The New Forest National Park is now the smallest national park in England, and was designated as such in 2005.
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The smallest park is Gateway Arch National Park, Missouri, at 192.83 acres (0.7804 km2). The total area protected by national parks is approximately 52.4 million acres (212,000 km2), for an average of 833 thousand acres (3,370 km2) but a median of only 220 thousand acres (890 km2).
The Cairngorms is the UK's biggest national park. It covers a total of 4,528 square kilometres altogether. The second biggest is England's Lake District which spans 2,362 square kilometres. The biggest national park in Wales is Snowdonia at 2,176 square kilometres.
Largest National Park: The largest national park is Wrangell St.Elias National Park in Alaska at over 20,000 square miles. Wrangell St. Elias is larger than the smallest 4 US states including Rhode Island, Delaware, Connecticut, and Hawaii combined.
Snowdonia National Park, at 2,142 square kilometres (827 sq mi), is the largest national park in Wales and the third largest in the United Kingdom. The smallest national park in England and Wales, and in the United Kingdom, is The Broads, at 303 square kilometres (117 sq mi).
National Park of American Samoa: The least-visited US national park in 2022 saw just 1,887 visits. Most visitors will need a passport to travel to American Samoa. 2. Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve, Alaska: This vast park contains no roads or trails.
National Park of American Samoa: The least-visited US national park in 2022 saw just 1,887 visits. Most visitors will need a passport to travel to American Samoa. 2. Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve, Alaska: This vast park contains no roads or trails.
The New River Gorge was given National Park Service protection in 1978 as a national river, and was expanded to New River Gorge National Park & Preserve — this country's newest national park — in the plague year of 2020 courtesy of legislation drafted by Senators Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito.