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US National Parks
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"name": "Acadia",
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"location": "Maine",
"dateFounded": "1919-02-26",
"area": 49075.26,
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},
{
"name": "American Samoa",
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"location": "American Samoa",
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{
"name": "Arches",
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"location": "Utah",
"dateFounded": "1971-11-12",
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},
{
"name": "Badlands",
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"location": "South Dakota",
"dateFounded": "1978-11-10",
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{
"name": "Big Bend",
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"location": "Texas",
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},
{
"name": "Biscayne",
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"location": "Florida",
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},
{
"name": "Black Canyon of the Gunnison",
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{
"name": "Bryce Canyon",
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"location": "Utah",
"dateFounded": "1928-02-25",
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{
"name": "Canyonlands",
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"location": "Utah",
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{
"name": "Capitol Reef",
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"location": "Utah",
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{
"name": "Carlsbad Caverns",
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"location": "New Mexico",
"dateFounded": "1930-05-14",
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},
{
"name": "Channel Islands",
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"location": "California",
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},
{
"name": "Congaree",
"photo": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Congaree_swamp.jpg/200px-Congaree_swamp.jpg",
"location": "South Carolina",
"dateFounded": "2003-11-10",
"area": 26539.22,
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},
{
"name": "Crater Lake",
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"location": "Oregon",
"dateFounded": "1902-05-22",
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{
"name": "Cuyahoga Valley",
"photo": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Cuyahoga_Valley_National_Park_03.jpg/200px-Cuyahoga_Valley_National_Park_03.jpg",
"location": "Ohio",
"dateFounded": "2000-10-11",
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},
{
"name": "Death Valley",
"photo": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Mesquite_Sand_Dunes_in_Death_Valley.jpg/200px-Mesquite_Sand_Dunes_in_Death_Valley.jpg",
"location": "California, Nevada",
"dateFounded": "1994-10-31",
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{
"name": "Denali",
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"location": "Alaska",
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},
{
"name": "Dry Tortugas",
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"location": "Florida",
"dateFounded": "1992-10-26",
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},
{
"name": "Everglades",
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"location": "Florida",
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{
"name": "Gates of the Arctic",
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"location": "Alaska",
"dateFounded": "1980-12-02",
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{
"name": "Gateway Arch",
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"location": "Missouri",
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},
{
"name": "Glacier",
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"location": "Montana",
"dateFounded": "1910-05-11",
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},
{
"name": "Glacier Bay",
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"location": "Alaska",
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{
"name": "Grand Canyon",
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"location": "Arizona",
"dateFounded": "1919-02-26",
"area": 1201647.03,
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},
{
"name": "Grand Teton",
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"location": "Wyoming",
"dateFounded": "1929-02-26",
"area": 310044.22,
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},
{
"name": "Great Basin",
"photo": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Prometheus_Wheeler.jpg/200px-Prometheus_Wheeler.jpg",
"location": "Nevada",
"dateFounded": "1986-10-27",
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},
{
"name": "Great Sand Dunes",
"photo": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Coloradodunes.jpg/200px-Coloradodunes.jpg",
"location": "Colorado",
"dateFounded": "2004-09-13",
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{
"name": "Great Smoky Mountains",
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"location": "Tennessee, North Carolina",
"dateFounded": "1934-06-15",
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{
"name": "Guadalupe Mountains",
"photo": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/West_face_of_Guadalupe_Mountains_at_sunset_2006.jpg/200px-West_face_of_Guadalupe_Mountains_at_sunset_2006.jpg",
"location": "Texas",
"dateFounded": "1966-10-15",
"area": 86367.1,
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},
{
"name": "Haleakalā",
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"location": "Hawaii",
"dateFounded": "1916-08-01",
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},
{
"name": "Hawaiʻi Volcanoes",
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"location": "Hawaii",
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},
{
"name": "Hot Springs",
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"location": "Arkansas",
"dateFounded": "1921-03-04",
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},
{
"name": "Isle Royale",
"photo": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/IsleRoyalePlane.jpg/200px-IsleRoyalePlane.jpg",
"location": "Michigan",
"dateFounded": "1940-04-03",
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},
{
"name": "Joshua Tree",
"photo": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Joshua_Tree_-_Rock_formation_in_Real_Hidden_Valley_1.jpg/200px-Joshua_Tree_-_Rock_formation_in_Real_Hidden_Valley_1.jpg",
"location": "California",
"dateFounded": "1994-10-31",
"area": 790635.74,
