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Steamtown National Historic Site

(Encyclopedia)Steamtown National Historic Site: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Adams National Historical Park

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

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. ...

California National Historic Trail

(Encyclopedia)California National Historic Trail: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Big Bend National Park

(Encyclopedia)Big Bend National Park, 801,163 acres (324,471 hectares), W Tex.; authorized 1935, est. 1944. It is a triangle formed where the Rio Grande runs southeast then northeast in a big bend along the U.S.-Me...

Big Cypress National Preserve

(Encyclopedia)Big Cypress National Preserve: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Big Hole National Battlefield

(Encyclopedia)Big Hole National Battlefield: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Big Thicket National Preserve

(Encyclopedia)Big Thicket National Preserve: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Cape Lookout National Seashore

(Encyclopedia)Cape Lookout National Seashore: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Carlsbad Caverns National Park

(Encyclopedia)Carlsbad Caverns National Park, 46,766 acres (18,940 hectares), SE N.Mex., in the Guadalupe Mts.; designated a national park in 1930. These connecting limestone caves, with remarkable stalactite and s...