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Established in 1980 by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, Lake Clark National Park and Preserve is a United States National Park in southwestern Alaska. The park includes many streams and lakes vital to the Bristol Bay salmon fishery. The park allows a wide variety of recreational activities year-round. The World Conservation Union or International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) is an international organization dedicated to natural resource conservation. ...
Brecon Beacons National Park, Wales A national park is a reserve of land, usually owned by a national government, protected from most human development and pollution. ...
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Official language(s) English Capital Juneau Largest city Anchorage Area - Total - Width - Length - % water - Latitude - Longitude Ranked 1st 663,267 mi² / 1 717 854 km² 808 mi / 1300 km 1,479 mi / 2380 km 13. ...
Nickname: The City of Lights and Flowers Official website: www. ...
December 2 is the 336th day (337th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ...
The National Park Service (NPS) is the United States federal agency that manages all National Parks, many National Monuments, and other conservation and historical properties with various title designations. ...
1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ...
The Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) was an American law passed in 1980 by U.S. Congress and signed by President Jimmy Carter on December 2, 1980. ...
Brecon Beacons National Park, Wales A national park is a reserve of land, usually owned by a national government, protected from most human development and pollution. ...
Official language(s) English Capital Juneau Largest city Anchorage Area - Total - Width - Length - % water - Latitude - Longitude Ranked 1st 663,267 mi² / 1 717 854 km² 808 mi / 1300 km 1,479 mi / 2380 km 13. ...
Shore of Bristol Bay near Naknek. ...
The Chinook or King Salmon is the largest salmon in North America and can grow up to 58 long and 126 pounds. ...
Lake Clark has been called "the essence of Alaska", for it concentrates in a relatively small area of the Alaska Peninsula, Southwest of Anchorage, a variety of features not found together in any of the other Alaska Parks: the junction of three mountain ranges, (the Alaska Range from the North, the Aleutian Range from the South, and the park's own rugged Chigmit Mountains), two active volcanoes (Iliamna and Redoubt), a coastline with rainforests on the East (similar to South East Alaska), and a plateau with tundra on the West (similar to Arctic Alaska), and turquoise lakes. Image File history File links Lake_Clark_National_Park. ...
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Volcanoes on the Alaska Peninsula The Alaska Peninsula is a peninsula extending about 800 km (500 miles) to the southwest from the mainland of Alaska and ending in the Aleutian Islands. ...
No roads lead to the park and it can only be reached by small aircraft, floatplanes being the best method. The park, one of the least visited in the National Park System, averages less than 5,000 visitors per year. The National Park Service (NPS) is the United States federal agency that manages all National Parks, many National Monuments, and other conservation and historical properties with various title designations. ...
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Acadia National Park preserves much of Mount Desert Island, and associated smaller islands, off the Atlantic coast of Maine. ...
Arches National Park preserves over 2,000 natural sandstone arches, including the world-famous Delicate Arch, in addition to a variety of unique geological resources and formations. ...
Badlands National Park, in southwest South Dakota, preserves 242,756 acres (982 km²) of sharply eroded buttes, pinnacles and spires blended with the largest protected mixed grass prairie in the United States. ...
Big Bend National Park is a national park located in Texas, USA. For more than 1,000 miles (1600 km) the Rio Grande / RÃo Bravo forms the international boundary between Mexico and the United States; Big Bend National Park administers approximately one-quarter of that boundary. ...
Biscayne National Park is a U.S. National Park located in southern Florida, due east of Homestead, FL. The park preserves Biscayne Bay, one of the top scuba diving areas in the United States. ...
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park is a United States National Park located in western Colorado. ...
Bryce Canyon National Park is a national park located in southwestern Utah in the United States. ...
Canyonlands National Park, located near Moab, Utah and the Arches National Park, was designated as a National Park on September 12, 1964. ...
Capitol Reef National Park is a United States National Park, in south-central Utah. ...
Carlsbad Caverns National Park is a United States National Park located in the Guadalupe Mountains the southeastern corner of New Mexico, Eddy County. ...
The Channel Islands National Park is a national park that consists of five of the eight Channel Islands off the coast of the U.S. state of California, in the Pacific Ocean. ...
Located in South Carolina, the 34 mi² (89 km²) Congaree National Park is the largest tract of old growth bottomland hardwood forest left in the United States but one of the smallest national parks. ...
Crater Lake National Park is a U.S. National Park located in Oregon whose most famous feature is Crater Lake. ...
