The U.S. is a country of 50 states covering a vast swath of North America, with Alaska in the extreme Northwest and Hawaii extending the nation's presence into the Pacific Ocean. Major cities include New York, a global finance and culture center, and Washington, DC, the capital, both on the Atlantic Coast; Los Angeles, famed for filmmaking, on the Pacific Coast; and the Midwestern metropolis Chicago.
We visited here in 1995, May 1997, June 1998, 2003 and July-August 2014.
The images below are all from around the Western United States of America.
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| Parks | Location | Size | Date Created |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arches National Park | Utah | 76,679 acres | November 12, 1971 |
| Badlands National Park | South Dakota | 379.306 square miles | November 10, 1978 |
| Black Canyon of The Gunnison National Park | Colorado | 30,750 acres | October 21, 1999 |
| Bryce Canyon National Park | Utah | 56.2 square miles | February 25, 1928 |
| Canyon de Chelly National Monument | Arizona | 83,840 acres | April 1, 1931 |
| Canyonlands National Park | Utah | 337,598 acres | September 12, 1964 |
| Colorado National Monument | Colorado | 20,533 acres | May 24, 1911 |
| Coral Pink Sand Dune State Park | Utah | 3,730 acres | 1963 |
| Crazy Horse Memorial | South Dakota | 641 ft. long & 563 ft. wide | Started 1948 |
| Death Valley National Park | California& Utah | 5,270.411 square miles | October 31, 1994 |
| Dinosaur National Monument | Colorado & Utah | 210,844 acres | October 4, 1915 |
| Eldorado Canyon State Park | Colorado | 885 acres | 1978 |
| Four Corners Monument | Colorado | ? | 1912 |
| Glen Canyon National Recreation Area | Utah & Arizona | 1,254,429 acres | October 27, 1972 |
| Gooseneck State Park | Utah | 10 acres | 1962 |
| Grand Tetons National Park | Wyoming | 310,000 acres | February 26, 1929 |
| Homolovi State Park | Arizona | 4,500 acres | 1986 |
| Hoover Dam National Historic Landmark | Nevada/Utah | Lake size 247 square miles | August 20, 1985 |
| Hovenweep National Monument | Colorado & Utah | 784 acres | March 2, 1923 |
| Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site | Arizona | 160 acres | August 28, 1965 |
| Kings Canyon National Park | California | 462,000 acres | March 4, 1940 |
| Masa Verde National Park | Colorado | 81.4 square miles | June 29 1906 |
| Meteor Crater National Natural Landmark | Arizona | Diameter 1.186 kilometers | November 1967 |
| Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park | Utah | 30,000 acres | 1958 |
| Mount Moriah Cemetery (Boothill) | South Dakota | ? | 1878 |
| Mount Rushmore National Memorial | South Dakota | 2.00 square miles | March 3, 1925 |
| Painted Desert | Arizona | 7,500 square miles | 1962 |
| Petrified Forest National Park | Arizona | 221,552 acres | 1962 |
| Rocky Mountain National Park | Colorado | 265,761 acres | January 26, 1915 |
| Sequoia National Park | California | 631.35 square miles | September 25, 1890 |
| Sunset Crater Volcanic National Monument | Arizona | 3,040 acres | May 26, 1930 |
| Valley of Fire State Park | Nevada | 34,880 acres | 1968 |
| Walnut Canyon National Monument | Arizona | 2,249.5 acres | October 15, 1966 |
| Wupatki National Monument | Arizona | 35,422 acres | December 9, 1924 |
| Yellowstone National Park | Wyoming | 3,468.4 square miles | March 1, 1872 |
| Yosemite National Park | California | 1,200 square miles | October 1, 1890 |
| Zion National Park | Utah | 2,292 square miles | November 19, 1919 |
