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| x Patvinsuo National Park |
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1982 |
Patvinsuo National Park (Finnish: Patvinsuon kansallispuisto) is a national park in Eastern Finland, in the municipalities of Lieksa and Ilomantsi. It was established in 1982 and covers 105 square kilometres (41 sq mi). There are 80 kilometres (50...
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| x Okapi Wildlife Reserve |
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1992 |
The Okapi Wildlife Reserve is a World Heritage Site in the Ituri Forest in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, near the borders with Sudan and Uganda. At approximately 14,000 km², it covers approximately one fifth of the area of...
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| x Bitterroot Range |
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The Bitterroot Range (a subrange of the Rocky Mountains) runs along the border of Montana and Idaho in the northwestern United States. The range spans an area of 62,736 square kilometers (24,223 sq mi) and is named after the bitterroot (Lewisia...
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| x Cutervo National Park |
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Sep 8, 1961 |
Cutervo National Park is the oldest National Park in Peru. It was established September 8, 1961 by means of Law N° 13964 by the Peruvian Government as the first protected natural area created. Its creator was Salomon Vilchez Murga (1907-1993), a...
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| x Natchez National Historical Park |
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Oct 7, 1988 |
Natchez National Historical Park commemorates the history of Natchez, Mississippi, and is managed by the National Park Service.
The park consists of three distinct parts. Fort Rosalie is the site of a fortification from the 1700s, built by the...
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| x Sagarmatha National Park |
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Jul 19, 1976 |
Sagarmāthā National Park, is located in eastern Nepal, containing parts of the Himalayas and the southern half of Mount Everest. The park was created July 19, 1976 and in 1979 was inscribed as a Natural World Heritage Site. Sagarmāthā is a Sanskrit...
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| x Fort Zachary Taylor |
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Mar 11, 1971 |
The Fort Zachary Taylor State Historic Site, better known simply as Fort Taylor, (or Fort Zach to locals), is a Florida State Park and National Historic Landmark centered on a Civil War-era fort located near the southern tip of Key West, Florida....
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| x Royal Bardia National Park |
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1976 |
Royal Bardia National Park is situated in the mid far western Terai, east of the Karnali River, Nepal. The park is the largest and most undisturbed wilderness area in the Terai. About 70% of the park is covered with forest with the balance a mixture...
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| x El Retiro | Dec 12, 1985 |
El Retiro (also known as Encierro) is a historic site in Lake Wales, Florida. It is located on Mountain Lake, off State Road 17. On December 12, 1985, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
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| x Platte River Wilderness | 1984 |
The Platte River Wilderness is primarily located in south central Wyoming, with a small section extending into Colorado in the United States. Located entirely within Medicine Bow - Routt National Forest, the wilderness was created in 1984 to protect...
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| x Fort Necessity National Battlefield |
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Mar 4, 1931 |
Fort Necessity National Battlefield is a National Battlefield Site preserving elements of the Battle of Fort Necessity in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States. The Battle of Fort Necessity occurred on July 3, 1754 and was an early battle of...
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| x Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area |
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Oct 15, 1966 |
Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area was established by an act of Congress on October 15, 1966, following the construction of the Yellowtail Dam by the Bureau of Reclamation. This dam, named after the famous Crow chairman Robert Yellowtail,...
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| x Staple Bend Tunnel |
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1994 |
The Staple Bend Tunnel, about 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, was constructed between 1831 and 1834 for the Allegheny Portage Railroad. Construction began on April 12, 1831. This tunnel, at 901 feet (275 m) in length, was the first...
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| x Oregon Caves National Monument |
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Jul 12, 1909 |
Oregon Caves National Monument is a national monument in the northern Siskiyou Mountains of southwestern Oregon in the United States. Known primarily for its marble caves, the 488-acre (197 ha) park is located in southeastern Josephine County...
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| x Clearwater Wilderness |
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1984 |
Clearwater Wilderness, a small 14,300-acre (58 km) wilderness created by Congress in the 1984 under the 1964 Wilderness Act establishing the National Wilderness Preservation System. It is located in northeast Pierce County, southeast of Tacoma in...
