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| x Yellowstone National Park |
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National Park | Wyoming | Jackson Hole Airport |
Yellowstone National Park, established by the U.S. Congress as a national park on March 1, 1872, is located primarily in the U.S. state of Wyoming, though it also extends into Montana and Idaho. The park was the first of its kind, and is known for...
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| x Acadia National Park |
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National Park | Maine | Hancock County-Bar Harbor Airport |
Acadia National Park preserves much of Mount Desert Island, and associated smaller islands, off the Atlantic coast of Maine. Originally inhabited by the Wabanaki people, the area includes mountains, an ocean shoreline, woodlands, and lakes. In...
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| x National Park of American Samoa |
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National Park | American Samoa | Pago Pago International Airport |
The National Park of American Samoa is a national park on the American territory of American Samoa, distributed across three separate islands: Tutuila, Ofu-Olosega, and Ta‘ū. The park includes coral reefs and rain forest and is popular for hiking,...
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| x Arches National Park |
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National Park | Utah | Salt Lake City International Airport |
Arches National Park is a U.S. National Park in eastern Utah. It is known for preserving over 2000 natural sandstone arches, including the world-famous Delicate Arch, in addition to a variety of unique geological resources and formations.
The park...
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| Denver International Airport | |||||
| x Badlands National Park |
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National Park | South Dakota | Rapid City Regional Airport |
Badlands National Park, in southwest South Dakota, United States preserves 244,000 acres (98,740 ha) of sharply eroded buttes, pinnacles, and spires blended with the largest protected mixed grass prairie in the United States.
The Badlands Wilderness...
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| x Big Bend National Park |
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National Park | Texas | El Paso International Airport |
Big Bend National Park is a national park located in the U.S. state of Texas. For more than 1,000 miles (1600 km), the Rio Grande / Río Bravo forms the international boundary between Mexico and the United States, and Big Bend National Park...
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| Midland International Airport | |||||
| x Biscayne National Park |
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National Park | Florida | Miami International Airport |
Biscayne National Park is a U.S. National Park located in southern Florida, due east of Homestead. The park preserves Biscayne Bay, one of the top scuba diving areas in the United States. Ninety-five percent of the park is water. In addition, the...
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| x Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park |
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National Park | Colorado | Montrose Regional Airport |
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park is a United States National Park located in western Colorado, and managed by the National Park Service. There are two entrances to the park; the more-developed south rim entrance is located 15 miles (24 km)...
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| Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional Airport | |||||
| Walker Field Airport | |||||
| x Bryce Canyon National Park |
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National Park | Utah | Bryce Canyon Airport |
Bryce Canyon National Park (pronounced /ˈbraɪs/) is a national park located in southwestern Utah in the United States. Contained within the park is Bryce Canyon. Despite its name, this is not actually a canyon, but rather a giant natural...
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| McCarran International Airport | |||||
| Salt Lake City International Airport | |||||
| x Canyonlands National Park |
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National Park | Utah | Salt Lake City International Airport |
Canyonlands National Park is located in the American state of Utah, near the city of Moab and preserves a colorful landscape eroded into countless canyons, mesas and buttes by the Colorado River, the Green River, and their respective tributaries....
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| Walker Field Airport | |||||
| x Capitol Reef National Park |
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National Park | Utah | Salt Lake City International Airport |
Capitol Reef National Park is a United States National Park, in south-central Utah. It is 100 miles (160 km) long but fairly narrow. The park, established in 1971, preserves 378 mi² (979 km²) and is open all year, although May through September are...
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| Walker Field Airport | |||||
| x Carlsbad Caverns National Park |
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National Park | New Mexico | Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport |
Carlsbad Caverns National Park is a United States National Park in the Guadalupe Mountains in southeastern New Mexico. The primary attraction of the park for most visitors is the show cave, Carlsbad Caverns. Visitors to the cave can hike in on their...
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| Albuquerque International Sunport | |||||
| El Paso International Airport | |||||
| x Channel Islands National Park |
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National Park | California | Los Angeles International Airport |
Channel Islands National Park is a United States national park that consists of five of the eight Channel Islands off the coast of the U.S. state of California, in the Pacific Ocean. Although the islands are close to the shore of densely-populated...
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| x Congaree National Park |
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National Park | South Carolina | Columbia Metropolitan Airport |
Congaree National Park preserves the largest tract of old growth bottomland hardwood forest left in the United States. Located in South Carolina, the park is 22,000 acre (89 km²). The lush trees growing in this floodplain forest are some of the...
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| x Crater Lake National Park |
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National Park | Oregon | Rogue Valley International-Medford Airport |
Crater Lake National Park is a United States National Park located in southern Oregon, whose primary feature is Crater Lake. This National Park was established on May 22, 1902, and it was the sixth National Park to be designated in the U.S. This...
