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Mount Revelstoke National Park

(Encyclopedia)Mount Revelstoke National Park rĕvˈəlstōkˌ [key], 100 sq mi (259 sq km) SE British Columbia, Canada, in the Selkirk Mts., just E of the Columbia River valley; est. 1914. Situated on a high platea...

Mount Rushmore National Memorial

(Encyclopedia)Mount Rushmore National Memorial, 1,278 acres (518 hectares), SW S.Dak., in the Black Hills; est. 1925, dedicated 1927. There, carved on the face of the mountain and visible for 60 mi (97 km), are the...

Muir Woods National Monument

(Encyclopedia)Muir Woods National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park

(Encyclopedia)Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, 209,695 acres (84,926 hectares), on Hawaii island, Hawaii; est. 1916. The park contains two of the most active volcanoes in the world—Kilauea with its fiery pit crate...

Honouliuli National Historic Site

(Encyclopedia)Honouliuli National Historic Site: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Hamilton Grange National Memorial

(Encyclopedia)Hamilton Grange National Memorial: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Hampton National Historic Site

(Encyclopedia)Hampton National Historic Site: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Hanford Reach National Monument

(Encyclopedia)Hanford Reach National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Hohokam Pima National Monument

(Encyclopedia)Hohokam Pima National Monument, Ariz.: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Amistad National Recreation Area

(Encyclopedia)Amistad National Recreation Area: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...