Emuva ngo-1983, umlobi uWallace Stegner wabiza ngokuthi "Amapaki kazwelonke yimiqondo engcono kakhulu esake saba nayo." Abomdabu baseMelika, ngokuphelele ngentando yeningi, basikhombisa okungcono kakhulu kunokuba sibi kakhulu. " Abantu abaningi basheshe bavumelane naye, futhi kusukela ngaleso sikhathi amapaki ayelokhu ebizwa ngokuthi i-America's Best Idea. Ngo-2016, i-National Park Service igubha iminyaka eyikhulu, futhi ukugubha, ziyizizathu eziyi-100 zokuthi kungani lezi zindawo ezimangalisayo ziqhubeka zibamba ukukhanga okunjalo okungapheli nabathandekayo bangaphandle kanye nabahambi abahamba phambili.
1. I-Yellowstone yasungulwa ngo-Mashi 1, 1872, okwenza kube ipaki yokuqala epaki emhlabeni wonke.
2. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, kube khona izindawo ezingu-409 eziwile ngaphansi kweNational Park Service, kanti ezingu-59 zazo ziyizindawo zokupaka.
3. Wrangell-St. I-Elias National Park e-Alaska yiyona ipaki enkulu ohlelweni, elihlanganisa amahektare angu-13.2 wezigidi. Lokho kunkulu kunezinye.
4. Omncane kunazo zonke iThaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial, ehlanganisa amahektha angu -02 kuphela.
5. Amapaki kaZwelonke ayingxenye yangempela yokuhamba kwabahamba ngezinyawo ezibiza u-$ 80 ngonyaka.
6. Amapaki angenye yezindawo ezinhle kakhulu zokuhamba kuzo zonke izindawo.
Uhlelo lwe-Park Service sika Junior Ranger Programme luyindlela enhle yokuthola izingane zithandeke emapaki, nangaphandle ngaphandle kokujwayelekile.
8. I-Acadia National Park iye yabizwa ngokuthi iyindawo ebhakabhaka ebumnyama futhi iphethe umkhosi wonyaka wokugubha usuku lokugubha.
9. Izintaba ezinkulu ezibhemayo ziyi-park kazwelonke ehambele kakhulu, kubona abagibeli abayizigidi ezingu-10 ngonyaka.
10. Isimo saseCalifornia sinezindawo zokupaka zezwe, ezinezindawo ezingu-9. I-Alaska ne-Arizona ziboshelwe okwesibili nge-8 ngayinye.
I-Yosemite ikhona eminye yemizila engcono kakhulu yokukhwela amadwala emhlabeni wonke, ngesimiso sokukhuphuka esivamile.
12. Inani eliphelele lomhlaba ozinikezelwe amapaki kazwelonke aseMelika cishe angama-acre ayizigidi ezingu-84.
Lokho kunkulu kunabo bonke kodwa amazwe amakhulu amane - i-Alaska, eTexas, eCalifornia, naseMontana.
13. I-Grand Canyon iyindawo yesibili evakashelwa kakhulu e-US, futhi yabizwa ukuthi yiyodwa yama-7 Wonders of the World.
Abasebenzi baseNational Park Service abangaphezu kuka-22,000 abantu abanomphela, okwesikhashana nonyaka. Linamavolontiya angaphezu kuka-220 000 asebenza epaki ngaphesheya kwe-US
15. Umgwaqo ohamba phambili ukuya eGlacier National Park ungenye yezindlela ezinhle kunazo zonke e-US, eziqhele ngamamitha angu-50 ukuya enyakatho ye-Montana enhle.
16. Isiqhingi esishisayo saseSt. John, esivela e-US Virgin Islands, empeleni sisendaweni epaki kazwelonke engamahektare angu-7000 ngobukhulu.
17. Isihlahla esikhulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni jikelele singatholakala ngaphakathi kweSequoia National Park eCalifornia. Labizwa ngokuthi iGeneral Sherman, futhi liphakeme ngamamitha angaba ngu-275, futhi linomthamo olinganisiwe wezingu-52 500 cubic feet.
18. Umthamo waseNingizimu Dakota. U-Rushmore udume ngokukhokha intela kwabamengameli abane baseMelika. Ubuso bukaGeorge Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, noTeddy Roosevelt baqoshwe etsheni lapho.
19. I-Denali National Park e-Alaska iyikhaya lentaba ende kunazo zonke eNyakatho Melika, ebizwa nangokuthi iDenali emibuthaneni yezintaba, kodwa ibizwa nangokuthi iMat.
McKinley. Liphakeme ngamamitha angu-20,320.