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| Klamath Falls Airport | |||||
| x Cuyahoga Valley National Park |
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National Park | Ohio | Cleveland Hopkins International Airport |
Cuyahoga Valley National Park preserves and reclaims the rural landscape along the Cuyahoga River between Akron and Cleveland in Northeast Ohio. The 51-square-mile (130 km) park is the only national park in Ohio.
Cuyahoga means "crooked river" in...
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| Akron-Canton Regional Airport | |||||
| x Death Valley National Park |
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National Park | California | McCarran International Airport |
Death Valley National Park is a mostly arid United States National Park located east of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in southern Inyo County and northern San Bernardino County in California, with a small extension into southwestern Nye County...
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| x Denali National Park and Preserve |
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National Park | Alaska | Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport |
Denali National Park and Preserve is located in Interior Alaska and contains Mount McKinley (Denali), the tallest mountain in North America. The park and preserve together cover 9,492 mi² (24,585 km²).
The word "Denali" means "the great one" in the...
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| National preserve | Fairbanks International Airport | ||||
| x Dry Tortugas National Park |
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National Park | Florida | Key West International Airport |
Dry Tortugas National Park preserves Fort Jefferson and the Dry Tortugas section of the Florida Keys. The park covers 101 mi² (262 km²), mostly water, about 68 statute miles (109 km) west of Key West in the Gulf of Mexico.
It is famous for abundant...
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| x Everglades National Park |
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National Park | Florida | Miami International Airport |
Everglades National Park is a national park in the U.S. state of Florida. The largest subtropical wilderness in the United States, it contains the southern 25 percent of the original Everglades marshland region of southwestern Florida. It is visited...
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| x Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve |
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National Park | Alaska | Fairbanks International Airport |
Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve is a U.S. National Park in Alaska. It is the northernmost national park in the U.S. (the entirety of the park lies north of the Arctic Circle) and the second largest at 13,238 mi² (39,460 km²), about...
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| x Glacier National Park |
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National Park | Montana | Glacier Park International Airport |
Glacier National Park is located in the U.S. state of Montana, bordering the Canadian provinces of Alberta and British Columbia to the North and the Blackfeet Indian Reservation to the East. Glacier National Park contains two mountain ranges (sub...
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| x Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve |
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National Park | Alaska | Gustavus Airport |
The area around Glacier Bay in southeastern Alaska was first proclaimed a U.S. National Monument on February 25, 1925. It was changed to Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve on Dec. 2, 1980 by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act....
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| x Grand Canyon National Park |
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National Park | Arizona | McCarran International Airport |
Grand Canyon National Park is one of the United States' oldest national parks and is located in Arizona. Within the park lies the Grand Canyon, a gorge of the Colorado River, considered to be one of the major natural wonders of the world. The park...
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| Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport | |||||
| x Grand Teton National Park |
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National Park | Wyoming | Idaho Falls Regional Airport |
Grand Teton National Park is a United States National Park located in northwestern Wyoming, south of Yellowstone National Park. The park is named after the Grand Teton, which, at 13,770 feet (4,197 m), is the tallest mountain in the Teton Range.
The...
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| Salt Lake City International Airport | |||||
| Jackson Hole Airport | |||||
| x Great Basin National Park |
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National Park | Nevada | McCarran International Airport |
Great Basin National Park is a United States National Park established in 1986, located in east-central Nevada near its border with Utah. The park derives its name from the Great Basin, the dry and mountainous region between the Sierra Nevada and...
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| Salt Lake City International Airport | |||||
| Cedar City Regional Airport | |||||
| x Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve |
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National Park | Colorado | Colorado Springs Airport |
Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve is a United States National Park located in the easternmost parts of Alamosa County and Saguache County, Colorado, United States. Originally designated Great Sand Dunes National Monument, Great Sand Dunes...
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| x Great Smoky Mountains National Park |
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National Park | North Carolina | McGhee Tyson Airport |
Great Smoky Mountains National Park is a United States National Park that straddles the ridgeline of the Great Smoky Mountains, part of the Blue Ridge Mountains, which are a division of the larger Appalachian Mountain chain. The border between...
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| Tennessee | Asheville Regional Airport | ||||
| x Guadalupe Mountains National Park |
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National Park | Texas | El Paso International Airport |
Guadalupe Mountains National Park is located in the Guadalupe Mountains of West Texas and contains Guadalupe Peak, the highest point in Texas at 8,749 feet (2,667 m) in elevation. It also contains El Capitan, long used as a landmark by people...
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| x Haleakala National Park |
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National Park | Hawaii | Honolulu International Airport |
Haleakalā National Park is a United States national park located on the island of Maui in the state of Hawaiʻi. The park covers an area of 30,183 acres (122.15 km), of which 24,719 acres (100.03 km) is a wilderness area.
It was originally made part...
