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Ten Most Visited National Parks, 2011

The following table lists the most visited National Parks, according to rank, park name, and number of recorded visitors in 2011. A perennial favorite, the Great Smokey Mountains National Park was…

Ten Most Visited National Parks, 2012

The following table lists the most visited National Parks, according to rank, park name, and number of recorded visitors in 2012. A perennial favorite, the Great Smokey Mountains National Park was…

Ten Most Visited National Parks, 2015

                                Fall sunset at Great Smoky Mountains National Park              The following table lists the most visited National…

Brewer's: Zion

Daughter of Zion. Jerusalem or its inhabitants. The city of David stood on Mount Zion. Zion and Jerusalem were pretty much in the same relation to each other as Old and New Edinburgh. (…

Zion, in the Bible

(Encyclopedia) ZionZionzīˈən [key] or SionZionsīˈən [key], section of Jerusalem, defined in the Bible as the City of David. Originally the name referred to the Jebusite fortress conquered by David,…

Marietta

(Encyclopedia) MariettaMariettamârēĕtˈə [key]. 1 City (1990 pop. 44,129), seat of Cobb co., NW Ga.; inc. 1834. The principal manufactures of this suburb of Atlanta are related to aircraft production…

U.S. National Parks

Visit an American treasure by Elissa Haney The National Park Service maintains hundreds of outdoor parks... . . . as well as historic areas in places as far-flung as Hawaii–where tourists can…

National Historical Parks

Name and location Total acreageAdams (Mass.)23.82Appomattox Court House (Va.) 1,772.36Boston (Mass.) 43.32Cane River Creole (La.)207.38Cedar Creek and Belle Grove (Va.)3,566.61Chaco Culture (…

National Military Parks

Name and location Total acreageChickamauga and Chattanooga (Ga.-Tenn.) 8,266.34Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania (Va.) 8,361.92Gettysburg (Pa.) 5,990.31Guilford Courthouse (N.C.) 228.…