20. Ngokuphambene, iphuzu eliphansi kakhulu eNyakatho Melika liphinde litholakala ngaphakathi kwepaki kazwelonke. I-Death Valley ifinyelela ezingeni elingama-282 ngaphansi kwezinga elwandle.
21. I-Yosemite Falls e-Yosemite National Park iyimvula ephakeme kakhulu kunazo zonke e-US Ithola amamitha angama-2425 futhi iyabonakala kusukela emanzini amaningi kuwo wonke umfula.
22. Abantu abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-292 bavakashela amapaki kazwelonke eMelika ngonyaka ka-2014. Leli nani kulindeleke ukuthi libe ngaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-300 lapho kukhishwa inani lokugcina lika-2015.
23. Kwakukhona nabanye abaqapha ababengamele ukuphathwa kwamapaki kazwelonke ngaphambi kokudalwa kweNPS ngo-1916. Iningi elivelele phakathi kwabo? I-US Army Calvary, eyahamba ngamapaki kusukela ngo-1886 kuze kufike iPark Service.
24. Amapulazi aseCarlsbad eNew Mexico empeleni anekamelo lokudla kwasemini ngaphakathi komunye wamapulanka akhiwe ngamamitha angu-750 ngaphansi.
25. Siyabonga yi-Every Kid emkhankasweni wePark, ama-4th graders angangena kuma-parks kazwelonke mahhala.
26. Kufinyeleleka ngesikebhe kuphela, i-Dry Tortugas Nacional Park ingenye yezinto eziyingqayizivele kakhulu emhlabeni wonke. Yakhiwa iziqhingi ezincane eziyisikhombisa, indawo yokudoba olwandle, kanye nenqaba yenkathi yombango.
27. I-Crater Lake National Park ihlala echibini elijulile e-US Liguquzela ekujuleni kwamamitha angu-1943.
28. Ipaki encane evakashelwe kuyo yonke uhlelo lwe-US yi-Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve e-Alaska. Le ndawo ekude ikubona izivakashi ezingaphansi kuka-400 ngonyaka.
Amapaki kazwelonke aseMelika aqukethe izinhlobo ezingaphezu kwezingu-250 zezitshalo nezilwane ezisengozini, okuyinto iPark Service isebenza kanzima ukuyivikela.
30. I-Mammoth Cave eKentucky iyisimiso esikhulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni wonke, esinezintaba ezingamamitha angaphezu kwamamitha angu-400 nemigwaqo. Lokhu kungase kube yi-tip of the iceberg, kodwa njengoba kutholakala izingxenye eziningi ngaso sonke isikhathi.
31. Ukuthanda ukuhamba? Ngokweqile, amapaki kazwelonke anemigwaqo engaphezu kuka-18 000 miles.
32. Unyaka ngamunye, iNational Park Service ibeka eceleni izinsuku ezimbalwa lapho ibeka khona imali yokungena emapaki. Izinsuku zalezo zinsuku zingatholakala lapha.
33. I-Great Basin National Park e-Nevada ingumunye wemithi endala kakhulu emhlabeni. I-Bristlecone Pines ekhula ezimweni ezinzima kuneminyaka engaphezu kuka-5000 ubudala.
34. I-National Park yaseHawaii iViccano iyindawo yomlilo omkhulu kunawo wonke emhlabeni. I-Mauna Loa inamamitha angaphezu kuka-50 000 ukuphakama, nakuba iningi lalo liwela ngaphansi kolwandle. Iqukethe futhi ngaphezulu kwama-19,000 cubic miles of lave.
35. I-Arch Gateway eSt. Louis yisikhumbuzo sesizwe esiphezulu kunazo zonke e-US, simile ngamamitha angu-630 ukuphakama.
36. Ipaki Elikhulu Lezintaba ZaseSandle liphila ngegama layo. Isayithi inezintuma ezifinyelela ngamamitha angu-750 ukuphakama.
37. Amapaki kazwelonke aqukethe izindawo ezingaphezu kuka-75,000 zokuvubukula.
38. I-Yellowstone yilapho iqoqo elikhulu kunawo wonke lezici zokushisa komhlaba. Ipaki ineziza ezingaphezu kuka-300 ezisebenzayo, kanye nezinye izici ezingaphezu kuka-10 000 ezihlanganisa iziphethu ezishisayo, izimbiza zodaka, ne-fumaroles.
39. I-Zion National Park e-Utah ibilokhu ihlala ezindlini zabantu iminyaka engaphezu kuka-8000.
40. Izihlobo zama-sequoia tees amakhulu, i-redwoods etholakala e-Redwood National Park yizona zihlahla ezide kunawo wonke emhlabeni, ezinye zifinyelela ezingamamitha angu-350.
