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Manassas National Battlefield Park

(Encyclopedia)Manassas National Battlefield Park: see Bull Run; national parks and monuments (table). ...

Lowell National Historical Park

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

Manzanar National Historic Site

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

Kenai Fjords National Park

(Encyclopedia)Kenai Fjords National Park, 669,983 acres (271,248 hectares), S Alaska. The park features the great Harding Icefield and its radiating glaciers, many of which descend to tidewater, and a magnificent s...

Minidoka National Historic Site

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

Assateague Island National Seashore

(Encyclopedia)Assateague Island National Seashore: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Mesa Verde National Park

(Encyclopedia)Mesa Verde National Park māˌsə vûrdˈ, vûrˈdē [key], 52,122 acres (21,109 hectares), SW Colorado; est. 1906. Set amid forested canyons and flat mesas, the park includes the most notable and bes...

Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial

(Encyclopedia)Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Lassen Volcanic National Park

(Encyclopedia)Lassen Volcanic National Park, 106,372 acres (43,081 hectares), N Calif., at the southern end of the Cascade Range. Proclaimed as Lassen Peak and Cinder Cone national monuments in 1907, the two were i...

Kings Canyon National Park

(Encyclopedia)Kings Canyon National Park, 461,901 acres (187,070 hectares), E central California. Largely wilderness, the park features summits of the High Sierra and two enormous canyons on the Kings River. Genera...