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OCR: Acadia; Maine 155 sq km (60 sq mi) Mount Desert Island and Atlantic coast; established 1919 Arches; Utah; 297 sq km (115 sq mi) natural arches formed by wind erosion; established 1971 Badlands; South Dakota 985 sq km (380 sq mi) wind -eroded formations, fossils, and prairie grassland ; established 1978 Big Bend; Texas 2,866 sq km mountain and desert scenery along the (1,106 sq mi) Rio Grande; established 1944 Biscayne; Florida; 730 sq km (282 sq mi) 33 keys in a north-south chain, mostly reef and water; established 1980 Bryce Canyon; Utah 145 sq km (56 sq mi) colorful eroded pinnacles; established 1928 Canyonlands; Utah 1,366 sq km rock spires and mesas; established 1964 (527 sq mi) Capitol Reef; Utah 979 sq km (378 sq mi) gorges, fossils, and cliff dwellings; established 1971 Carlsbad Cavems; 189 sq km (73 sq mi) largest natural caves yet discovered; New Mexico established 1930 Channel Islands; California 1,010 sq km five Pacific islands, sea birds, sea lion (390 sq mi) rookeries, plants; established 1980 Crater Lake; Oregon 649 sq km (250 sq mi) lake in crater of extinct volcano; established 1902 Denali; Alaska 19,016 sq km highest mountain in North America (7,342 sq mi) (Mt. Mckinley) , glaciers; established 1980 Everglades; Florida 5,661 sq km subtropical wildemess with abundant (2,816 sq mi) wild life ; authorized 1934 Gates of the Arctic; Alaska 30,344 sq km tundra wilderness, wild rivers, lakes; (11,716 sq mi) established 1980 Glacier; Montana 4,102 sq km glaciers, lakes and wildlife in the (1,584 sq mi) Rocky Mountains; established 1910 Glacier Bay; Alaska 13,052 sq km tidewater glaciers, rain forest, large (5,039 sq mi) variety of wildlife ; established 1980. Grand Canyon; Arizona 4,931 sq km canyon of the Colorado River; (1,904 sq mi) established 1919 Grand Teton; Wyoming 1,256 sq km Teton Range of the Rocky Mountains; (485 sq mi) established 1929 Great Basin; Nevada 312 sq km (120 sq mi) scrubland, meadows, mountains, glacial lakes, bristlecone pine habitat; established 1986 Great Smoky Mountains; 2,094 sq km Appalachian uplands; established 1930 Tennessee and (808 sq mi) North Carolina Guadalupe Moun tains; Texas 309 sq km (119 sq mi) mountains and limestone fossils reef; established 1972 Haleakala; Hawaii 114 sq km (44 sq mi) extinct volcanic crateron Maui island; established 1960 Hawaii Volcanoes; Hawaii 928 sq km (358 sq mi) active volcanoes on Hawaii Island; established 1916 Hot Springs; Arkansas 24 sq km (9 sq mi) hot springs in the Ouachita Mountains; established 1921 sle Royale; Michigan 2,313 sq km island in Lake Superior; authorized 1931 Katmai; Alaska (893 sq mi) 14,887 sq km lakes, forest, volcanoes, marshlands, (5,748 sq mi) wildlife ; established 1980 Kenai Fjords; Alaska 2,738 sq km major U.S. ice cap , glaciers, coastal (1,057 sq mi) fjords, offshore islands, rain forest, Kings Canyon; California 1,862 sq km varied wildlife; established 1980 canyons of the Kings River, (719 sq mi) 7,078 sq km Sierra Nevada peaks; established 1890 Kobuk Valley; Alaska archaeological remains, sand dunes, (2,733 sq mi); Arctic wildlife ; established 1980 Lake Clark; Alaska 10,660 sq km Coast Ranges, wildlife, fishing area, vol- (4,116 sq mi) canoes; established 1980 Lassen Volcanic; California 431 sq km active volcano, hot springs, and geysers; (166 sq mi) established 1916 Mammoth