Cuyahoga River in the park Categories: Stub | National parks of the United States | Ohio landmarks ...
Death Valley National Park is a mostly arid national park located east of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Inyo County, California, USA with a small extension and exclave (Devils Hole) in Nevada. ...
Denali National Park Denali National Park and Preserve is located in Interior Alaska and contains Mount McKinley, the tallest mountain in North America. ...
Dry Tortugas National Park is a United States National Park, located in the Dry Tortugas islands of the Florida Keys. ...
Everglades National Park preserves the southern portion of the Everglades (all south of Tamiami Trail), but represents only 20 % of the original wetland area. ...
Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve is one of several large U.S. National Parks in Alaska. ...
Glacier National Park is a National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. ...
The area around Glacier Bay in southeastern Alaska was first proclaimed a U.S. National Monument on February 25, 1925. ...
Grand Canyon National Park is one of Americas oldest national parks and is located in Arizona. ...
Grand Teton National Park is a United States National Park located in western Wyoming, south of Yellowstone National Park. ...
Great Basin National Park is a United States National Park, located in east-central Nevada near its border with Utah. ...
Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve became a United States National Park by an act of Congress on September 13, 2004. ...
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is a United States National Park that straddles the ridgeline of the Appalachian Mountains. ...
Guadalupe Mountains National Park is located in the Guadalupe Mountains of West Texas and contains Guadalupe Peak, the highest point in Texas at 8,749 feet (2,667 m) in elevation. ...
Haleakalā National Park is a United States national park located on the island of Maui in the state of Hawaii. ...
Hawaiâi Volcanoes National Park, established in 1916, displays the results of 70 million years of volcanism, migration, and evolutionâprocesses that thrust a bare land from the sea and clothed it with complex and unique ecosystems and a distinct human culture. ...
Established from Hot Springs Reservation, Hot Springs National Park is a United States National Park in central Arkansas adjacent to the town of Hot Springs. ...
It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Isle Royale. ...
A Joshua tree silhouetted by a rock Joshua Tree National Park is located in south-eastern California. ...
Katmai National Park and Preserve is a United States National Park in Alaska, notable for the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes and for its brown bears. ...
Established in 1980 by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, Kenai Fjords National Park is a United States National Park on the Kenai Peninsula in southcentral Alaska near the town of Seward. ...
This Article is about Kings Canyon National Park, USA. For Kings Canyon, Australia, see Kings Canyon, Northern Territory. ...
Established in 1980 by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, Kobuk Valley National Park is a United States National Park in northwestern Alaska north of the Arctic Circle. ...
Map of Lassen area showing hydrothermal features (red dots) and volcanic feature or remnant (yellow cones). ...
Mammoth Cave National Park is a U.S. National Park in south-central Kentucky, encompassing portions of Mammoth Cave, the most extensive cave system known in the world. ...
Mesa Verde National Park is a national park, located in southwest Colorado. ...
Mount Rainier National Park is a United States National Park located in southeast Pierce County, Washington. ...
Looking toward Magic Mountain from the Cascade Pass trail North Cascades National Park is a U.S. National Park located in Washington state. ...
Olympic National Park is located in the U.S. state of Washington, in the far northwestern part of the state known as the Olympic Peninsula. ...
Petrified Forest National Park is located in northeastern Arizona, along Interstate 40 between Holbrook and Navajo. ...
Established in 1968 from unprotected land as well as small portions of existing state parks, Redwood National Park is a United States National Park on the northern coast of California between Eureka and Crescent City. ...
Rocky Mountain National Park is located in the north central region of the U.S. state of Colorado. ...
Saguaro National Park, located in the state of Arizona, is part of the United States system of national parks. ...
Sequoia National Park is a national park in the southern Sierra Nevada, east of Fresno, California. ...
Shenandoah National Park encompasses part of the Blue Ridge Mountains in the Piedmont region of Virginia. ...
Established in 1978, Theodore Roosevelt National Park is a United States National Park comprising three geographically separated areas of badlands in western North Dakota. ...
Established in 1975, Voyageurs National Park is a United States National Park in northern Minnesota near the town of International Falls. ...
Wind Cave National Park is a United States national park 10 miles (18 km) north of the town of Hot Springs in western South Dakota. ...
Established in 1980 by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, Wrangell-St. ...
For the next-generation airliner series from Boeing, see Boeing Yellowstone. ...
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Zion National Park is located near Springdale, Utah in the southwestern United States. ...
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