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Olympic Mountains

(Encyclopedia)Olympic Mountains, highest part of the Coast Ranges, on the Olympic Peninsula, NW Wash. Mt. Olympus (7,965 ft/2,427 m) is the highest point in the mountains, which are composed mainly of sedimentary r...

National Marine Sanctuary Program

(Encyclopedia)National Marine Sanctuary Program, federally owned marine and Great Lakes reserves, administered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The program consists of 13 marine sanctu...

Denali National Park and Preserve

(Encyclopedia)Denali National Park and Preserve dənälˈē [key], in the Alaska Range, S central Alaska; comprising Denali National Park (4,740,912 acres/1,919,398 hectares), est. as Mt. McKinley National Park 191...

First State National Historical Park

(Encyclopedia)First State National Historical Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Harriet Tubman National Historical Park

(Encyclopedia)Harriet Tubman National Historical Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Hopewell Culture National Historical Park

(Encyclopedia)Hopewell Culture National Historical Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Golden Spike National Historical PARK

(Encyclopedia)Golden Spike National Historical Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Minute Man National Historical Park

(Encyclopedia)Minute Man National Historical Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

National Park of American Samoa

(Encyclopedia)National Park of American Samoa: see American Samoa; National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Nez Percé National Historical Park

(Encyclopedia)Nez Percé National Historical Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...