41. I-El Capitan eYosemite iyona enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni wonke, futhi indawo ephezulu yokukhuphuka kwamadwala. NgoJanuwari ka-2015, izwe limi lishintsha njengoba libukele uTommy Caldwell noKevin Jorgeson beka iDawn Wall, mhlawumbe ukukhuphuka kunzima kakhulu emhlabeni.
42. Ephakathi kwenhlanzi yaseLake Superior ogwini lwaseMichigan, i-Isle Royale National Park iyihlane elikude nelingaqanjwanga eliyintandokazi phakathi kwabakwa-backpackers.
43. "I-Valley of 10,000 Smokes" ngaphakathi kweKatmai National Park igcwele ukugeleza komlotha ovela eNtshonalanga yeNovarupta engaphezu kuka-680 ububanzi.
44. IRio Grande River ihamba ngamamayela angaphezu kuka-1000 eceleni komngcele phakathi kwe-US neMexico. Ibuye idlule iBig Bend National Park eTexas, nepaki eyenza amakhilomitha angu-118 alowo mngcele.
45. Kunezinhlaka ezingu-97 zomlando ezitholakala ngaphakathi kwe-Great Smoky Mountains National Park, kuhlanganise nama-cabins, amasonto, amabarns kanye nezigayipi ze-grist.
46. Isikhumbuzo sePetroglyph National eNew Mexico sinemifanekiso engaphezu kuka-15 000 emidwebo emlandweni nasemandulo.
47. Ukushisa okushisayo okwake kwabhalwa eNtshonalanga yeHemisphere kutholakala e-Death Valley, lapho i-thermometer yafunda khona ama-134 degrees Fahrenheit.
48. Intaba yaseCaldillac e-Acadia National Park yindawo yokuqala eNyakatho Melika ukubona ukuphuma kwelanga ekuseni.
49. I-Badlands National Park e-South Dakota inezinsalela eziningi ezidalweni zangaphambi kokuqala, ezishaye zivuliwe njalo.
50. I-Denali National Park yiyona ipaki kuphela ohlelweni lwe-US elinenkampani engenayo. Unyaka ngamunye, i-Park Service ithola umshini omusha wezinkukhu ezizokhula zibe izinja ezifakiwe ezisebenza ngaphakathi kwemingcele yepaki.
51. I-Pinacles National Park eCalifornia yiyona epaki entsha okumele ifakwe ohlelweni. Yadalwa nguMongameli Obama ngo-2013. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi kuye kwaba khona izikhumbuzo ezintsha zezwe kanye nezikhumbuzo ezengeziwe.
52. Umzila we-snorkeling ongaphansi kwamanzi eduze kwaseSt. John eVirgin Islands National Park udlula eTrunk Bay, okubhekwa njengelinye lamabhishi amahle kakhulu emhlabeni wonke.
53. Amapaki kazwelonke asemakhaya ezintaba-mlilo eziningana. I-Katmai National Park e-Alaska inezintaba-mlilo ezinjalo ezingu-14 ngaphakathi kwemingcele yazo yedwa.
54. I-Grand Teton National Park yasungulwa okokuqala ngo-1929 ukuvikela izintaba namachibi esifundeni. Ngo-1950, kwandiswa ukuze kufakwe nesigodi.
55. Kuphela ku-5% weBisayne National Park eFlorida ikhona emhlabeni. Eminye ihlanganiswa nokulondolozwa kolwandle, ama-coral reefs, nama-mangrove shorines.
56. Izinhlawulo zemithi e-Petrified Forest National Park zineminyaka engaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-200 ubudala.
57. I-Grand Canyon iyingqayizivele ngempela. Ihamba ngamamitha angu-277 ubude eceleni koMfula iCoronto, futhi ingamamitha angu-6000 ubude endaweni ejulile, futhi ibanga elingamakhilomitha angu-18 ububanzi kwezinye izindawo.
58. I-Guadalupe Mountains National Park entshonalanga eTexas inendawo ephakeme kunazo zonke kuleso simo. I-Guadalupe Peak iphakama ngamamitha angu-8749 ekuphakameni.
59. Mt. I-Rainier iyinhloko ephakeme kunazo zonke emazingeni angu-48 aphansi ase-US, enezimbiza ezinkulu eziyisithupha ezivela eqhweni layo. Ukuphakama futhi kuyindawo eyaziwayo yokuqapha izintaba.
