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1,284.27 acres (5.1973 km 2) Amache National Historic Site: Colorado: 472.59 acres (1.9125 km 2) Andersonville National Historic Site. Andersonville National Cemetery; Georgia: 515.61 acres (2.0866 km 2) Andrew Johnson National Historic Site. Andrew Johnson National Cemetery; Tennessee: 16.68 acres (0.0675 km 2) Bent's Old Fort National ...
The total area protected by national parks is approximately 52.4 million acres (212,000 km 2), for an average of 833 thousand acres (3,370 km 2) but a median of only 220 thousand acres (890 km 2). [8] The national parks set a visitation record in 2021, with more than 92 million visitors. [9]
Yellowstone National Park in the United States was the first national park in the world. Great Smoky Mountains National Park in the United States is the most visited national park in the world. This is a list of the number of national parks per nation, as defined by the International Union for Conservation of Nature .
Last year America’s National Parks welcomed a grand total of 312 million visitors, up 5 per cent from 2021, although still some way short of the record 331 million visitors who flocked to the ...
Due to its high elevation, Colorado's Rocky Mountain National Park is a winter wonderland once the snow begins to fly in the late fall. The curvy Trail Ridge Road, which traverses the park and ...
National Memorial (List of national memorials of the United States) 31 National Recreation Area: 18 National Seashore (List of United States national lakeshores and seashores) 10 National Lakeshore (List of United States national lakeshores and seashores) 3 National River: 14 National Reserve 2 National Parkway: 4 National Trail: 6 Other 11 ...
Death Valley National Park, notorious for its below sea level desert, also has soaring mountains, including Telescope Peak, its highest. This is a list of United States National Parks by elevation. Most of America's national parks are located in mountainous areas. Even among those located close to the ocean, not all are flat.
Rocky Mountain National Park is one of the highest national parks in the nation, with elevations from 7,860 to 14,259 feet (2,396 to 4,346 m), [31] the highest point of which is Longs Peak. [32] Trail Ridge Road is the highest paved through-road in the country, with a peak elevation of 12,183 feet (3,713 m). [ 33 ]