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Voyageurs National Park (see p419), an area of staggering natural
beauty, was named after French-Canadian fur trappers. Although
most visitors traverse the park’s network of lakes and streams by boat, Caribou in Denali National Park,
there are numerous hiking trails as well. Alaska
Alaska
Kobuk Valley NP
Olympic NP Gates of the Arctic NP
North 0 kilometers 500 Denali NP (see pp728–9)
Cascades NP
Glacier NP 0 miles 500 Wrangell St. Elias NP
Mt. Rainier Lake Clark NP
NP THE Voyageurs Acadia NP Glacier Bay NP Katmai NP
THE PACIFIC ROCKIES NP Kenai Fjords NP
NORTHWEST NEW (see p725)
Yellowstone NP ENGLAND
Crater Lake NP Badlands
Grand NP Hawai’i
Redwood NP Teton NP NYC & Haleakalā NP
Lassen THE MID-ATLANTIC Hawai’i Volcanoes NP
Volcanic NP GREAT REGION (see pp738–9)
LAKES
CALIFORNIA Great Rocky Cuyahoga
Mountain NP
Basin NP
Valley NP
Yosemite NP Bryce THE Shenandoah NP
Kings Canyon NP Arches NP GREAT DC & THE
Canyon NP PLAINS CAPITAL REGION
Mesa Verde NP Mammoth
Sequoia Death Grand Cave NP Great Smoky
Canyon NP
NP Valley THE Mountains NP
NP SOUTH- Great Smoky
Joshua Petrified WEST Hot Mountains National
Tree NP Forest NP Springs NP THE Park (see p264),
Saguaro Carlsbad THE SOUTHEAST in Tennessee and
NP Caverns NP TEXAS DEEP SOUTH North Carolina,
supports an incred-
Guadalupe ible diversity of
Mountains NP plant life.
FLORIDA
Big Bend NP Acadia National Park (see p180), a wild,
unspoiled island paradise in Maine, is
Biscayne NP crisscrossed by hiking trails that offer
Everglades NP
breathtaking coastal views. Its main
attraction, however, is the scenic 27-mile
(43-km) Loop Road.
Everglades National Park (see p321) covers a
vast expanse of low-lying wetlands at the
southern tip of Florida. This unique ecosystem
is characterized by tree islands or hammocks
that support a fantastic variety of flora and
fauna. Alligators are the park’s best-known
and most-feared residents.

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