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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...

Valles Caldera National Preserve

(Encyclopedia)Valles Caldera National Preserve väˈyās [key], 89,766 acres (36,343 hectares), N N.Mex.; est. 2000 by Valles Caldera Trust, transferred to National Park Service 2015. Formerly part of the vast, pri...

Vermilion Cliffs National Monument

(Encyclopedia)Vermilion Cliffs National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

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). ...

United States National Museum

(Encyclopedia)United States National Museum: see Smithsonian Institution. ...

Waterton Lakes National Park

(Encyclopedia)Waterton Lakes National Park, 203 sq mi (525 sq km), SW Alta., Canada, SW of Lethbridge and at the U.S. border, adjoining Glacier National Park, Mont.; est. 1895. It is the Canadian section of Waterto...

Russell Cave National Monument

(Encyclopedia)Russell Cave National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Tule Lake National Monument

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

Tumacacori National Historical Park

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