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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). ...Elk Island National Park
(Encyclopedia)Elk Island National Park, 75 sq mi (194 sq km), central Alta., Canada, near Edmonton; est. 1913. It occupies a wooded rolling region in the midst of level farmland. The park is Canada's major fenced p...El Malpais National Monument
(Encyclopedia)El Malpais National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...El Morro National Monument
(Encyclopedia)El Morro National Monument: 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...Joshua Tree National Park
(Encyclopedia)Joshua Tree National Park, 1,022,703 acres (414,050 hectares), S California. Lying between the high Mojave Desert and the low Colorado Desert, this park has a unique ecosystem in which are preserved r...Kalahari Gemsbok National Park
(Encyclopedia)Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, South Africa: see Kalahari. ...Kalaupapa National Historical Park
(Encyclopedia)Kalaupapa National Historical Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...Browse by Subject
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