America's National Parks (August 2025)

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  1. 3. Located in New York, this national historic park celebrates the Patriots' 1777 victory over the British in what many historians claim to be the event that led to France's recognition of the Americans' cause.
  2. 7. Located in Hawai'i, this national park found on the island of Maui from the 10,023 foot summit of the peak of the park's name down to the Kipahulu coast near Hana.
  3. 8. Located in Illinois, this national historic park commemorates a famous 1893 labor strike and later a planned industrial community famed for its design and architecture.
  4. 9. Located across Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho, this national park was founded in 1872 as America's first national park and contains 2,200,000 acres and one-half of the world's active geysers.
  5. 11. Located in both Tennessee and Mississippi, this national military park remembers the 1862 battle where 110,000 Americans clashed and its resulting 23,746 casualties, makes it that largest single battle of the Civil War's Western Theater.
  6. 12. Located in Utah, this national monument recognizes one of the world's largest known natural bridges.
  7. 17. Located in Maryland, this national battlefield was the scene in 1862 for the bloodiest day of battle in American history.
  8. 19. Located in Rhode Island, this national historic site is the oldest synagogue in the United States and where in 1790, then President Washington sent his famous letter on religious liberty.
  9. 20. Located in Virginia, just across the Potomac River from the District of Columbia, this national memorial was the former home of Robert E. Lee and is the largest military cemetery in the United States.
  10. 22. Located in Washington, this national park of nearly 1,000,000 acres includes old-growth temperate rain forests, glacier-capped mountains, and over 70 miles of Pacific Ocean coastline.
  11. 23. Located in California, this national preserve contains archeological evidence of up to 10,000 year history of human connection with this desert. It is also home to the iconic Desert Tortoise (Gopherus agassizii).
  12. 26. Located in the U.S. Virgin Islands, this national historic site covers seven acres and tells the story of the Danish occupation of these islands until their purchase by the Americans in 1917.
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  1. 1. Located in Arizona, this national monument was home to the Hopi, Zuni, and another people whose name is given to this location, for centuries.
  2. 2. Located in New Jersey, this national historic park was where General Washington's Continental Army was encamped during the Winter 1779-1780. The death rate was actually greater here than the more famous Valley Forge.
  3. 4. Located in Kentucky, this national park is the world's longest known cave system and an UNESCO World Heritage Site.
  4. 5. Located in Indiana, this national park contains 16,000 acres, with its 15 miles of windy, sandy coastline along Lake Michigan being its most famous.
  5. 6. Located in Montana, this national park has over 700 miles of trails where glaciers, carved valleys and spectacular lakes can be seen along the famous Going-to-the-Sun Road.
  6. 10. Located in South Carolina, this national battlefield was the site where in 1781 the War of Independence's fortunes turned in the South, leading to ultimate victory at Yorktown.
  7. 13. Located in Pennsylvania, this national historic park was the hall where both the Declaration of Independence and the present U.S. Constitution were signed.
  8. 14. Located in Alaska, this national park and preserve contains 6,000,000 acres of land and possessing America's tallest peak, Mount McKinley, at 20,310 feet.
  9. 15. Located in New Mexico, this national monument contains 33,000 acres where the Ancestral Pueblo people lived from 1150 to 1550 AD.
  10. 16. Located in Florida, this national park protects 1,500,000 acres and is the largest subtropical wilderness in the United States.
  11. 18. Located in Missouri (and for some employees, just outside your window), this national park contains a 630 foot monument and celebrates America's westward expansion.
  12. 21. Located in Oregon, this national park contains America's deepest lake and one of Earth's most pristine.
  13. 24. Located in Alabama, this national historic site was built and made famous by Booker T. Washington and George Washington Carver. This institute's agricultural innovations expanded its standing throughout the country.
  14. 25. Located in South Dakota, this national park contains 244,000 acres where iconic geological formations, bison, bighorn sheep, prairie dogs live today.