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{
"name": "Katmai",
"photo": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Brown_bears_brooks_falls.jpg/200px-Brown_bears_brooks_falls.jpg",
"location": "Alaska",
"dateFounded": "1980-12-02",
"area": 3674529.33,
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},
{
"name": "Kenai Fjords",
"photo": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Exit_Glacier_Jul09.JPG/200px-Exit_Glacier_Jul09.JPG",
"location": "Alaska",
"dateFounded": "1980-12-02",
"area": 669650.05,
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},
{
"name": "Kings Canyon",
"photo": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/KingsCanyonNP.JPG/200px-KingsCanyonNP.JPG",
"location": "California",
"dateFounded": "1940-03-04",
"area": 461901.2,
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{
"name": "Kobuk Valley",
"photo": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Agie_River.jpg/200px-Agie_River.jpg",
"location": "Alaska",
"dateFounded": "1980-12-02",
"area": 1750716.16,
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},
{
"name": "Lake Clark",
"photo": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Lake_Clark_National_Park.jpg/200px-Lake_Clark_National_Park.jpg",
"location": "Alaska",
"dateFounded": "1980-12-02",
"area": 2619816.49,
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},
{
"name": "Lassen Volcanic",
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"location": "California",
"dateFounded": "1916-08-09",
"area": 106589.02,
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},
{
"name": "Mammoth Cave",
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"location": "Kentucky",
"dateFounded": "1941-07-01",
"area": 54011.91,
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},
{
"name": "Mesa Verde",
"photo": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Mesa_Verde_National_Park_Cliff_Palace_Right_Part_2006_09_12.jpg/200px-Mesa_Verde_National_Park_Cliff_Palace_Right_Part_2006_09_12.jpg",
"location": "Colorado",
"dateFounded": "1906-06-29",
"area": 52485.17,
"visitors": 613788
},
{
"name": "Mount Rainier",
"photo": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Mount_Rainier_from_west.jpg/200px-Mount_Rainier_from_west.jpg",
"location": "Washington",
"dateFounded": "1899-03-02",
"area": 236381.64,
"visitors": 1415867
},
{
"name": "North Cascades",
"photo": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Cascade_pass.jpg/200px-Cascade_pass.jpg",
"location": "Washington",
"dateFounded": "1968-10-02",
"area": 504780.94,
"visitors": 30326
},
{
"name": "Olympic",
"photo": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Acer_macrophyllum_in_Hoh_Rain_Forest.jpg/200px-Acer_macrophyllum_in_Hoh_Rain_Forest.jpg",
"location": "Washington",
"dateFounded": "1938-06-29",
"area": 922649.41,
"visitors": 3401996
},
{
"name": "Petrified Forest",
"photo": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/PAINTED_DESERT_BADLANDS.jpg/200px-PAINTED_DESERT_BADLANDS.jpg",
"location": "Arizona",
"dateFounded": "1962-12-09",
"area": 221390.21,
"visitors": 627757
},
{
"name": "Pinnacles",
"photo": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Pinnacles_National_Park.jpg/200px-Pinnacles_National_Park.jpg",
"location": "California",
"dateFounded": "2013-01-10",
"area": 26685.73,
"visitors": 233334
},
{
"name": "Redwood",
"photo": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Redwood_National_Park%2C_fog_in_the_forest.jpg/200px-Redwood_National_Park%2C_fog_in_the_forest.jpg",
"location": "California",
"dateFounded": "1968-10-02",
"area": 138999.37,
"visitors": 445000
},
{
"name": "Rocky Mountain",
"photo": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Bierstadt_Lake%2C_Rocky_Mountain_National_Park%2C_USA.jpg/200px-Bierstadt_Lake%2C_Rocky_Mountain_National_Park%2C_USA.jpg",
"location": "Colorado",
"dateFounded": "1915-01-26",
"area": 265795.2,
"visitors": 4437215
},
{
"name": "Saguaro",
"photo": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Saguaronationalparl17102008.jpg/200px-Saguaronationalparl17102008.jpg",
"location": "Arizona",
"dateFounded": "1994-10-14",
"area": 91715.72,
"visitors": 964760
},
{
"name": "Sequoia",
"photo": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Giant_Forest.jpg/200px-Giant_Forest.jpg",
"location": "California",
"dateFounded": "1890-09-25",
"area": 404062.63,
"visitors": 1291256
},
{
"name": "Shenandoah",
"photo": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Early_Fall_at_Dark_Hollow_Falls_%2822028259442%29.jpg/200px-Early_Fall_at_Dark_Hollow_Falls_%2822028259442%29.jpg",
"location": "Virginia",
"dateFounded": "1935-12-26",
"area": 199217.77,
"visitors": 1458874
},
{
"name": "Theodore Roosevelt",
"photo": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Theodore_Roosevelt_National_Park.jpg/200px-Theodore_Roosevelt_National_Park.jpg",
"location": "North Dakota",
"dateFounded": "1978-11-10",
"area": 70446.89,
"visitors": 708003
},
{
"name": "Virgin Islands",
"photo": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/St_John_Trunk_Bay_1.jpg/200px-St_John_Trunk_Bay_1.jpg",
"location": "United States Virgin Islands",
"dateFounded": "1956-08-02",
"area": 14940,
"visitors": 304408
},
{
"name": "Voyageurs",
"photo": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Voyageurs_National_Park.jpg/200px-Voyageurs_National_Park.jpg",
"location": "Minnesota",
"dateFounded": "1971-01-08",
"area": 218200.15,
"visitors": 237250
},
{
"name": "Wind Cave",
"photo": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Wind_Cave_lower.jpg/200px-Wind_Cave_lower.jpg",
"location": "South Dakota",
"dateFounded": "1903-01-09",
"area": 33970.84,
"visitors": 619924
},
{
"name": "Wrangell–St. Elias",
"photo": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/MountJarvis.jpg/200px-MountJarvis.jpg",
"location": "Alaska",
"dateFounded": "1980-12-02",
"area": 8323146.48,
"visitors": 68292
},
{
"name": "Yellowstone",
"photo": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Grand_Prismatic_Spring_and_Midway_Geyser_Basin_from_above.jpg/200px-Grand_Prismatic_Spring_and_Midway_Geyser_Basin_from_above.jpg",
"location": "Wyoming, Montana, Idaho",
"dateFounded": "1872-03-01",
"area": 2219790.71,
"visitors": 4116524
},
{
"name": "Yosemite",
"photo": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/YosemitePark2_amk.jpg/200px-YosemitePark2_amk.jpg",
"location": "California",
"dateFounded": "1890-10-01",
"area": 761747.5,
"visitors": 4336890
},
{
"name": "Zion",
"photo": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Angels_Landing.jpg/200px-Angels_Landing.jpg",
"location": "Utah",
"dateFounded": "1919-11-19",
"area": 147237.02,
"visitors": 4504812
}
]
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