Cave; Kentucky 210 sq km (81 sq mi) cave system; established 1941 Mesa Verde ; Colorado 211 sq km (81 sq mi) prehistoric cliff dwellings; established 1906 Mount Rainier; Washing ton 953 sq km glacier system on volcanic peak; (368 sq mi) established 1899 North Cascades; Washing ton 2,043 sq km glaciers, waterfalls, and lakes; (798 sq mi) established 1968 Olympic; Washington 3,678 sq km mountain wilderness, glaciers, and Pacific (1,420 sq mi) Ocean coast; established 1938 Petrified Forest; Arizona 378 sq km petrified trees, parts of the Painted (146 sq mi) Desert, Indian ruins, and petroglyphs; established 1962 Redwood; California 443 sq km (171 sq mi) redwood forest and Pacific Ocean coast; established 1968 Rocky Mountain; Colorado 1,068 sq km Front Range of Rocky Mountains; (412 sq mi) established 1915 Sequoia; California 1,565 sq km (604 sq mi) giant sequoia groves and Mount Whitney; established 1890 Shenandoah; Virginia 787 sq km (304 sq mi) Blue Ridge Mountains and Skyline Drive; established 1935 Theodore Roosevelt; 285 sq km badlands along the little Missouri River, North Dakota (110 sq mi) established 1947 Virgin Islands; 59 sq km (23 sq mi) beaches and nearby hills on St. Johns; Virgin Islands authorized 1971 Voyageurs; Minnesota 887 sq km (342 sq mi) connecting lakes and forests; authorized 1956 Wind Cave; South Dakota 114 sq km (44 sq mi) limestone caverns in Black Hills; established 1903 Wrangell-Saint Elias; Alaska 33,716 sq km glaciers, mountains, rare wildlife; (13,018 sq mi) established 1980 Yellowstone; wyoming, 8,983 sq km geysers, hot springs, lakes and Montana, and Idaho (3,468 sq mi) waterfalls, and canyon of the Yellowstone River, established 1872 Yosemite; Califomia 3079 sq km peaks, domes, and sequoia groves of the (1,189 sq mi) Sierra Nevada; established 1890 Zion; Utah 593 sq km (229 sq mi) colorful canyon and mesas established 1919 Major National Monuments Canyon de Chelly; Arizona 339 sq km (131 sq mi) Indian remains in cliffs and caves; Craters of the Moon; Idaho 217 sq km (84 sq mi) authorized 1931 volcanic formations; proclaimed 1924 Death Valley; 8,368 sq km picto graphs, geological formation, and California and Nevada (3,231 sq mi) lo west point in Western Hemisphere; proclaimed 1933 Dinosaur, 854 sq km (330 sq mi) canyons and fossil remains; Utah and Colorado Fort Sumter, South Carolina .25 sq km (.1 sq mi) proclaimed 1915 Civil War fortress; authorized 1948 Joshua Tree ; California 2,266 sq km Jo shua trees and desert wildlife, indu- (875 sq mi) Organ Pipe Cactus; Arizona 1,338 sq km ding desert bighom ; proclaimed 1936 plants and animals of the Sonoran (517 sq mi) white Sands; New Mexico 588 sq km (227 sq mi) desert; proclaimed 1937 gypsum sand dunes; proclaimed 1933 Major National Recreation Areas and Preserves Bering Land Bridge; Alaska 11,228 sq km remains of land bridge connecting (4,335 sq mi) Asia and North America; established 1980 Big Cypress; Florida 2,307 sq km subtropical wildlife, adjacent to Everglades (891 sq mi) National Park; authorized 1974 Bighorn Canyon; 486 sq km canyon along the Bighom River; Montana and Wyoming (188 sq mi) established 1966 Glen Canyon ; 5,006 sq km includes lake Powell; established 1972 Utah and Arizona (1,933 sq mi); Lake Mead; 6,057 sq km includes Lake Mead behind Hoover Dam Arizona and Nevada (2,339 sq mi) and Lake Mohave behind Davis Dam; established 1964 Noatak; Alaska 