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| x Mingo Wilderness | 1976 |
Mingo Wilderness is an 8,000 acre (32 km²) U.S. Wilderness Area located in southeastern Missouri in the Mingo National Wildlife Refuge. It was established and governed under the Wilderness Act of 1964.
This tract of forest has been set aside for...
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| x Hells Canyon Wilderness |
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1975 |
The Hells Canyon Wilderness is a wilderness area located in the U.S. states of Idaho and Oregon. Created in 1975, the Wilderness is managed by both the U.S. Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest Service and contains some of the most...
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| x Mount Aspiring National Park |
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1964 |
Mount Aspiring National Park is located in the Southern Alps of the South Island of New Zealand, north of Fiordland National Park, and between Otago and south Westland.
It was established in 1964 as New Zealand's 10th national park. The park covers...
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| x Repovesi National Park |
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2003 |
Repovesi National Park (Repoveden kansallispuisto) is situated in the municipalities of Kouvola and Mäntyharju, only a few hours north-east of the more populous Helsinki area of Southern Finland. Formerly a site for intensive commercial forestry,...
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| x Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge | 1941 |
The 30,843 acre (125 km²) Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge is part of the United States National Wildlife Refuge System, located on the west coast of Florida, about seventy miles (100 km) north of St. Petersburg.
The Chassahowitzka National...
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| x Elbow-Sheep Wildland Provincial Park |
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Jan 10, 1996 |
Elbow-Sheep Wildland Provincial Park is a provincial park and wildlife reserve located in the Kananaskis Country in south-western Alberta, Canada.
The park offers setting for hiking, mountain biking and horseback riding through mountain landscapes...
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| x Urca de Lima |
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May 31, 2001 |
The Urca de Lima is a Spanish shipwreck (which sank in 1715) near Fort Pierce, Florida, United States. It was part of the 1715 Treasure Fleet itself one of the numerous Spanish treasure fleets. It is located north of Fort Pierce Inlet, 200 yards off...
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| x Hamilton Grange National Memorial |
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Apr 27, 1962 |
Hamilton Grange National Memorial is a National Park Service site in St. Nicholas Park, New York City that preserves the early 19th-century home of American Founding Father Alexander Hamilton.
Alexander Hamilton was born and raised in the West...
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| x Gulf Islands National Park Reserve |
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May 9, 2003 |
Gulf Islands National Park Reserve is the 40th National Park in a system of 43 parks and park reserves across Canada. Located in British Columbia's Gulf Islands, it covers 33 square kilometers over 16 islands. It also includes numerous islets and...
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| x Ironwood Forest National Monument |
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Jun 9, 2000 |
Ironwood Forest National Monument is located in the Sonoran Desert and the U.S. state of Arizona. Created by Bill Clinton by Presidential Proclamation 7320 on June 9, 2000, the 129,022 acre (522 km²) monument is managed by the U.S. Bureau of Land...
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| x Jotunheim National Park |
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1980 |
Jotunheimen (“Home of the Giants”) National Park is a national park in Norway, recognized as one of the country's premier hiking and fishing regions. The national park covers 1,151 km² and is part of the larger area Jotunheimen. More than 250 peaks...
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| x Payette National Forest | Apr 1, 1944 |
The Payette National Forest, is a U.S. National Forest located in central western Idaho, in parts of Valley, Idaho, Adams, and Washington counties. The land area consists of approximately 2.3 million acres (9,300 km²) of federally managed lands. It...
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| x Boyd Big Tree Preserve Conservation Area |
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1999 |
Boyd Big Tree Preserve Conservation Area is a 949.49-acre (384.24 ha) Pennsylvania state park in Lower Paxton and Middle Paxton Townships, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania in the United States. The land for the conservation area was donated to the state...
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| x San Miguel de Asile | Dec 17, 1974 |
San Miguel de Asile was a Spanish Franciscan mission built in the early 17th century in the Florida Panhandle, near the present-day town of Lamont, Florida. It was part of Spain's effort to colonize the region, and convert the Timucuan and Apalachee...
