Did You Know National Park Week Is April 20-28?

NATIONAL PARK WEEK APRIL 20-28 2013 2013 WEEK APRIL 20-28 NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION www.nationalparkweek.org DID YOU KNOW? AMERICA'S NATIONAL PARKS INCLUDE MORE THAN 84 million acres of spectacular scenery, historic landmarks and cultural treasures A 17,000 miles of trails 43,000 miles of shoreline 27,000 historic and prehistoric structures 100 million museum items DID YOU KNOW? 12,000 campsites Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve in Alaska is THE LARGEST (13.2 NATIONAL PARK THE SMALLEST NATIONAL PARK million acres is the Thaddeus Kosciuszko (which is bigger than the country of Switzerland and 6 times the size of Yellowstone) National Memorial in Pennsylvania only 0.02 acres THE HIGHEST POINT IN NORTH AMERICA IS Mt. McKinley NATIONAL PARKS in Denali National Park ARE HOME TO MORE THAN 400 endangered species Preserve at 20,320 feet THE BIGGEST TREES IN THE WORLD, SEQUOIA TREES, can be found in national parks THE NATIONAL PARKS WELCOME MORE THAN 275 MILLION VISITORS A YEAR ALL NATIONAL PARKS ARE FREE FROM DID YOU KNOW? MONDAY APRIL 22 FRIDAY APRIL 26 with 401 parks coast-to-coast, most Americans are less than 100 miles from a national park experience? FOR NATIONAL PARK WEEK America's National Parks belong to YOU! HELP US PRESERVE THE BEAUTY, HISTORY AND VALUES OF AMERICA, AND PROTECT NATIONAL PARKS FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS www.nationalparks.org/support-parks www.nationalparks.org THROUGH