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| Kahului Airport | |||||
| x Hawaii Volcanoes National Park |
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National Park | Hawaii | Hilo International Airport |
Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park, established in 1916, is a United States National Park located in the U.S. State of Hawaiʻi on the island of Hawaiʻi. It displays the results of hundreds of thousands of years of volcanism, migration, and evolution...
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| Kona International Airport | |||||
| x Hot Springs National Park |
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National Park | Arkansas | Little Rock National Airport |
Established from Hot Springs Reservation, Hot Springs National Park is a United States National Park in central Arkansas adjacent to the city of Hot Springs. Hot Springs Reservation was initially created by an act of the United States Congress on...
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| x Isle Royale National Park |
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National Park | Michigan | Thunder Bay International Airport |
Isle Royale National Park is a U.S. National Park in the state of Michigan. Isle Royale, the largest island in Lake Superior, is over 45 miles (72 km) in length and 9 miles (14 km) wide at its widest point. The park is made of Isle Royale itself and...
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| Houghton County Memorial Airport | |||||
| x Joshua Tree National Park |
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National Park | California | Palm Springs International Airport |
Joshua Tree National Park is located in southeastern California. Declared a U.S. National Park in 1994 when the US Congress passed the California Desert Protection Act (Public Law 103-433), it had previously been a U.S. National Monument since 1936....
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| x Katmai National Park and Preserve |
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National Park | Alaska | Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport |
Katmai National Park and Preserve is a United States National Park in southern Alaska, notable for the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes and for its brown bears. The park covers 7,383 mi² (19,122 km²), being roughly the size of Wales. Most of this is a...
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| x Kenai Fjords National Park |
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National Park | Alaska | Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport |
Kenai Fjords National Park is a United States National Park established in 1980 by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act. The park covers an area of approximately 1,760 mi on the Kenai Peninsula in southcentral Alaska, near the town of...
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| x Kings Canyon National Park |
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National Park | California | Fresno Yosemite International Airport |
Kings Canyon National Park is a U.S. National Park in the southern Sierra Nevada, east of Fresno, California. The park was established in 1940 and covers 462,901 acres (187,329 ha). It incorporated General Grant National Park, established in 1890 to...
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| x Kobuk Valley National Park |
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National Park | Alaska | Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport |
Kobuk Valley National Park is in northwestern Alaska 25 miles (40 km) north of the Arctic Circle. It was designated a United States National Park in 1980 by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act. It is noted for the Great Kobuk Sand...
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| x Lake Clark National Park and Preserve |
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National Park | Alaska | Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport |
Established in 1980 by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, Lake Clark National Park and Preserve is a United States National Park in southwestern Alaska. The park includes many streams and lakes vital to the Bristol Bay salmon...
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| x Lassen Volcanic National Park |
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National Park | California | Sacramento International Airport |
Lassen Volcanic National Park is a United States National Park in northeastern California. The dominant feature of the park is Lassen Peak; the largest plug dome volcano in the world and the southern-most volcano in the Cascade Range. Lassen...
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| Reno/Tahoe International Airport | |||||
| x Mammoth Cave National Park |
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National Park | Kentucky | Nashville International Airport |
Mammoth Cave National Park is a U.S. National Park in central Kentucky, encompassing portions of Mammoth Cave, the longest cave system known in the world. The official name of the system is the Mammoth-Flint Ridge Cave System for the ridge under...
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| Louisville International Airport | |||||
| x Mesa Verde National Park |
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National Park | Colorado | Cortez Municipal Airport |
Mesa Verde National Park is a U.S. National Park and UNESCO World Heritage Site located in Montezuma County, Colorado, United States. The park occupies 81.4 square miles (211 km) (211 square kilometers) near the Four Corners and features numerous...
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| Durango-La Plata County Airport | |||||
| Four Corners Regional Airport | |||||
| x Mount Rainier National Park |
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National Park | Washington | Yakima Air Terminal |
Mount Rainier National Park is a United States National Park located in southeast Pierce County and northeast Lewis County in Washington state. It was established on 2 March 1899, the fifth national park in the United States. The park contains 368...
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| Portland International Airport | |||||
| Seattle-Tacoma International Airport | |||||
| x North Cascades National Park |
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National Park | Washington | Seattle-Tacoma International Airport |
North Cascades National Park is a U.S. National Park located in the state of Washington.
The park complex consists of 684,000 acres (1,069 sq mi) of the Cascade Range in four separate, yet adjoined, units: North Cascades National Park North Unit,...
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| Bellingham International Airport | |||||
| x Olympic National Park |
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National Park | Washington | Seattle-Tacoma International Airport |
Olympic National Park is located in the U.S. state of Washington, in the Olympic Peninsula. The park can be divided into three basic regions: the Pacific coastline, the Olympic Mountains, and the temperate rainforest. U.S. President Theodore...
