There are 62 National Parks in the country today — a system that began nearly 150 years ago. Thanks for watching.

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Sources:
https://www.nps.gov/articles/quicknp....
https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/histor...
https://www.history.com/topics/usgov...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...

Attribution:
Thumbnail photo Yunner / CC BYSA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)
Photo of Glacier National Park by Robert M. Russell Own work, CC BYSA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Photo of Rocky Mt. National Park by K. Lee / CC BYSA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)
Photo of Lassen Volcanic National Park by Joe Parks from Berkeley, CA / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)
Photo of Isle Royale by Bob Walker. / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)
Photo of Redwood National Park by Michael Schweppe / CC BYSA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)
Photo of Badlands National Park by Martin Kraft / CC BYSA
Photo of Death Valley National Park by Brocken Inaglory / CC BYSA
Photo of Gateway Arch National Park by Daniel Schwen / CC BYSA
Photo of Indiana Dunes National Park by Diego Delso, CC BYSA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...