The US National Park Service extends from theBadlandsof South Dakota toBiscayne Bay , Florida . But did you know it used to cover more ?
“ Six percent of all the home parks that have ever been created have been dropped , ” Geographer Bob Janiskee told National Geographic . “ During the mid-sixties , seventies , and fourscore , there was a period of wonderful growth , but it gets lost in the shuffle that parks also get get rid of or decommission . ”
Some sites , like Mackinac National Park and the Lewis and Clark Cavern National Monument , were transferred from the interior register to the care of their legion states in cost - saving motion by the Feds . Others , like Mar - a - Lago National Historic Site or the National Visitor Center at Union Station in D.C. were either sold off to private interest or simply declared a wash .
Janiskee has assembled profile on each of the 26 “ gone and mostly forgotten ” national common atNational Parks Traveler . [ National Geographic ]
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