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| x Petrified Forest National Park |
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National Park | Arizona | Albuquerque International Sunport |
Petrified Forest National Park is along Interstate 40 between Holbrook and Navajo, in the United States. It features one of the world's largest and most colorful concentrations of petrified wood, mostly of the species Araucarioxylon arizonicum.
The...
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| Flagstaff Pulliam Airport | |||||
| x Redwood National and State Parks |
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National Park | California | Jack McNamara Field Airport |
The Redwood National and State Parks (RNSP) are located in the United States, along the coast of northern California. The parks consist of a combined area of 131,983 acres (534.12 km) located entirely within Del Norte and Humboldt Counties and they...
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| Arcata-Eureka Airport | |||||
| x Rocky Mountain National Park |
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National Park | Colorado | Denver International Airport |
Rocky Mountain National Park is a National Park located in the north-central region of the U.S. state of Colorado. It features majestic mountain views, a variety of wildlife, varied climates and environments—from wooded forests to mountain tundra...
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| x Saguaro National Park |
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National Park | Arizona | Tucson International Airport |
Saguaro National Park, located in the state of Arizona, is part of the United States national park system.
Saguaro National Park is divided into two sections, lying approximately 20 miles (32 km) east and 15 miles (24 km) west of the center of the...
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| x Sequoia National Park |
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National Park | California | Visalia Municipal Airport |
Sequoia National Park is a national park in the southern Sierra Nevada, east of Visalia, California, in the United States of America. It was established in 1890 as the second U.S. national park, after Yellowstone National Park. The park spans 404...
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| Fresno Yosemite International Airport | |||||
| x Shenandoah National Park |
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National Park | Virginia | Washington Dulles International Airport |
Shenandoah National Park encompasses part of the Blue Ridge Mountains in the U.S. state of Virginia. This national park is long and narrow, with the broad Shenandoah River and valley on the west side, and the rolling hills of the Virginia Piedmont...
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| Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport | |||||
| Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport | |||||
| Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport | |||||
| x Theodore Roosevelt National Park |
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National Park | North Dakota | Bismarck Municipal Airport |
Established in 1978, Theodore Roosevelt National Park is a United States National Park comprising three geographically separated areas of badlands in western North Dakota. The park was named for U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, who owned and...
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| Dickinson Theodore Roosevelt Regional Airport | |||||
| Williston Municipal Airport | |||||
| x Virgin Islands National Park |
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National Park | United States Virgin Islands | Cyril E. King Airport |
Virgin Islands National Park is a United States National Park covering approximately 60% of the island of Saint John in the United States Virgin Islands, plus a few isolated sites on the neighboring island of St. Thomas. The park is famous for scuba...
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| x Voyageurs National Park |
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National Park | Minnesota | Falls International Airport |
Voyageurs National Park is a United States National Park in northern Minnesota near the town of International Falls. It was established in 1975. The park's name commemorates the voyageurs, French-Canadian fur traders who were the first European...
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| Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport | |||||
| x Wind Cave National Park |
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National Park | South Dakota | Rapid City Regional Airport |
Wind Cave National Park is a United States national park 10 miles (16 km) north of the town of Hot Springs in western South Dakota. Established in 1903 by President Theodore Roosevelt, it was the seventh U.S. National Park and the first cave to be...
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| x Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve |
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National Park | Alaska | Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport |
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve is a United States National Park in southern Alaska. It was established in 1980 by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act. The park area is included in an International Biosphere Reserve and...
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| x Yosemite National Park |
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National Park | California | Merced Municipal Airport |
Yosemite National Park (pronounced /joʊˈsɛmɨtiː/ yo-SEM-it-ee) is a national park spanning eastern portions of Tuolumne, Mariposa and Madera counties in east central California, United States. The park covers an area of 761,266 acres (308,073 ha)...
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| Fresno Yosemite International Airport | |||||
| Modesto City-County Airport | |||||
| x Zion National Park |
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National Park | Utah | McCarran International Airport |
Zion National Park is a national park located in the Southwestern United States, near Springdale, Utah. A prominent feature of the 229-square-mile (593 km) park is Zion Canyon, 15 miles (24 km) long and up to half a mile (800 m) deep, cut through...
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| St. George Municipal Airport | |||||
| x African Burial Ground National Monument |
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National Monument | New York |
African Burial Ground National Monument at Duane Street and African Burial Ground Way (Elk Street) in Lower Manhattan (New York City) preserves a site containing the remains of more than 400 African Americans buried during the 17th and 18th...
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| x Agate Fossil Beds National Monument |
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National Monument | Nebraska |
Agate Fossil Beds National Monument is a U.S. National Monument near Harrison, Nebraska. The main feature of the Monument is a valley of the Niobrara River, and the fossils found on Carnegie Hill and University Hill..
The area largely consists of...
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