Americans celebrate the 75th anniversary of Shenandoah National Park, just 75 miles from Washington, DC, but worlds away in spirit.
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The colonial communities of “America’s historic triangle” played defining roles in the road to American independence.
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State parks had already been established in the region when the U.S. Congress established northern California’s Redwood National Park in 1968.
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Over epochs, deposition and erosion have carved sharp spires and deep canyons out of this South Dakota landscape.
The park sits at the eastern edge of the Paunsaugant Plateau, and the ridgeline offers stunning views across southern Utah.
Slot canyons and the world's longest natural arch are among the geologic features found at this park in southwestern Utah.
Falling blocks of rock in cliff alcoves became building materials for Ancestral Puebloans—and a popular draw for tourists visiting the park.
Situated in Utah, the park is home to 2,000 arches and windows in rock, as well as rock spires and pinnacles.
Mountains and hills roll right up to the Atlantic Ocean in this rocky landscape that became the first national park east of the Mississippi River.
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The park encompasses about 37,000 hectares of the Sonora Desert.
Sites relevant to the start of the American Revolutionary War are interspersed throughout the modern-day Boston metropolitan region.