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Tule Lake National Monument

(Encyclopedia)Tule Lake National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Wind Cave National Park

(Encyclopedia)Wind Cave National Park, 28,295 acres (11,459 hectares), in the Black Hills, SW S.Dak.; est. 1903. Wind Cave, discovered in 1881, was named for the strong air currents that blow alternately in and out...

Yucca House National Monument

(Encyclopedia)Yucca House National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Wood Buffalo National Park

(Encyclopedia)Wood Buffalo National Park, 17,577 sq mi (45,525 sq km), in NE Alta., Canada, extending into the Northwest Territories; est. 1922 to protect the only remaining herd of wood bison. It lies between Lake...

Waco Mammoth National Monument

(Encyclopedia)Waco Mammoth National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Walnut Canyon National Monument

(Encyclopedia)Walnut Canyon National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

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