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| x Chickasaw National Recreation Area |
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Jul 1, 1902 |
Chickasaw National Recreation Area preserves partially forested hills of south-central Oklahoma near Sulphur. Named to honor the Chickasaw Indian Nation, who were relocated to the area from the Southeastern United States during the 1830's (and who...
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| x Cascades Park |
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May 12, 1971 |
Cascades Park is a 12-acre (49,000 m) park along the stream known as the St. Augustine Branch in Tallahassee, Florida, south of the Florida State Capitol. It is a Nationally Registered Historic Place because it influenced the territorial government...
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| x Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail |
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Mar 21, 1978 |
The Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail is part of the National Trails System of the United States. In 1804, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark began a voyage of discovery with 45 men, a keelboat, two pirogues, and a dog. They departed from Camp...
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| x Point Reyes National Seashore |
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Sep 13, 1962 |
Point Reyes National Seashore is a 70,000-acre (280 km) park preserve located on the Point Reyes Peninsula in Marin County, California, USA. As a national seashore, it is maintained by the US National Park Service as a nationally important nature...
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| x USCGC Duane |
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May 16, 2002 |
The USCG Cutter Duane (WPG-33/WHEC-33) (earlier known as the U.S.C.G.C. William J. Duane) was a cutter in the United States Coast Guard. Duane is now a historic shipwreck near Key Largo, Florida, United States. She was named for William John Duane....
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| x President's Park |
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Jul 16, 1790 |
President's Park, located in Washington, D.C., encompasses the White House, a visitor center, Lafayette Park, and The Ellipse. President's Park was the original name of Lafayette Park and Square. The current President's Park is administered by the...
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| x Wyoming State Forest |
Wyoming State Forest was the name of the Pennsylvania State Forest in Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry District #20. As of July 1, 2005, a reorganization of Pennsylvania State Forests in eastern Pennsylvania resulted in the elimination of the name ...
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| x Fred Gannon Rocky Bayou State Park | 1966 |
Fred Gannon Rocky Bayou State Park is a Florida State Park located on the northwestern coast of the U.S. state of Florida, southeast of Niceville. The address is 4281 Highway 20. Indian middens and artifacts can be seen throughout the park.
The park...
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| x Buck Island Reef National Monument |
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Dec 28, 1961 |
Buck Island Reef National Monument, or just Buck Island is a small, uninhabited, 176 acre (712,000 m²) island about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of the northeast coast of Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. It was first established as a protected area by...
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| x First American Road in Florida | Sep 28, 1998 |
The First American Road in Florida (also known as the Andrew Jackson Trail or Military Road) is a historic road near Gulf Breeze, Florida. It is located in the Naval Live Oaks Area of the Gulf Islands National Seashore. On September 28, 1998, it was...
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| x Peace Arch Provincial Park |
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Nov 7, 1939 |
Peace Arch Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. It is part of the cross-border Peace Arch Park.
The Peace Arch, dedicated in 1921, was the first such structure in the world. It was built on the International Boundary...
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| x St. Sebastian River Preserve State Park |
St. Sebastian River Preserve State Park is a Florida State Park, located three miles north of Fellsmere.
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| x Fort Knox |
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1940 |
Fort Knox, now Fort Knox State Park or Fort Knox State Historic Site, in Maine was built from 1844-1869. It is located on the western bank of the Penobscot River in Prospect, Maine, about 5 miles (8.0 km) from the mouth of the river. It was the...
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| x Yulee Sugar Mill Ruins State Historic Site |
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Aug 12, 1970 |
Yulee Sugar Mill Ruins Historic State Park is a Florida State Park located in Homosassa, off U.S. 19. It contains the ruins of a sugar plantation owned by David Levy Yulee. Yulee was part of the Territorial Legislative Council, and was a member of...
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| x Lopé National Park | 2002 |
Lopé National Park is a national park in central Gabon. Although the terrain is mostly rain forest, in the north the park contains the last remnants of grass savannas created in Central Africa during the last Ice Age, 15,000 years ago. It was the...
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| x Windley Key Fossil Reef Geological State Park |
Windley Key Fossil Reef Geological State Park is a Florida State Park located at mile marker 85.5 near Islamorada. It was a former quarry used by Henry Flagler in the early 1900s to help his building of the Overseas Railroad. Following the railroad...
