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It means that Eastern National Parks wouldn't even qualify as state parks in many Western States, particularly Oregon, b/c they are not very impressive by Western Standards.
Show me one area in the west that has a fall like the deciduos forrests of New England like you'd find in acadia national park. I love the west but I get tired of the mentality that if the mountains aren't as tall or canyons aren't as deep, that it's not as beautiful. The west definately has more variety than the east but I wouldn't say more beauty.
Used to live in FL and have been to Everglades many times. It was a major disappointment to me. IMHO,there are other more wild and interesting places in FL than the Everglades.
Probably. I've just never been to those. Unlike many on CD (I don't mean you), I like to talk about what I know.
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There are plenty in Alaska that are bigger as well as Death Valley.
Maybe in AK, but not Death Valley.
From my link:
Today the Park is the largest publicly protected area in the contiguous United States, greater in size than Yellowstone, Everglades, Glacier, and Grand Canyon National Park combined. The boundary of the Park encompasses approximately 6 million acres, nearly half of which belongs to all the people of New York State and is constitutionally protected to remain “forever wild” forest preserve.
Today the Park is the largest publicly protected area in the contiguous United States, greater in size than Yellowstone, Everglades, Glacier, and Grand Canyon National Park combined. The boundary of the Park encompasses approximately 6 million acres, nearly half of which belongs to all the people of New York State and is constitutionally protected to remain “forever wild” forest preserve.
I'll go with Congaree National Park just outside of Columbia, SC, which is the largest remnant of old-growth floodplain forest remaining on the continent and an international biosphere reserve.
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