Best National Park Landmark (2016)

The center point of Florida's Dry Tortugas National Park is Fort Jefferson, built in the nineteenth century to protect one of North America's most strategic deep water anchorages. Rangers lead visitors on regular history tours of the fort.
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Just about every American will recognize the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, but many might not realize this famous landmark – the tallest monument in the U.S. – is actually a part of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, founded to commemorate the city's role in the westward expansion of the United States.
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El Capitan, Yosemite Falls, Sentinel Rock, Glacier Point – Yosemite National Park is brimming with iconic landmarks, but none stands quite as prominent as Half Dome. Rising 5,000 feet above the floor of Yosemite Valley, this granite peak is visible throughout much of the eastern portion of the valley.
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Gaze at the jagged peaks of the Teton Mountain Range at sunrise or sunset, and you'll see "purple mountain majesties" that make America so beautiful. This range was the reason for creating Grant Teton National Park with its 200 miles of trails.
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Photos of the Blue Ridge Parkway, especially in autumn when the leaves are at their peak of color, is almost instantly recognizable. This 469-mile road operated by the National Park Service connects Great Smoky Mountains and Shenandoah National Parks gets more visitors than any other national park – 15 million in 2015 – yet rarely feels crowded.
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Of all the fantastical sandstone formations within Arches National Park – including more than 2,000 arches – Delicate Arch is the most immediately recognizable. This free-standing arch, with its 64-foot by 45-foot opening, ranks among the most famous geological features on the planet.
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Denali National Park gets its name from Mount Denali (also known as Mount McKinley), the tallest mountain peak in North America with a summit 20,310 feet above sea level. Snow-covered Denali dominates the landscape of this vast Alaskan national park.
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Half of the world's known geothermal features and its largest concentration of geysers can be found within the bounds of Yellowstone National Park. None is so famous as Old Faithful. People from around the world come to see this geyser erupt, and it's one of only a handful in the park that park rangers can predict.
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The Grand Canyon is undeniably one of America's greatest natural wonders, and many a visitor gazes down into its depths from the area in and around Grand Canyon Village on the South Rim.
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The Statue of Liberty is as much as symbol of the United States as it is of the park in which it stands (Statue Of Liberty National Monument). The copper Lady Liberty has been cared for by the National Park Service since 1933.
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