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SUMMARY (continued)
POTENTIAL ADDITIONS TO THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM
| PROPOSALS | |
| PARKS | Map No. |
| National Capital Parks, D.C., Maryland, Virginia | 27 |
| Ozark Rivers National Monument (1), Missouri | 36 |
| Prairie National Park, Kansas | 40 |
| Canyonlands National Park, Utah | 50 |
| Rainbow Bridge National Park, Utah | 51 |
| Great Basin National Park, Nevada | 55 |
| Valle Grande National Park (6), New Mexico | 66 |
| RECREATION AREAS, SEASHORES, RIVERS, ETC. | |
| Oregon Dunes National Seashore (2), Oregon | 2 |
| Big Horn Canyon N.R.A., Montana, Wyoming | 5 |
| Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore (2), Michigan | 11 |
| Sleeping Bear National Lakeshore (2), Michigan | 12 |
| Allagash National River (2), Maine | 16 |
| Cape Cod National Seashore (2) (3), Massachusetts | 20 |
| Assateague Island National Seashore (2), Maryland and Virginia | 24 |
| Tocks Island N.R.A., New Jersey, Pennsylvania | 25 |
| Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore (2), Indiana | 34 |
| Point Reyes National Seashore (2) (3), California | 58 |
| Channel Islands National Seashore, California | 60 |
| Padre Island National Seashore (2) (3), Texas | 70 |
| Buffalo National River (2), Arkansas | 73 |
| Cumberland Island National Seashore (2), Georgia | 81 |
| MONUMENTS | |
| St. Gaudens National Historic Site (4), New Hampshire | 1 |
| Ice Age National Scientific Reserve (5), Wisconsin | 9 |
| St. Croix Island National Monument (3) (4), Maine | 17 |
| Boston National Historic Sites (4), Massachusetts | 18 |
| Minute Man National Historical Park (3) (4), Massachusetts | 19 |
| Hamilton Grange National Memorial (4), New York | 23 |
| C & O Canal National Historical Park (4), Maryland | 28 |
| Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial (4) (8), Indiana | 35 |
| Wilson's Creek National Battlefield (3) (4), Missouri | 39 |
| Fort Larned National Historic Site (4), Kansas | 41 |
| Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site (4) (8), Colorado | 42 |
| Agate Springs Fossil Quarries National Monument (5), Nebraska | 47 |
| Fossil Butte National Monument (5), Wyoming | 52 |
| Golden Spike National Historic Site (4), Utah | 53 |
| Fort Bowie National Historic Site (4), Arizona | 62 |
| Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site (4), Arizona | 63 |
| Pecos National Monument (4), New Mexico | 65 |
| Fort Smith National Historic Site (3) (4), Arkansas | 72 |
| Arkansas Post National Memorial (3) (4), Arkansas | 74 |
| Poverty Point National Monument (4), Louisiana | 75 |
| Congaree Swamp National Monument (5), South Carolina | 80 |
| PARKWAYS | |
| Allegheny National Parkway, Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland | 30 |
| Blue Ridge Parkway extension, Georgia, North Carolina | 79 |
SUGGESTIONS* | |
| PARKS | Map No. |
| Kabetogama Lake Area, Minnesota | 7 |
| Huron Mountains Area, Michigan | 10 |
| Coast Redwoods, California | 57 |
| Guadalupe Mountains, Texas | 68 |
| Arbuckle Mountains (6), Oklahoma | 71 |
| Na Pali-Barking Sands, Hawaii | 89 |
| St. Elias-Wrangell Mountains, Alaska | 90 |
| Lake Clark Pass, Alaska | 91 |
| RECREATION AREAS, SEASHORES, RIVERS, ETC. | |
| Rogue River (2), Oregon | 3 |
| Lewis & Clark (2), Montana | 6 |
| Elizabeth Islands (2), Massachusetts | 21 |
| Raystown, Pennsylvania | 29 |
| Cape Lookout (2) (7), North Carolina | 48 |
| Whiskeytown, California | 56 |
| Suwannee River (2), Florida, Georgia | 82 |
| Marco (2), Florida | 85 |
| MONUMENTS | |
| Robert Frost (4), Vermont | 13 |
| Allegheny Portage Railroad and Johnstown Flood (4), Pennsylvania | 14 |
| Mount Clare Station and B & O Railroad Museum (5), Maryland | 26 |
| Longfellow (4), Massachusetts | 33 |
| Graham Cave (4), Missouri | 37 |
| Research Cave (4), Missouri | 38 |
| Florissant Fossil Shale Beds (5), Colorado | 43 |
| Lindenmeier (4), Colorado | 44 |
| Signal Butte (4), Nebraska | 45 |
| Robidoux Pass (4), Nebraska | 46 |
| Durango-Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad (4). Colorado | 49 |
| Great Salt Lake (5), Utah | 54 |
| Old Mint (4), California | 59 |
| Meteor Crater (5), Arizona | 61 |
| Manuelito (4), New Mexico | 64 |
| Fort Toulouse (4), Alabama | 76 |
| Chassahowitzka Springs (5), Florida | 83 |
| Okeechobee Battlefield (4), Florida | 84 |
| Iolani Palace (4), Hawaii | 87 |
| Russian Fort & Waimea Beach (4), Hawaii | 88 |
| PARKWAYS | |
| Lake Superior, Michigan, Wisconsin | 8 |
| Appalachian, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine | 15 |
| Ohio River-Allegheny River, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York | 32 |
| Great Smoky Mountains-Mammoth Cave-Natchez Trace, Tennessee, Kentucky | 78 |
1. Scenic monument included under generic "park" category.
2. Designated on maps by "recreation area" symbol, although resource protection is a primary objective.
3. Authorized by Congress—land being acquired.
4. Historic significance.
5. Scientific significance.
6. Possible addition to Platt National Park.
7. Possible extension of Cape Hatteras National Seashore.
8. Established in 1963.
*Qualifications not wholly determined. Further study needed.
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