60. Lapho abaqashi baseSpain beya esifundeni manje esiyiSikhumbuzo seCoronado National ukufuna imizi elahlekile yegolide. Ngeshwa bavele bathola izindawo ezithandekayo ezisekhona lapho.
61. Isikhumbuzo sezwe esihle seJewel Cave eSouth Dakota singaphezu kwamamitha angu-180 ubude, nokujula kwamamitha angu-724, ngokuhlola okuqhubekayo.
62. I-Mesa Verde National Park eColorado inezindawo ezinezingxenye zokuvubukula ezingu-4000, kuhlanganise nomzana wamatshe owawakhelwa isizwe sasePueblo.
63. I-Glacier National Park ibizo layo lalingama-glaciers amaningi athola indawo yayo. Kwakukhona ukuthi kunezingaphezu kuka-150 ezitholakala lapho, kodwa ngenxa yokuguquka kwesimo sezulu lelo nani liye lafika ku-25.
64. I-Arkansas 'Hot Springs National Park yindawo yangaphandle yemvelo enezikhukhula ezingaphezu kuka-40 ezifuna imingcele yayo.
65. I-Arches National Park e-Utah iyinani labantu abaphakeme kakhulu bezingqimba zemvelo ezitholakala kuphi emhlabeni. Kukhona ngaphezu kuka-2000 ngaphakathi kwemingcele yawo.
66. Umthombo wemvelo owaziwayo uJohn Muir wabuye wathi: "Ayikho ithempeli elenziwe ngezandla lingalinganisa noJosemite."
67. I-Shenandoah National Park eVirginia inendlela engaphezu kwamamitha angu-500 ukuhlola.
68. Imishini ye-Olympic National Park ingaba nezindawo ezintathu zezulu ezihlukile: ugu lolwandle lwasePacific, ihlathi lemvula nezintaba eziqhwaqhwa ngeqhwa.
69. I-vistas emangalisayo yeCanyonlands National Park e-Utah, ehlanganisa ama-mesas, aches, buttes, nemigodi ejulile, yayimiswe yiCoronto neGreen Rivers.
I-70. I-Voyageurs National Park enyakatho yeMinnesota iyaziwa ngesistimu yayo ejulile yokuxhumanisa emanzini ayekade esetshenziselwa abahloli kanye nabathengisi bezinwele ukuhamba phakathi kwezifunda ezisempumalanga nasentshonalanga ye-United States.
71. I-Theodore Roosevelt National Park eNyakatho Dakota iyindawo enhle kakhulu lapho umongameli wangaphambili ehambele khona ngenkathi ecasulwa ngokushona komkakhe nomama wakhe, owashona ngosuku olufanayo. Ngo-February 14, 1884.
72. AmaGates e-Arctic National Park e-Alaska amakhulu kunezwe laseBelgium.
73. Iningi lezivakashi eziya eGlacier Bay National Park empeleni lifika ngesikebhe.
74. I-Iceing Harding e-Kenai Fjords National Park empeleni ibuyele ekugcineni kweqhwa.
75. ILamar Valley yaseJunestone ivame ukubizwa ngokuthi "i-Serengeti yaseNyakatho Melika" ngenxa yemali enkulu yezilwane zasendle eziboniswa khona.
76. I-National Park yase-American Samoa yakhiwa iziqhingi ezinhlanu eziseNingizimu Pacific.
77. Ihlane laseMojave lihlangana neDoronto Desert kuJoshua Tree National Park, okwenza omunye wemifula evelele kakhulu eNetherlands.
78. Isikhumbuzo sokuqala seLincoln sasungulwa ku-Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Park ngo-1916. I-Lincoln Memorial edumile kakhulu eMall eWashington DC yavula iminyaka embalwa kamuva ngo-1922.
79. Isikhumbuzo se-Wright Brothers National Memorial sigubha indawo yokushayela kokuqala kwezindiza eKitty Hawk, eNyakatho Carolina. Leyo ndege yayizoguquguquka eminyakeni engamashumi eminyaka ukuze sikwazi ukusiyisa ezindaweni ezikude zomhlaba.
80. I-Delaware, eyayiyisifundazwe sokuqala sase-US, eyona yokugcina yokuthola ipaki yayo. Isikhumbuzo Sezwe SoMbuso Wokuqala asizange senziwe kuze kufike ngo-2013.
81. I-Everglades National Park eFlorida yiyona ndawo enkulu kunazo zonke ehlane lase-US. Kubuye kube nokuma okuqhubekayo okuqhubekayo kwe-sawgrass prairie, okwenza kube indawo ebalulekile yezilwane, ama-alligators nezinye izinhlobo ezibalulekile.
