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There are options to visit the National Parks and go horseback riding, kayaking and climbing also, as well

as see many amazing scenery and natural beauty.

The very first national park was Yellowstone National Park; this was back in 1872

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There are almost 289 different species of birds, 75 different mammals with 19 of them being different species of bats and 30 different types of reptiles.

Top 10The Zion National Park can be found in Utah. The park has a land acre of almost two hundred and twenty nine square miles.10.

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9. The Olympic National Park is located in the American State of Washington. In 1981 the Olympic National Park became a World Heritage Site.

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The glaciers are many years

old and they are just a

beautiful range to visit.

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8. The Rocky Mountain National Park is found in Colorado. The wooded forests are beautiful as well as the mountain Tundra also.

Fishing, climbing and

camping are very popular

activities that can be done.

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7.The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is a UNESCO world heritage Site as well as a national park of the United States of America.

The park is certainly one of the biggest tourist attractions in this part of the country and does attract over 10 million visitors each year.

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6.The great American National Park, the Canyonlands, is found in Utah.

The Canyonlands Park is divided into

four sections. Each one is very unique as they all have their very

own characteristics and features that

allow each of them to stand out dramatically from the others.

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5.The Denali National Park and Preserve can be found in Alaska. Inside the park, Mount McKinley which is the biggest or rather, the largest mountain in North America today.

There are many different species of animals found in

the park including gray wolves, bears, moose,

beavers, lynxes, martens and others.

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4 The American State of Maine is the location of the Acadia National Park.

This Park does have many different species of wild life including bobcat, squirrels, bears, foxes, coyotes, deer and other species.

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3. Yosemite National Park is a large national park within America, found in California and was considered to be a World Heritage Site in 1984.

Over 250 species can be found within the

Yosemite National Park which is truly amazing.

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2. Yellowstone National Park is known for its vast wildlife as well as the many amazing landscapes.

The Yellowstone Caldera actually covers most of the land area of Yellowstone. This is from the rocks from the volcano as

well as the lava flow which also comes during the eruptions.

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1. The Grand Canyon National Park is only the 15th oldest national park in the world and can be found in Arizona.

The Grand Canyon is considered to be one of

the seven natural wonders of the world.

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There are 6,555 National parks in the world. The United States has 59 of them.

There have been organizations which have been set up to specifically protect the parks such as National Park Service of Federal government of the United States.

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