad Caverns National Park 46,766 acres (18,940 hectares), SE N.Mex., in the Guadalupe Mts.; designated a national park in 1930. These connecting limestone caves, with remarkable stalactite and stalagmite formations and huge...

• Carrizo Plain National Monument see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Castillo de San Marcos National Monument see Saint Augustine , Fla.; National Parks and Monuments , table.

• Castle Clinton National Monument see Battery, the.

• Catoctin Mountain Park see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Cedar Breaks National Monument see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Chaco Culture National Historical Park see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Chamizal National Memorial see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Channel Islands National Park see Santa Barbara Islands ; National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Charles Pinckney National Historic Site see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Charley Wild River see Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve.

• Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Chicago Portage National Historic Site see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Chickasaw National Recreation Area see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Chilikadrotna Wild River see Lake Clark National Park and Preserve.

• Chiricahua National Monument see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• City of Rocks National Reserve see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Clara Barton National Historic Site see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Colonial National Historical Park 9,350 acres (3,785 hectares), SE Va., mainly on the peninsula between the York and James rivers; created 1930 as Colonial National Monument, renamed 1936. The park embraces a historic region that...

• Colorado National Monument see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Congaree National Park 21,888 acres (8,862 hectares), central S.C., est. as Congaree Swamp National Monument 1976, designated a national park and renamed 2003. Located along the north bank of the meandering Congaree...

• Constitution Gardens see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Coronado National Memorial see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Cowpens National Battlefield see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Crater Lake National Park 183,224 acres (74,206 hectares), SW Oreg., in the Cascade Range; est. 1902. Crater Lake, 20 sq mi (52 sq km), lies in a huge pit that was created when the top of a prehistoric volcano was blown off...

• Craters of the Moon National Monument 53,440 acres (21,636 hectares), S central Idaho; est. 1924. This region, composed of several closely grouped volcanoes, is suggestive of a telescopic view of the moon. Volcanic activity dating back...

• Cumberland Island National Seashore Ga.: see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Curecanti National Recreation Area see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Custer Battlefield National Monument see Little Bighorn , river; Little Bighorn National Battlefield under the National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Custis-Lee Mansion Va.: see Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial.

• De Soto National Memorial see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Delaware National Scenic River see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Denali National Park and Preserve in the Alaska Range, S central Alaska; comprising Denali National Park (4,740,912 acres/1,919,398 hectares), est. as Mt. McKinley National Park 1917, and Denali National Preserve (1,399,078...

• Devils Postpile National Monument see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Devils Tower National Monument 1,347 acres (546 hectares), overlooking the Belle Fourche River, NE Wyo.; it was the first designated U.S. national monument (1906). Devils Tower, 865 ft (264 m) high and narrowing in width from...

• Dinosaur National Monument see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Dry Tortugas National Park see under Dry Tortugas.

• Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Edison National Historic Site see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Effigy Mounds National Monument see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Eisenhower National Historic Site see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• El Malpais National Monument see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• El Morro National Monument see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Eugene O'Neill National Historic Site see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Father Marquette National Memorial see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Federal Hall National Memorial see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Florida National Scenic Trail see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Ford's Theatre National Historic Site see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Fort Bowie National Historic Site see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Fort Clatsop National Memorial now part of Lewis and Clark National Historical Park. See National Parks and Monuments (table)

• Fort Davis National Historic Site see National Parks and Monuments (table); Davis Mountains.

• Fort Frederica National Monument see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Fort Jefferson National Monument see Dry Tortugas National Park under Dry Tortugas.

• Fort Laramie National Historic Site 833 acres (337 hectares), SE Wyo.; est. 1938. Founded in 1834 as a fur-trading post by William Sublette and Robert Campbell, it was bought by the American Fur Company in 1836. In 1849 it became a...

• Fort Larned National Historic Site see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Fort Matanzas National Monument see Saint Augustine , Fla.; National Parks and Monuments , table.

