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Guadalupe Mountains National Park

(Encyclopedia)Guadalupe Mountains National Park gwäˈdəlo͞op [key], 86,416 acres (34,998 hectares), W Tex. Located in the Guadalupe Mts., the park contains parts of the world's largest and most significant Permi...

Grand Teton National Park

(Encyclopedia)Grand Teton National Park tētŏnˈ, tēˈtŏn [key], 309,993 acres (125,503 hectares), NW Wyo.; est. 1929. The park, which includes Jackson Lake and part of Jackson Hole, embraces the most scenic por...

General Grant National Memorial

(Encyclopedia)General Grant National Memorial: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Fort Clatsop National Memorial

(Encyclopedia)Fort Clatsop National Memorial, now part of Lewis and Clark National Historical Park. See National Parks and Monuments (table) ...

Fort Frederica National Monument

(Encyclopedia)Fort Frederica National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Fort Jefferson National Monument

(Encyclopedia)Fort Jefferson National Monument: see Dry Tortugas National Park under Dry Tortugas. ...

Fort Matanzas National Monument

(Encyclopedia)Fort Matanzas National Monument: see Saint Augustine, Fla.; National Parks and Monuments, tablenational parks and monuments, table. ...

Gateway Arch National Park

(Encyclopedia)Gateway Arch National Park, 90.9 acres (36.8 hectares), St. Louis, Mo., est. 1935 as Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, designated a national park and renamed 2018. Located on the Mississippi, the...

Gateway National Recreation Area

(Encyclopedia)Gateway National Recreation Area, N.Y.-N.J.: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Flight 93 National Memorial

(Encyclopedia)Flight 93 National Memorial, memorial, visitors complex, and other facilities at the site of the crash of the hijacked United Airlines Flight 93 on Sept. 11, 2001, near Shanksville, Pa. The grounds, 2...