…a scenic or historically important area of countryside protected by the federal government for the enjoyment of the general public or the preservation of wildlife…
…a national preserve in southwestern Alaska, on the Alaska Peninsula, noted for its volcanic activity and wildlife…
…a national park in western Cameroon, on the border with Nigeria. It was established in 1961 to protect a large area of tropical rainforest…
…a national park in eastern South Africa, on the Mozambique border. It was originally a game reserve established in 1898 by President Kruger…
…a national park in the Sierra Nevada of California, east of Fresno. It was established in 1890 to protect groves of giant sequoia trees, of which the largest, the General Sherman Tree, is thought to be between 3,000 and 4,000 years old…
…a national park in the Blue Ridge Mountains of northern Virginia, southeast of the Shenandoah River. It was established in 1935…
…a preserve in northern Minnesota, along the Canadian border, whose name recalls the French fur traders of the 18th century…
…a national park in the Sierra Nevada, in central California. It includes Yosemite Valley, with its sheer granite cliffs, and Yosemite Falls, the highest waterfall in the US…
…a US national park in a bend of the Rio Grande, in the desert lands of southern Texas on the border with Mexico. In 1975, fossil remains of the pterosaur were discovered here…
…a national park in southeastern Alaska, on the Pacific coast. It covers an area of 4,975 square feet (12,880 sq km)…
…a preserve in northwestern Wyoming, just south of Yellowstone National Park, named for the highest of its peaks. Jackson Hole is here…
…a national preserve in southern California, noted for its desert plant and animal life…
…a national park in northern Zimbabwe, in the Zambezi valley north-east of Lake Kariba, established in 1963…
…a preserve in the Black Hills of South Dakota, noted for its caves and wildlife…
…a national park in northwestern Wyoming and Montana, known for Old Faithful geyser…
…a preserve in south central Utah, noted for its fossils and rock formations…
…a national park in the Sierra Nevada, in south central California, north of Sequoia National Park. Established in 1940, it preserves groves of ancient sequoia trees, including some of the largest in the world…
…a national park in west central Kentucky, site of the largest known cave system in the world. It consists of over 300 miles (480 km) of charted passageways and contains some spectacular rock formations…
…a preserve in western North Dakota that incorporates Roosevelt’s ranch home as well as extensive badlands areas…
