LARGEST -- National Park in the Continental US, Death Valley National Park CA
N 36° 27.685 W 116° 51.998
11S E 511949 N 4035136
Death Valley National Park is the largest national park in the Continental United States
Waymark Code: WMQV1K
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 03/29/2016
Views: 9
The waymark coordinates are for the Furnace Creek Visitor Center, where the exhibit on Death Valley proclaims all its superlatives: Driest, Hottest, Lowest,and Largest.
The sign in the visitor center exhibit hall reads as follows:
"LARGEST
The largest in the Lower 48
Death Valley National Park is the largest national park in the lower 48 states. It's one of the biggest expanses of protected warm desert in the world, with 3,000,000 acres of desert wilderness.
Why make Death Valley National Park?
In 1994, Death Valley National Monument was elevated to national park status. These are some of the features that convince the nation that Death Valley should be counted as one of America's most spectacular places.
*The lowest point in North America and the hottest, driest weather in the country.
*Complex and highly visible geology.
*Among the countries most diverse and significant fossil records.
*The continuous home of Native Americans, from prehistoric cultures to the present day Timbisha Shoshone tribe.
*Over 100 years of well-preserved mining history.
*Extremely diverse wildlife, with plants and animals that occur nowhere else.
*One of the only places on earth where all five sand dune types occur so close together.
*Iconic Scotty's Castle, with its priceless art and distinctive architecture."
Type of documentation of superlative status: exhibit
Location of coordinates: at the visitor center entrance
Web Site: [Web Link]
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