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By the Numbers

Happy 100th Anniversary, National Park Service
On August 25, 1916, the National Park Service Organic Act was passed by Congress and approved by President Woodrow Wilson, creating the National Park Service. This Act was born out of a need to better manage and protect the 14
national parks and 21 national monuments that existed prior to the creation of the National Park Service. Thanks to the
efforts of the explorers, artists and countless others who through the years have advocated for the protection of some
of the most stunningly beautiful natural areas of our country, the National Park System now includes 412 official units
covering more than 84 million acres in every state, the District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico
and the Virgin Islands. Following are some interesting facts about this agency, celebrating its 100th year, and some if the
amazing features it oversees:

13.2 mil. acres
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park
and Preserve in Alaska, the
largest park site.

1872

Year in which Yellowstone National
Park was established by Congress as
nation's first national park.

20,310 feet
(6,190 m)

0.02 acres

Thaddeus Kosciuszko National
Memorial in Pennsylvania, the
smallest park site.

4,600 miles

Denali (aka Mount McKinley) the
highest mountain peak in North
America is located in Denali
National Park and Preserve.

North Country Trail, the longest
point-to-point trail entirely within
the National Park System.

307,247,252

$16.9 billion

The number of visitors to the
national parks in 2015

The amount of money spent by
visitors to the national parks in 2015

378.1 feet

The height of the world's
tallest living tree, named
Hyperion, which can be found
in Redwood National Forest.
Note: Redwood is also home
to Helios (376.3 feet) and
Icarus (371.2 feet), respectively
the second and third tallest
living trees in world.

$3.65 billion
the FY 2015 National Park
Service budget

295,000

Number of jobs supported by NPS
visitor spending in 2015

Sources: www.nps.gov/aboutus/faqs.htm, www.sfgate.com/news/article/Eureka-New-tallest-living-thing-discovered-THE-2552865.
php, www.npca.org/articles/1085-trivia-challenge-the-longest-trail-in-the-national-park-system
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