26,537 sq km (10,246 sq mi) mountain-ringed basin with diverse plant and animal life; established 1980 Yukon-Charley Rivers; 10,186 sq km stretches of Yukon and Charley rivers; Alaska (3,938 sq mi) established 1980 Canada Auyuittuq; 21,470 sq km fjords, mountains, glaciers, and North west Territories (8,290 sq mi) the Penny Ice Cap; established 1972 Banff; Alberta 6,641 sq km Canadian Rockies and hot springs; (2,564 sq mi) established 1985 Cape Breton Highlands; 950 sq km mountains along northem coast of Nova Scotia (367 sq mi) Cape Breton Island; established 1936 Elk Island; Alberta 195 sq km (75 sq mi) buffalo preserve; established 1913 Forillon; Quebec 241 sq km (93 sq mi) tip of Gaspe Peninsula on Gulf of St. Lawrence; created 1970 Fundy; New Bruns wick 206 sq km (80 sq mi) hilly plateau overlooking Bay of Fundy; Georgian Bay Islands; 24 sq km (9 sq mi) established 1948 42 islands in Georgian Bay of Lake Huron; Ontario established 1929 Glacier; British Columbia 1,353 sq km (522 sq mi) glaciers, lakes, and caverns in the Canadian Rockies; established 1886 Grasslands; Saskatchewan 259 sq km (100 sq mi) short-grass prairie land ; established 1981 Gros Morne; Newfoundland 1,942 sq km coast of western Newfoundland with (750 sq mi) 10,878 sq km mountains, lakes, and dunes; declared 1970 Jasper, Aberta glaciers and lakes in the Canadian Kejimkujk; Nova Scotia (4,200 sq mi) 381 sq km (147 sq mi) Rockies; established 1907 rolling landscape of inland Nova Scotia; established 1964-69 Kluane; Yukon Territory 22,014 sq km St Elias and Kluane Mountains ranges, (8,500 sq mi) glaciers, tundra, boreal forests, and lakes; established 1972 Koo tenay; British Columbia 1,406 sq km (543 sq mi) Canadian Rockies; established 1920 Kou chibo uguac; 225 sq km (87 sq mi) sandbars and lagoons on Kouchibouguac New Brunswick Bay; created 1969 La Mauricie; Quebec 544 sq km (210 sq mi) Laurentian Mountains; created 1970 Mountain Revelstoke; 263 sq km (102 sq mi) alpine ridges and plate au, glaciers, and British Columbia lakes; established 1914 Nahanni; 4,765 sq km section of the Nahanni River, North west Territories (1,840 sq mi) established 1972 Pacific Rim; 388 sq km (150 sq mi) beaches and islands on the west coast of British Columbia Point Pelee; Ontario 15 sq km (6 sq mi) Vancouver bland; created 1970 Peninsula in Lake Erie with lagoons and marshes; established 1918 Prince Albert; 3,875 sq km forested region with lakes and rivers; Saskatchewan (1,496 sq mi) established 1927 Prince Edward bland; 32 sq km (12 sq mi) north coast of island; established 1937 Prince Edward bland Pukaskwa; Ontario 1,878 sq km (725 sq mi) Precambrian topography on the Lake Superior shoreline; declared 1971 Riding Mountain; Manitoba 2,978 sq km wooded plate au with glacial tams; (1,150 sq mi) established 1929 St. Lawrence Islands; 4.1 sq km (1.6 sq mi) mainland area and 17 of the Thousand Ontario Islands in the St. Lawrence River; established 1914 Terra Nova; New Foundland 393 sq km (152 sq mi) rocky, forested hills on the coast of Newfoundland; established 1957 Waterton Lakes; Alberta 526 sq km (203 sq mi) Canadian Rockies with glacial features; established 1895 Wood Buffalo; Alberta and 44,900 sq km plains with buffalo herds; Northwest Territories (17,336 sq mi) established 1922 Yoho , British Columbia 1,313 sq km waterfalls and lakes in Canadian (507 sq mi) Rockies; established 1920