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The Denali Wilderness is a wilderness area within Denali National Park that protects the higher elevations of the central Alaska Range, including Denali. The wilderness comprises about one-third of the current national park and preserve—2,146,580 acres (3,354 sq mi; 8,687 km 2 ) that correspond with the former park boundaries before 1980.
Mountains in Denali National Park and Preserve are part of the Alaska Range, with several subsidiary ranges included within the overall Alaska Range. Denali (also known as Mount McKinley), is the highest peak in the park and the highest peak in North America at 20,320 feet (6,194 m) [1] [2] The names listed here reflect the official names in the USGS U.S. Board on Geographic Names database.
1938 poster promoting Yellowstone National Park, the first national park in the world Interactive map (incomplete) of the National Parks of the United States. The United States has 63 national parks , which are congressionally designated protected areas operated by the National Park Service , an agency of the Department of the Interior . [ 1 ]
Redesignated as Carlsbad Caverns National Park: Denali National Monument December 1, 1978 December 2, 1980 Incorporated with Mount McKinley National Park and renamed Denali National Park and Preserve: Grand Canyon National Monument January 11, 1908 February 26, 1919 Redesignated as Grand Canyon National Park: Grand Canyon National Monument
Ragged Peak is located in the Alaska Range and in Denali National Park and Preserve. It is situated 17 miles (27 km) northeast of Denali , the highest summit in North America. [ 3 ] Precipitation runoff from the mountain's slopes drains to the McKinley River .
According to the National Park Service, in 1932 the Liek-Lindley expedition recovered a self-recording minimum thermometer left near Browne's Tower, at about 15,000 feet (4,600 m), on Denali by the Stuck-Karstens party in 1913. The spirit thermometer was calibrated down to −95 °F (−71 °C), and the lowest recorded temperature was below ...
Double Mountain is located in the Alaska Range in Denali National Park and Preserve.It is situated nine miles (14 km) northwest of Fang Mountain on the divide separating the Sanctuary and Teklanika rivers.
Polychrome Mountain is a prominent 5,900+ ft (1,798+ m) elevation summit located in Denali National Park and Preserve, in the Alaska Range, in the U.S. state of Alaska. [3] It is a landmark in the Toklat River valley visible to tourists as the park road traverses the southern slope of the mountain.