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| x Craters of the Moon National Wilderness | 1970 |
The Craters of the Moon National Wilderness is located in the U.S. state of Idaho. The wilderness is managed by the National Park Service and is integral with Craters of the Moon National Monument. Set aside to protect volcanic features which ended...
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| x Natural Bridge Battlefield State Historic Site |
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Natural Bridge Battlefield State Historic Site is a Florida State Park in Leon County, Florida. It is located roughly between the city of Tallahassee and the town of St. Marks. During the American Civil War, the Battle of Natural Bridge was fought...
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| x Honeymoon Island State Park |
Honeymoon Island State Park is a Florida State Park located on Honeymoon Island, a barrier island across St. Joseph's Sound from Palm Harbor, Ozona, and Crystal Beach. The park is 385 acres (1.6 km) in land area with 2,400 acres (10 km) submerged...
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| x Georgian Bay Islands National Park |
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1929 |
Georgian Bay Islands National Park consists of 62 small islands or parts of islands in Georgian Bay, near Port Severn, Ontario. The park was established in 1929. The total park area is approximately 13.5 km².
The islands blend the exposed rocks and...
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| x Area de Conservación Guanacaste World Heritage Site | 1989 |
The Area de Conservación Guanacaste, is a World Heritage Site in the northwestern part of Costa Rica, which comprises Santa Rosa, Guanacaste, Rincón de la Vieja National Parks and the Junquillal Bay Wildlife Refuge. It formally became part of...
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| x Tongariro National Park |
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Oct 1894 |
Tongariro National Park is the oldest national park in New Zealand, located in the central North Island. It has been acknowledged by UNESCO as one of the 25 mixed cultural and natural World Heritage Sites.
Tongariro National Park was the fourth...
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| x Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park |
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1966 |
Khao Sam Roi Yot (Thai: เขาสามร้อยยอด) is a marine national park in Sam Roi Yot district, Prachuap Khiri Khan Province, Thailand. It covers 98.08 km², of which 20.88 km² are marine areas. The park was established in 1966, and was the first coastal...
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| x Green-Richman Arcade |
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Jan 30, 1998 |
The Green-Richman Arcade (also known as the Parsley and Stone Arcade) is a historic site in St. Petersburg, Florida. It is located at 689 Central Avenue. On January 30, 1998, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
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| x Waterton Lakes National Park |
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1895 |
Waterton Lakes National Park is a national park located in the southwest corner of Alberta, Canada, and borders Glacier National Park in Montana, USA. Waterton was Canada's fourth national park, formed in 1895 and named after Waterton Lake, in turn...
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| x Hinson Mounds | Dec 29, 1978 |
The Hinson Mounds are a historic site near Miles City, Florida. It is located three miles northeast of Miles City. On December 29, 1978, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
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| x Dolly Sods Wilderness |
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Jan 3, 1975 |
The Dolly Sods Wilderness, or simply Dolly Sods, is a U.S. Wilderness Area in the Allegheny Mountains of eastern West Virginia, USA. It is part of the Monongahela National Forest.
Dolly Sods is the highest plateau of its type east of the Mississippi...
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| x Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site |
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Feb 21, 1929 |
Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site commemorates the Battle of Brice's Crossroads, in which the Confederate army, under Major General Nathan Bedford Forrest, defeated a much larger Union force on June 10, 1864, to ultimately secure supply...
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| x El Malpais National Monument |
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Dec 31, 1987 |
El Malpais National Monument is off I-40 in western New Mexico, USA, near the Cibola National Forest. It is named El Malpais (Spanish for badlands) due to the extremely rough, rugged lava flow that covers much of the park. The lava flows fill a...
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| x Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge |
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1938 |
The Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge is a 35,000 acre (142 km²) National Wildlife Refuge located along the Tennessee River near Decatur, Alabama. Named after Major General Joseph Wheeler, it was established to provide a habitat for wintering and...
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| x Sand Lake Wetland Management District | 1961 |
Sand Lake Wetland Management District is located in the U.S. state of South Dakota and is administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. This is the largest Wetland Management District in the U.S., with 45,000 acres (182 km²) of area directly...
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