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DISCOVER AMERICA

Discovery
U.S. National Parks

Yellow Stones two examples of the parks that preserve places where important
historical events took place in the nation’s history. The parks
It is fortunate for the United State to have an abundance had nearly 293 million visits in 2014. The Golden Gate Park in
of beautiful parks to visit such as National Parks. No matter San Francisco was the most popular with 15 million visits.
you are in the Rockies or located in the Midwest, travel from
the West Coast to the East Coast, there are more than enough Yellowstone National Park is a wondrous land of geysers,
opportunities to get outdoors and enjoy one of these magnificent mountains, wildlife, and rugged backcountry. Dedicated as
parks. For travelers in China who are interested in hiking, the first U.S. National Park in 1872 by President Ulysses S.
photography, or enjoy the great outdoors, the Parks would be Grant. Yellowstone has many wonders to observe like Old
one of the best choices to travel. Faithful Geyser in the Upper Geyser Basin, the Grand Canyon
of the Yellowstone with its upper and lower falls, Mammoth
Yellowstone in Wyoming, Yosemite in California and the Grand Hot Springs with its multicolored terraces and of course lots
Canyon in Arizona are examples of the natural beauty found in of wildlife to view. Yellowstone is home to elk, bison, wolves,
the national parks. Independence National Historical Park in grizzly bear and moose to name a few. Visit Hayden and Lamar
Philadelphia and Pullman National Monument in Chicago are Valleys to see the herds.

16 Yosemite National Park is one of the oldest wilderness parks
in the United States and was set aside in 1890 as a National
Park. Within Yosemite’s 1,200 square miles 95% of which is
designated as wilderness, you will find waterfalls, high cliffs,
spectacular tracts of mountains and valley scenery, 100s of
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