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Created by Congress in 1832, Hot Springs National Park was set aside as a recreational space years before national parks were invented.

Originally established part of the Yellowstone Timberland Reserve, Shoshone National Forest later became the first US national forest.

Glacier Bay National Park is roughly 3.3 million acres, the size of Connecticut, and most of that acreage is federally designated wilderness.

John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge was the first urban national wildlife refuge in the United States, established in 1972.

Cedar Breaks National Monument perches at over 10,000 ft (3,000 m) over a geologic amphitheater a half-mile deep.

The Tongass National Forest is the largest national forest in the US and one of the largest temperate rainforests in the world.

Shiloh National Military Park memorializes the sites of one of the largest and bloodiest battles ever fought on US soil.

The United States declared Big Cypress its first national preserve on October 11, 1974.