From big Yellowstone, to huge Denali, to the largest park in America; These are 20 BIGGEST National Parks in The US ! Subscribe to American Eye http://goo.gl/GBphkv 20. Northern Cascades 19. Great Smoky Mountains 18. Isle Royale 17 Kenai Fjords -- Key -neye 16. Yosemite 15. Joshua Tree 14. Big Bend 13. Olympic 12. Glacier National Park 11. Grand Canyon 10. Everglades 9. Kobuk Valley 8. Yellowstone 7. Lake Clark, Alaska 6. Glacier Bay, Alaska Taking up 5038 square miles of land, Glacier Bay in Alaska is a common location for cruise ships to stop at while visiting this massive state. Spectators might even sea a bear searching for food! Kayaking, fishing, camping, mountaineering and birdwatching are among some of the top activities here. A lot of people don’t get a chance to take an uplose look at a glacier, but here you can see quite a few! The park is bigger than the entire state of connecticut and contains less than one percent of Alaska’s land mass. Some of the ice at glacier bay has remained frozen for an average of 200 years! 5. Death Valley This massive national park doesn’t have the most inviting name but that didn’t stop the 1 million tourists who visited the park in 2014. Congress declared it a national park in 1994 and it takes up 5312 square miles of desert land in Nevada and California. It’s also the hottest place in the country where a temperature of 134 degrees fahrenheit was recorded in 1913. The lowest point in the US, called “Badwater Basin” can be found here that goes 282 fee t below sea level. Still despite the lack of water and extreme heat, there’s over 36 species of reptiles, 51 species of mammals and 1000 species of plants that make this national park home! You’ll also come across the sailing stones which seemingly move on their own but are actually due to ice that sometimes forms on the dry lake beds 4. Katmai We hope you guys enjoy learning about Alaska’s national parks because that’s what’s coming up! Katmai national park surrounds the area around the massive volcano known as Mount Katmai. This park is actually know to fit bears with video collars to track their movements, see what they’ve been eating or to catch poachers. It takes up a 5741 square miles space just west of the Kodiak Island. It’s notable for its bear population which seems to be thriving due to the high salmon population! Unfortunately the amazing ecosystem has lead to some poaching in the area and the rangers have some difficulty in protecting such a large space. Here we see the amazing summit crater lake in Mount Katmai and it must be truly amazing to witness in person. 3. Denali The most popular national park in Alaska would be Denali which occupies a space of 4740 square miles make it bigger than the country of Fiji! Alaska’s got some big parks! It’s a 250 mile drive from the Alaskan city of Anchorage and a great place to see moose, elk, bighorn sheep and caribou. The highest peak in North America, known as Mount McKinley soars 20,320 feet in the sky. And there’s really wildlife just about everywhere you go here. Most visitors experience the northern part but expreme mountain climbers will venture further north. 2. Gates of the Arctic Occupying an insane 11,756 square miles of space, it’s about the same size as the country of Belgium! But will way less people. This isn’t your mom and pop national park. You really gotta be an extreme survivor to take on the attrition the Alaskan wilderness. Only the strong survive all the way up here and the prefered motive of transportation is dogsled!Only 10,000 people a year visit this park all the way up north and it’s really about as remote as it gets. Due to to the northern location, it makes for a great spot to see the northern lights! There are no roads in this park and getting here is very difficult. If you come here, keep an eye out for the wolverines! 1.Wrangell-St. Elias Congratulations, you know know what the the largest national park is in the United States and a lot of people have probably never hear of it before! Taking up a whopping 20,000 square miles! of land, it’s larger than the state of maryland, larger than the country of switzerland, yellowstone park and yosemite park combined! and you guessed it, it’s in alaska.It’s a massive and mountainous park in the center of the state and was officially made a park in 1978 by President Jimmy Carter. It’s home. Exploring this place might be a little bit of a challenge but it’s there in case you need a big place to camp out at!
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