• Fort Point National Historic Site see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Fort Raleigh National Historic Site see Roanoke Island.

• Fort Scott National Historic Site see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Fort Union National Monument see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Fort Vancouver National Historic Site see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Fort Washington Park see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Fossil Butte National Monument see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Frederick Douglass Home National Memorial see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Frederick Law Olmstead National Historic Site see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Friendship Hill National Historic Site see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve N Alaska. Located N of the Arctic Circle, the park (7,523,898 acres/3,046,113 hectares) and adjacent preserve (948,629 acres/384,060 hectares) make up the second largest unit of the National Park...

• Gateway National Recreation Area N.Y.-N.J.: see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Gauley River National Recreation Area see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• General Grant National Memorial see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• George Rogers Clark National Historical Park see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• George Washington Birthplace National Monument see Wakefield.

• George Washington Carver National Monument see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• George Washington Memorial Parkway see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Giant Sequoia National Monument see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve SE Alaska, near Juneau. The park (3,224,840 acres/1,305,603 hectares) and the preserve (58,406 acres/23,646 hectares) were established in 1925 as a national monument and in 1980 designated a...

• Glacier National Park 1,013,572 acres (410,497 hectares), NW Mont.; est. 1910. Straddling the Continental Divide, the park contains some of the most beautiful primitive wilderness in the Rocky Mts. There are about 26...

• Golden Gate National Recreation Area Calif.: see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Golden Spike National Historic Site see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument see Grand Canyon ; National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Grand Portage National Monument see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Grand Teton National Park 309,993 acres (125,503 hectares), NW Wyo.; est. 1929. The park, which includes Jackson Lake and part of Jackson Hole, embraces the most scenic portion of the glaciated, snow-covered Teton Range;...

• Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site Mont.: see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Grant's Tomb see General Grant National Memorial under National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Great Egg Harbor Scenic and Recreational River see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Guadalupe Mountains National Park 86,416 acres (34,998 hectares), W Tex. Located in the Guadalupe Mts., the park contains parts of the world's largest and most significant Permian limestone fossil reef. In the park are McKittrich...

• Gulf Islands National Seashore see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Haleakala National Park 29,824 acres (12,074 hectares), on Maui island, Hawaii. Haleakala volcano, 10,023 ft (3,055 m) high, has been dormant since the mid-1700s. Its crater, 2,720 ft (829 m) deep with an area of 19 sq...

• Hamilton Grange National Memorial see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Hampton National Historic Site see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Hanford Reach National Monument see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Harry S. Truman National Historic Site see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Hawaii Volcanoes National Park 209,695 acres (84,926 hectares), on Hawaii island, Hawaii; est. 1916. The park contains two of the most active volcanoes in the world— Kilauea with its fire pit, called Halemaumau, and Mauna Loa with the active Mokuaweoweo crater on its summit. The vegetation around Kilauea is varied—a few miles west of the arid Kau Desert is a lush fern jungle. Originally established as Hawaii National...

• Herbert Hoover National Historic Site see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Hohokam Pima National Monument Ariz.: see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Homestead National Monument of America see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Hopewell Culture National Historical Park see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Hot Springs National Park 5,549 acres (2,247 hectares), W central Ark.; est. 1921; nearly surrounded by the city of Hot Springs. Visited by Spanish explorer Hernando De Soto in 1541, the springs, long used by Native Americans for medicinal purposes, became a Federal Reservation in 1832. More than a million gallons of water a day, with an average temperature of 143°F...

• Hovenweep National Monument see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Ice Age National Scenic Trail see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Independence National Historical Park see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Ironwood Forest National Monument see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Isle Royale National Park 571,790 acres (231,575 hectares), comprising about 200 islands, in Lake Superior, NW Mich.; est. 1940. Isle Royale, 210 sq mi (544 sq km), is the largest island in Lake Superior; Greenstone Ridge...

