Friday, April 13, 2007

National Parks

Discuss the National Parks.

There are 56 National Parks in the 50 states. There are 2 more in U.S. territories.

Which have you been to?
Which is your favorite?
Which is the worst?
What place would make a good National Park, whether "from scratch" or upgraded from a National Preserve, National Seashore, National Recreeation Area, etc?

The 56 National Parks

Acadia, ME
Shenandoah, VA
Great Smoky Mountains, NC/TN
Congaree, SC
Biscayne, FL
Everglades, FL
Dry Tortugas, FL
Cuyahoga Valley, OH
Mammoth Cave, KY
Isle Royale, MI
Voyageurs, MN
Hot Springs, AR
Theodore Roosevelt, ND
Badlands, SD
Wind Cave, SD
Big Bend, TX
Guadalupe Mountains, TX
Glacier, MT
Yellowstone, WY/ID/MT
Grand Teton, WY
Rocky Mountain, CO
Black Canyon of the Gunnison, CO
Mesa Verde, CO
Great Sand Dunes, CO
Carlsbad Caverns, NM
Arches, UT
Capitol Reef, UT
Canyonlands, UT
Bryce Canyon, UT
Zion, UT
Grand Canyon, AZ
Petrified Forest, AZ
Saguaro, AZ
Great Basin, NV
Death Valley, CA/NV
Joshua Tree, CA
Channel Islands, CA
Sequoia, CA
Kings Canyon, CA
Yosemite, CA
Lassen Volcanic, CA
Redwood, CA
Crater Lake, OR
Mount Rainier, WA
Olympic, WA
North Cascades, WA
Hawai'i Volcanoes, HI
Haleakala, HI
Glacier Bay, AK
Wrangell-St. Elias, AK
Kenai Fjords, AK
Katmai, AK
Lake Clark, AK
Denali, AK
Kobuk Valley, AK
Gates of the Arctic, AK

The 2 National Parks in U.S. Territories

Virgin Islands, VI
American Samoa, AS>

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