AcadiaAcadia is a national park on the rocky coast of Maine, covering most of Mount Desert Island, part of the Schoodic Peninsula and a scatter of smaller islands.National park (first protected as a national monument in 1916)Read about the place

Atchafalaya BasinThe Atchafalaya Basin is a vast river swamp in south-central Louisiana, where the Atchafalaya River carries part of the Mississippi's water south to the Gulf of Mexico.Atchafalaya National Heritage Area (2006); parts within wildlife management areas and a national wildlife refugeRead about the place

BanffBanff National Park lies in the Rocky Mountains of Alberta, Canada, along the Continental Divide west of Calgary. It is Canada's oldest national park.National park (1885); part of the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks UNESCO World Heritage Site (1984)Read about the place

Cape CodCape Cod is a hooked sandy peninsula in southeastern Massachusetts reaching into the Atlantic. Its outer shore is protected as Cape Cod National Seashore.Cape Cod National Seashore (1961) covers much of the outer Cape; the rest of the peninsula is largely unprotectedRead about the place

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