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US National Parks

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Facts and locations of the US National Park System.

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  1. 1How many national parks does the United States have?
    63 national parks
  2. 2What was the first national park in the world?
    Yellowstone National Park (1872)
  3. 3Who signed Yellowstone into law as the first national park?
    President Ulysses S. Grant in 1872
  4. 4When was the National Park Service created?
    1916 with the Organic Act
  5. 5Which state has the most national parks?
    California with 9 parks
  6. 6Which state has the second most national parks?
    Alaska with 8 parks
  7. 7What is the largest national park in the US?
    Wrangell–St. Elias in Alaska at over 8 million acres
  8. 8What is the smallest national park?
    Gateway Arch National Park in Missouri at 192.83 acres
  9. 9What is the most-visited national park?
    Great Smoky Mountains National Park (most-visited since 1944)
  10. 10How many visitors did national parks have in 2024?
    More than 94 million visitors
  11. 11How many visitors did Great Smoky Mountains have in 2024?
    Over 12 million visitors
  12. 12What is the least-visited national park?
    Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve in Alaska (about 11,900 visitors in 2024)
  13. 13What is the newest national park?
    New River Gorge National Park and Preserve (2020)
  14. 14How many national parks are UNESCO World Heritage Sites?
    14 national parks
  15. 15How many national parks are UNESCO Biosphere Reserves?
    21 national parks
  16. 16Where is Acadia National Park?
    Maine
  17. 17Where is the National Park of American Samoa?
    American Samoa (a US territory)
  18. 18Where is Arches National Park?
    Utah
  19. 19What is Arches National Park famous for?
    Over 2,000 natural stone arches
  20. 20Where is Badlands National Park?
    South Dakota
  21. 21What is Badlands known for?
    Fossils and eroded buttes, pinnacles, and spires
  22. 22Where is Big Bend National Park?
    Texas
  23. 23Where is Biscayne National Park?
    Florida
  24. 24Where is Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park?
    Colorado
  25. 25Where is Bryce Canyon National Park?
    Utah
  26. 26What is Bryce Canyon famous for?
    Distinctive geological structures called hoodoos
  27. 27Where is Canyonlands National Park?
    Utah
  28. 28Where is Capitol Reef National Park?
    Utah
  29. 29Where is Carlsbad Caverns National Park?
    New Mexico
  30. 30Is Carlsbad Caverns a UNESCO World Heritage Site?
    Yes

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