• James A. Garfield National Historic Site see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Jean Lafitte National Historical Park see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Jefferson Memorial see Thomas Jefferson Memorial.

• Jefferson National Expansion Memorial see Saint Louis , Mo.

• Jewel Cave National Monument see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Jimmy Carter National Historic Site see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Memorial Parkway Wyo.: see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• John Muir National Historic Site see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• John Wild River see Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve.

• Johnstown Flood National Memorial see Johnstown 2 ; National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Joshua Tree National Park 1,022,703 acres (414,050 hectares), S California. Lying between the high Mojave Desert and the low Colorado Desert, this park has a unique ecosystem in which are preserved rare Joshua trees ( Yucca brevifolia ; see yucca ) as well as ocotillos, chollas, and brittlebushes. It is home to a variety of wildlife including bighorn sheep, bobcats, roadrunners, and golden eagles. The area was designated a national monument...

• Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Kalaupapa National Historical Park see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Katmai National Park and Preserve at the northern end of the Alaska Peninsula on Shelikof Strait, S Alaska, comprising Katmai National Park (3,674,530 acres/1,487,664 hectares) and an adjoining preserve (418,699 acres/169,514...

• Kenai Fjords National Park 669,983 acres (271,248 hectares), S Alaska. The park features the great Harding Icefield and its radiating glaciers, many of which descend to tidewater, and a magnificent series of fjords along the...

• Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Kings Canyon National Park 461,901 acres (187,070 hectares), E central California. Largely wilderness, the park features summits of the High Sierras and two enormous canyons on the Kings River. General Grant Grove, with...

• Kings Mountain National Military Park see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Kobuk Valley National Park 1,750,737 acres (709,048 hectares), NW Alaska. Located in rugged terrain N of the Arctic Circle, the park embraces the central valley of the Kobuk River, a centuries-old transportation route with...

• Kobuk Wild River see Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve.

• Korean War Veterans Memorial see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Lake Chelan National Recreation Area see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Lake Clark National Park and Preserve S Alaska. Located across Cook Inlet from Anchorage, the park (2,619,733 acres/1,060,621 hectares) and adjacent preserve (1,410,325 acres/570,982 hectares) feature the jagged peaks of the Chigmit...

• Lake Mead National Recreation Area see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Lake Meredith National Recreation Area see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Lassen Volcanic National Park 106,372 acres (43,081 hectares), N Calif., at the southern end of the Cascade Range. Proclaimed as Lassen Peak and Cinder Cone national monuments in 1907, the two were incorporated into a new...

• Lava Beds National Monument see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Lewis and Clark National Historical Park see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Liberty, Statue of statue on Liberty Island in Upper New York Bay, commanding the entrance to New York City. Liberty Island, c.10 acres (4 hectares), formerly Bedloe's Island (renamed in 1956), was the former site of...

• Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Lincoln Home National Historic Site see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Lincoln Memorial monument, 107 acres (45 hectares), in Potomac Park, Washington, D.C.; built 1914-17. The building, designed by Henry Bacon and styled after a Greek temple, has 36 Doric columns representing the...

• Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument see Little Bighorn , river; National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Little River Canyon National Preserve see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Little Rock Central High School National Historical Site see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Longfellow National Historic Site see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Lowell National Historical Park see Lowell ; National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on the Potomac see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Mammoth Cave National Park 52,830 acres (21,396 hectares), central Kentucky, authorized 1926, est. 1941. Located in a hilly, forested region, it offers numerous outdoor activities. It is the site of Mammoth Cave, the longest recorded cave system in the world. Composed of a series of subterranean chambers and narrow passages formed by the dissolution of limestone, the cave has five separate levels. The known...

• Manassas National Battlefield Park see Bull Run ; national parks and monuments (table).

• Manzanar National Historic Site see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Marsh-Billings National Historical Park see National Parks and Monuments (table).

• Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site see National Parks and Monuments (table).