Facts about the national parks

Largest National Park: Wrangell-St. Elias, Alaska (over 8 million acres)

Smallest National Park: Hot Springs, Arkansas (under 6 thousand acres)

Most Visited National Park: Great Smoky Mountains, North Carolina & Tennessee (over 10 million visitors in 2014)

Least Visited National Park: Gates of the Arctic, Alaska (12,669 visitors)

Disbanded National Parks:

– Abraham Lincoln, Kentucky (July 17, 1916 – August 11, 1939)

– Fort McHenry, Maryland (March 3, 1925 – August 11, 1939)

– General Grant, California (October 1, 1890 – March 4, 1940)

– Hawaii, Hawaii (August 1, 1916 – September 13, 1960)

– Mackinac, Michigan (April 15, 1875 – March 2, 1895)

– Platt, Oklahoma (June 29, 1906 – March 17, 1976)

– Sullys Hill, North Dakota (April 27, 1904 – March 3, 1931)

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