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Sitka National Historical Park

(Encyclopedia)Sitka National Historical Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Boston National Historical Park

(Encyclopedia)Boston National Historical Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Denali National Park and Preserve

(Encyclopedia)Denali National Park and Preserve dənälˈē [key], in the Alaska Range, S central Alaska; comprising Denali National Park (4,740,912 acres/1,919,398 hectares), est. as Mt. McKinley National Park 191...

Highland Park

(Encyclopedia)Highland Park. 1 City (2020 pop. 29,415), Lake co., NE Ill., a suburb of Chicago on Lake Michigan; inc. 1869. It is a retail business and medical ...

Tule Lake National Monument

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

Petrified Forest National Park

(Encyclopedia)Petrified Forest National Park, 93,533 acres (37,881 hectares), E Ariz.; est. as a national monument 1906, designated a national park 1962. A part of the Painted Desert, it contains the largest known ...

Dry Tortugas National Park

(Encyclopedia)Dry Tortugas National Park: see under Dry Tortugas. ...

Kalahari Gemsbok National Park

(Encyclopedia)Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, South Africa: see Kalahari. ...

Superior, Lake

(Encyclopedia)Superior, Lake, largest freshwater lake in the world, 31,820 sq mi (82,414 sq km), 350 mi (563 km) long and 160 mi (257 km) at its greatest width, bordered on the W by NE Minnesota, on the N and E by ...

Terra Nova National Park

(Encyclopedia)Terra Nova National Park, 153 sq mi (396 sq km), E Newfoundland, N.L., Canada, on Bonavista Bay; est. 1957. It is a rugged, deeply indented coastal area with forests and bogs. ...