82. Kusukela ekubuyiselwa kabusha kwi-Badlands National Park eminyakeni edlule, izimvu ezinkulu, i-bison, i-fox esheshayo, kanye ne-ferret emigqumeni yonke iyakhula lapho.
83. I-Dark Rangers yindoda nabesifazane abajikeleza iBryce Canyon ukuqinisekisa ukuthi isibhakabhaka esicacile, esibumnyama sihlala ngaleyo ndlela yezinkanyezi.
84. Ingabe bewazi ukuthi i-Yellowstone - ipaki kazwelonke yokuqala yezwe - yasungulwa iminyaka engama-20 ngaphambi kweMontana, Wyoming, kanti i-Idaho (ithi ihlala kuyo) ithola indawo?
85. I-California Islands Islands National Park ngezinye izikhathi ibizwa ngokuthi "iGalapagos yaseNyakatho Melika" ngenxa yezinhlobo ezingu-145 zezitshalo nezilwane ezitholakala kuphela lapho.
86. I-Congaree National Park eNingizimu Carolina iyinhlangano enkulu kunazo zonke zehlathi elidala lokukhukhula kwezindiza elihlala eNyakatho Melika, kanti ezinye zezihlahla ezikhula lapho ziyizona ezide kunazo zonke empumalanga ye-US
87. I-National Park ye-Capitol Reef e-Utah ihlanganisa i-Waterpocket Fold, "umbimbi" eMhlabeni obonisa kabanzi izakhi eziningi ze-geological. Lokhu kunzima kunweba ngamakhilomitha angaba ngu-100.
88. Izulu elisenhla kwe-Big Bend National Park eTexas licacile kangangokuthi izivakashi zingase zikwazi ukubona i-Andromeda Galaxy ngaphezulu.
89. Ikhefu leDome Dome eYosemite lithatha izivakashi ezingamamitha angu-5000 ngaphezu kwesigodi.
90. Izintaba Ezinkulu Ezibhemayo zinezinhlobo ezingu-66 eziqinisekisiwe zezifuyo ezincelisayo, kuhlanganise namabhere amnyama, ama-elk, ama-coyotes, ama-raccoons, ama-cocoa, amazinyo nama-skunks.
91. Kunemifula engaphezu kuka-3000 yamifula kanye nemifudlana ngaphakathi kwe-Olympic National Park.
92. IColorado inezintaba ezingu-53 ezimi ngamamitha angu-14 000 noma ngaphezulu ephakeme. Endaweni yabo kuthiwa yi-14. Kulawo, eyodwa nje - i-Long's Peak - itholakala ngaphakathi kwe-Rocky Mountain National Park.
93. I-Grand Tetons iyinyoni enkulu kunazozonke eNyakatho Melika. I-Swan Trumpeter ingafinyelela amakhilogremu angu-30 ngesisindo, futhi ihlala esigodini unyaka wonke.
94. Okubhekwa njengingcwele ngezizwe zaseMakota zaseMelika zaseMakota, iWedils Tower yabizwa ngokuthi yisikhumbuzo sesizwe ngo-1906.
95. I-Black Canyon ye-Gunnison eColorado ibizo layo ngoba lijulile futhi lincane, elifaka imithunzi emnyama phezu kwendonga yalesi sigodi esimangalisayo.
96. I-Effigy Mounds e-Iowa yakhiwa izigxobo ezingaphezu kuka-200 zemifino - etholakala ngezizathu ezingcwele - ezenziwe ngabakwaMelika baseMelika.
97. Amadwala aseMichigan aqoshiwe aKwaZulu Lakeshore agijima ngamakhilomitha angaba ngu-40 ogwini lwaseLake Superior futhi eyaziwa ngamapulangwe alo ase-sandstone amakhulu, ama-sandwall amakhulu, namabhishi amahle.
98. Amapaki amabili kazwelonke awela ngaphezu kwe-Arctic Circle: AmaGates e-Arctic National Park naseKobuk Valley National Park.
99. Izinkumbi zabuyiselwa eKellowstone National Park ngo-1995 ngemuva kokuzingelwa ekuqothulweni kweminyaka engama-70 ngaphambili. Izilwane ezidliwayo ziye zasiza ukwenza indawo yokuphila yepaki ibe nempilo enhle ngokuhamba kwesikhathi.
100. I-Zion National Park ithola igama layo kusukela esiGameni lesiHeberu elisho ukuthi "indawo yokuthula nokuphumula" Lokhu kuhle kakhulu kakhulu kwamanye amapaki kazwelonke aseMelika.
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