Protect our important parks, recreational areas. Roe-Ann Cruz. For PDN. Editor’s note: The Pacific Daily News each week publishes an article submitted by the Islandwide Beautification Task Force.

To identify the 25 largest and 25 smallest national parks and recreational areas in the United States, 24/7 Wall St. reviewed the gross area acres as of 2016 from the National Park Service.

Fjord-like Lake Chelan is one of the deepest lakes in the U.S. at a depth of 1,500 feet. The recreation area, which boasts nearly 62,000 acres, is located in Cascades Range.

News about Parks and Other Recreation Areas, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times. Skip to content Skip to site index.

Both parks are a matrix of wild forest lands and inhabited areas. Robert Moses led New York to establish the nation's first state park system, now composed of 179 state parks and 37 historic sites.

A recent National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) poll revealed that four in five adults (80 percent) look to their local parks and recreation areas for family-friendly, community-focused ...

The National Recreation and Parks Association notes that they are essential to a community’s economic value, ... having parks and areas of interest for visitors brings revenue into our island.