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Capitol Reef National Park

(Encyclopedia)Capitol Reef National Park: 241,904 acres (97,971 hectares), S Utah. The park features a dome-shaped white rock, said to resemble the U.S. Capitol, and a maze of deep canyons, arches, and monoliths cu...

Capulin Volcano National Monument

(Encyclopedia)Capulin Volcano National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Cedar Breaks National Monument

(Encyclopedia)Cedar Breaks National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Carrizo Plain National Monument

(Encyclopedia)Carrizo Plain National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument

(Encyclopedia)Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Castle Clinton National Monument

(Encyclopedia)Castle Clinton National Monument: see Battery, the. ...

Castle Mountains National Monument

(Encyclopedia)Castle Mountains National Monument, 20,920 acres (8,466 hectares), SE California. Surrounded on three sides by the Mojave National Preserve (see Mojave Desert), the monument contains Native American a...

Carlsbad Caverns National Park

(Encyclopedia)Carlsbad Caverns National Park, 46,766 acres (18,940 hectares), SE N.Mex., in the Guadalupe Mts.; designated a national park in 1930. These connecting limestone caves, with remarkable stalactite and s...

Poverty Point National Monument

(Encyclopedia)Poverty Point National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Baffin Island National Park

(Encyclopedia)Baffin Island National Park: see Auyuittuq National Park. ...