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National Parks

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National Park Location Info Highlights
Badlands National Park South Dakota Established: 1978
Area: 379.3 mi²
Visitors: 868,094
• Badlands rock formations
• Bison
• Grass prairie
Glacier National Park Montana Established: 1910
Area: 1,583 mi²
Visitors: 2,338,528
• National Heritage Site (1995)
• Idyllic mountains and lakes
• Mountain goats, bighorn sheep, and other cool critters
• The Going-to-the-Sun Road
Logan Pass/continental divide
Mount Rainier National Park Washington Established: 1899
Area: 369 mi²
Visitors: 1,264,259
Mount Rainier
Emmons Glacier and Carbon Glacier
National Historic Landmark (1997)
• First National Forest to be made into a National Park
• 97% Wilderness Area
Theodore Roosevelt National Park North Dakota Established: 1978
Area: 110.1 mi²
Visitors: 559,580
• Bison, horses, bighorn sheep, prairie dogs, and various other neat critters
Medora
• Theodore Roosevelt history
Yellowstone National Park Wyoming, Montana, Idaho Established: 1872
Area: 3,468 mi²
Visitors: 3,513,484
World Heritage Site (1978)
• First National Park
Yellowstone Falls
Grand Prismatic Spring
Old Faithful Geyser
Mammoth Hot Springs
• Abundant, diverse wildlife including bison and grizzly bears
Yosemite National Park California Established: 1890
Area: 1,168 mi²
Visitors: 3,882,642
World Heritage Site (1984)
• Third National Park
Half Dome
El Capitan
• Sequoia groves
• Waterfalls, cliffs, and scenic views