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/quick-np....
https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/histor...
https://www.history.com/topics/us-gov...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...

Attribution:
Thumbnail photo Yunner / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)
Photo of Glacier National Park by Robert M. Russell - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Photo of Rocky Mt. National Park by K. Lee / CC BY-SA (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 BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)
Photo of Badlands National Park by Martin Kraft / CC BY-SA
Photo of Death Valley National Park by Brocken Inaglory / CC BY-SA
Photo of Gateway Arch National Park by Daniel Schwen / CC BY-SA
Photo of Indiana Dunes National Park by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...