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What Are the 5 Largest National Parks in the World?
  1. Northeast Greenland National Park. Northeast Greenland National Park. ...
  2. The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, Australia. The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, Australia. ...
  3. Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park, Mozambique. ...
  4. Namib Naukluft Park, Namibia. ...
  5. Wood Buffalo National Park, Canada.




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Northeast Greenland National Park (Greenlandic: Kalaallit Nunaanni nuna eqqissisimatitaq, Danish: Grønlands Nationalpark) is the world's largest national park and the 10th largest protected area (the only larger protected areas consist mostly of sea).

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The largest national park is Wrangell–St. Elias in Alaska: at over 8 million acres (32,375 km2), it is larger than each of the nine smallest states. The next three largest parks are also in Alaska.

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The 15 Largest National Parks in the United States
  1. Wrangell-St. Elias (8,323,146.48 acres)
  2. Gates of the Arctic (7,523,897.45 acres) ...
  3. Denali (4,740,911.16 acres) ...
  4. Katmai (3,674,529.33 acres) ...
  5. Death Valley (3,408,406.73 acres) ...
  6. Glacier Bay (3,223,383.43 acres) ...
  7. Lake Clark (2,619,816.49 acres) ...
  8. Yellowstone (2,219,790.71 acres) ...


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Death Valley is 3.4 million acres of epic landscape to explore. The 2nd largest national park in the lower 48 is Yellowstone National Park with 2.2 million acres.

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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.

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Yosemite National Park, USA (1890) Located in California's Sierra Nevada, it is one of the oldest, largest, and best-known national parks in the United States.

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Yellowstone National Park, USA (1872) Yellowstone National Park is the oldest in the United States and the second oldest in the world. Located between the states of Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho, the park is home to hot springs and the world's largest collection of geysers, including the iconic Old Faithful.

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Utah is home to 5 of the best national parks—Arches, Bryce Canyon, Canyonlands, Capitol Reef, and Zion—collectively known as the Mighty Five. Established between 1919 and 1971, these parks are famous for their spectacular red-rock formations, desert solitude, and more than 1,000 miles of hiking & trekking trails.

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States without National Parks are: Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Idaho (see above,) Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Wisconsin.

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There's a total of 63 national parks in the United States. One might assume the parks would cover most of the country—but that's not the case! While there are dozens of parks, they only exist in a little more than half of the country's states. There are still 20 states that don't have a national park.

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American Samoa National Park – South Pacific While not located in the United States, the US territories of American Samoa National Park are arguably the most remote.

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The Yellowstone National Park is scattered across three states. Wyoming takes the lion's share of Yellowstone as more than 95% of the park is situated there. A fraction of the park is situated in Idaho, and about 3% is located in Montana.

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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.

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What Is the State With the Most National Parks? That state with the most national parks is California, with nine of the nation's 61 national parks within its borders. The total acreage of these nine national parks in California is more than 6.3 million acres.

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California is the state with the most national parks including Channel Islands, Death Valley, Joshua Tree, Kings Canyon, Lassen Volcanic, Pinnacles, Redwood, Sequoia, and Yosemite, offering diverse landscapes ranging from pristine islands, vast deserts, iconic trees, dramatic canyons, volcanic peaks, and majestic ...

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California has the most with nine, followed by Alaska with eight, Utah with five, and Colorado with four.

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What is America's number one state park? People travel from all over to visit Fall Creek Falls State Park in Tennessee. Known as America's top-rated state park, it includes some of the best waterfalls in the U.S. — Fall Creek Falls reaches an East Coast waterfall record of 256 feet in height.

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