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Parks Around the World
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US National Parks
National Parks in the United States are generally large natural places with a wide variety of features - beautiful views, camping, hiking, birding, native animals and aquatic creatures waterways and historic sites. Hunting and mining are not allowed.
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The park system was established by President Theodore Roosevelt and has grown steadily since. The National Park System includes parks, monuments, reserves and historic sites. The parks were created to save the beauty and majesty of some of the most incredible places in North America.
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National Park Resources & Guides
The Park System provides tours, guides and facilties all over the country as well as discount passes for seniors, children, families and handicapped individuals.
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- US National Parks:Providing information on all USA National Parks
- Go Northwest!: the Pacific Northwest includes the states of Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington, with a small extension into Wyoming via Yellowstone National Park.
- Utah: With five national parks, Utah is America's national parks capital! The national parks include: Zion National Park, Bryce Canyon, Arches National Park, Canyonlands National Park, and Capitol Reef National Park.
- The American Southwest: A Guide to the National Parks and Natural Landscapes of Southwest USA
- Mapping the National Parks: collection documents the history, cultural aspects and geological formations of areas that eventually became National Parks.
- Death Valley National Park: more than 3.3 million acres of spectacular desert scenery, rare desert wildlife, complex geology, undisturbed wilderness and sites of historical interest. Death Valley is unique because it contains the lowest, hottest, driest location in North America.
- Area Parks Network: A comprehensive guide to every national park within the United States of America. This network also includes many of the national monuments.
- National Park Foundation: NPF is here to tell the stories of the National Park experience, and to educate and inspire people to get involved with their National Parks.
- Zion National Park: Utah. Throughout the park iron oxide has colored the sandstone a myriad shades of red, while more natural white or ochre hues have remained in various sections and layers. Water flow from rain, and river has etched through the rock and created deep chasms of twisted and convoluted mass. During storms, large boulders and trees crash down these canyons more rapidly eroding the deepening gorges.
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US State Parks
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